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Founded in 1983, Battery Ventures is a leading venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies at all stages of growth from seed to later stage and tech buyouts. With a team of over 20 experienced investment professionals, Battery leverages its people, expertise and capital to actively guide companies to category dominance. The firm has invested in over 180 companies worldwide across information technology industries. From its offices in Wellesley, MA and San Mateo, CA the partnership manages over $2 billion in committed capital, including its new fund of $450 million.

Blumberg Capital is a San Francisco-based, classic, early-stage venture capital firm focused on investing in emerging information technology companies in the fields of security, software, infrastructure and technology enabled services.

Compass Technology Partners is a venture capital firm focused on investments in emerging companies with innovative products or services addressing high-growth markets. Most of our portfolio companies also have strong intellectual property positions.

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was founded in 1989 as the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in software companies. Through our history, we’ve had the opportunity to invest in the pioneers and leaders of several generations of software applications, architectures, delivery methods and business models. We’ve helped entrepreneurs build companies in desktop software, embedded systems, client-server, distributed network computing, internet, and software as a service.

Menlo Ventures provides long-term capital and management support to early-stage and emerging-growth companies. We are one of Silicon Valley's oldest venture capital partnerships, and have organized and managed nine venture funds since our inception in 1976. With over $3.9 billion under management, and a team with over one hundred years of collective experience in technology, marketing, sales and general management, we have the resources to support the most ambitious of projects.

With over $700 million under management, ONSET has the financial resources to match the strong personal commitment of each of our partners. We focus exclusively on information and medical technologies, investing solely in companies where we believe that we can add value far beyond financial capital. ONSET has backed over 100 companies since 1984, focusing on early-stage and select later-stage enterprises in business-to-business markets.

Founded in 1982, Partech International is a leading global venture capital firm with offices in the U.S., Europe and Israel. With $850M under active management, our investment team focuses exclusively on Information Technology. Specific areas where we invest include Software & Internet, Healthcare IT, and Communications & Components.

Sequoia partners are "the entrepreneurs behind the entrepreneurs." Founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, Sequoia has invested in some of the brightest people and best ideas in information technology--including Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. Collectively, Sequoia's investments represent a market cap of over $1 trillion. Sequoia Capital is based in Menlo Park, California.

 
Upcoming Events
Capital Matters Luncheon - Exits 2008 and Beyond (09/16/08)
Investor Deal Symposium (09/25/08)