Highland Capital Partners
Highland Capital Partners was founded with the mission of helping great people build great companies. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has taken a sector-focused approach to investing in exceptional information technology, communications, healthcare and consumer companies. With more than $2.6 billion of committed capital, Highland has invested in and worked to create such firms as Altiga Networks, Ask Jeeves, Avid Technology, Be Free, CheckFree, Conor Medsystems, Continental Cable, Lycos, MapQuest, New Oak Communications, Ocular Networks, Sybase, Telica, VistaPrint and WebLine Communications. For more information, visit Highland's web site at www.hcp.com.
Matrix Partners
Since its inception in 1977, Matrix Partners as been dedicated to helping outstanding entrepreneurs build industry-leading technology companies. Matrix focuses on companies that develop cornerstone technologies of the information revolution. Companies that Matrix has played a founding role in include Applix, ArrowPoint Communications, Alteon WebSystems, Bowstreet, Blue Martini Software, Clarify, FileNet, OnDisplay, Phone.com, SilverStream Software, Sonus Networks, Sycamore Networks, Tivoli Systems, Turnstone Systems, and Veritas Software. For more information, please visit www.matrixpartners.com.
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is a global leader in corporate equity and mezzanine investing. To date, Goldman Sachs has formed ten investment vehicles aggregating over $17 billion of capital. These investment vehicles seek long-term capital appreciation by committing equity to high-quality companies with superior management in a variety of situations, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments to fund acquisition or expansion. Goldman Sachs invests across a broad range of industries and creates value through meaningful involvement with portfolio companies' strategic decision-making and operating philosophy. For more information, please visit www.gs.com/pia.
Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel’s venture investment program, focuses on making minority equity investments to grow the Internet economy in support of Intel’s strategic interests. Intel Capital invests in hardware, software and services companies in several market segments, including computing, networking, and wireless communications. Intel Capital has invested more than US$4 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in more than 30 countries since 1991. Since its inception, about 160 portfolio companies have been acquired by other companies and another 150 have gone public on various exchanges around the world. Intel Capital employs investment managers in about 25 countries worldwide. Last year alone, Intel Capital invested more than US$130 million in about 110 deals with approximately 40 percent of its investments made outside the United States. For more information, visit www.intel.com/capital
SAP Ventures
Since 1996, SAP Ventures has been investing in companies that offer exciting new technologies and applications. Leveraging years of experience and drawing on a network of powerful business relationships, SAP Ventures helps entrepreneurs and management teams recruit the best people, make the right technology decisions, win new business, and build their own partner networks. The goal of SAP Ventures is to grow businesses that create shareholder value for everyone involved. For more information, visit www.sapventures.com.