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	Allegis Capital http://www.mtventures.com The Allegis Capital family of funds were created as strategic corporate partnering funds for the purpose of investing in the new digital economy - Computing, Communications, Content and Commerce.

	Band of Angels http://www.bandangels.com Band of Angels is a group of successful high technology entrepreneurs and executives finding, advising, and investing in high potential, early stage, "Silicon Valley" start-ups.

	Carmel Ventures http://www.carmelventures.com Founded in 2000 by pioneers and leaders of the Israeli high tech industry, Carmel Ventures is one of Israel's leading Information Technology focused fund. Led by former entrepreneurs and executives of the software, communications and investment industries, Carmel provides active, hands-on support to its Israeli, European and US portfolio companies. Carmel has offices in Herzliya, Israel and London, and a worldwide network of industry, strategic and investment resources. Carmel provides significant capital and support throughout the growth cycle of its portfolio companies and is recognized as a true company building fund in Israel.

	Draper Atlantic http://www.draperatlantic.com Draper Atlantic is an early stage information technology venture capital firm based in Northern Virginia and affiliated with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the leader in start-up venture capital, having invested in over 150 high-tech companies. They focus on information technology businesses with enormous market potential.

	EDB Investments Pte Ltd. (EDBI) http://www.edbi.com EDB Investments Pte Ltd. (EDBI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary and the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board. EDBI´s dedicated mobile commerce ventures fund, "M-Commerce Ventures" intends to focus on mobile portals, personal information management and messaging, bandwidth optimization, and other areas in the wireless space.

	Edison Venture Fund http://www.edisonventure.com Edison Venture Fund generally invests in expansion stage software communications and electronics technology companies located in the Midatlantic region of the US.

	Galen Partners http://www.galen-partners.com Galen Partners is a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on providing equity financing to mid-to-later stage growth companies in the healthcare industry. Founded in 1990, Galen Partners was one of the first funds to focus exclusively on investments in healthcare-related companies. With $650 million under management raised through four funds, Galen has invested in more than 50 healthcare related companies. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes investments in companies within the medical device, technology-enabled outsourcing services and specialty pharmaceutical sectors.

	Glenmount International http://www.glenmount.com Glenmount addresses the substantial growth potential of "Industrial Convergence" - The application of microprocessors and other forms of industrial technology to industrial products.

	Kennet Partners: www.kennet.com Kennet Partners is a leading international private equity firm that invests in growth companies providing information technology products and business services that leverage technology. Kennet offers expansion capital to businesses that want to accelerate growth and build exceptional shareholder value in partnership with an experienced investor. Kennet Partners acts as an advisor to Kennet I, a Jersey-based fund and to Kennet II and Kennet III, both Guernsey-based funds. Kennet Partners is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

	Lightspeed Venture Partners http://www.lightspeedvp.com Lightspeed Venture Partners (formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners) is one of the oldest and most active venture capital firms in the United States. They serve as lead investors in early and expansion stage information technology and life sciences.

	Masdar Clean Tech Fund http://www.masdarctf.com Masdar Clean Tech Fund is a $250 million diversified venture capital investment vehicle that will build a portfolio of clean technology funds, direct/co-investments and joint venture invesments. The Fund is made-up of commitments from the following: (i) Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company ("ADFEC"), (ii) Consensus Business Group ("CBG"), (iii) Credit Suisse (“CS”)and (iv) Siemens Venture Capital. The Fund will develop a portfolio of fund investments, committing approximately $75 million to 3-5 fund managers. The remaining Fund capital will be invested in co-investments alongside fund managers, direct investments in companies sourced by the Fund and strategic joint-venture investments. The Fund will seek to invest in companies with technologies that are suitable for commercialization in the United Arab Emirates. The Fund will be managed by CS, one of the leading managers of private equity fund of funds and co-investments,. CFIG will leverage CBG's investment expertise, as well as CS's broad private equity and investment banking platform for sourcing, selecting and adding value to investment opportunities for the Fund. In addition, the Fund will leverage Abu Dhabi's larger alternative energy initiative, known as the 'Masdar initiative' that was launched in March 2006. The Masdar initiative is Abu Dhabi's multi-faceted response to the need for a global focus on resource conservation and the alternative energy sector. It is designed to ensure in the long-term that Abu Dhabi retains, and even grows, its share of the global energy market. The Fund will focus on the development and commercialization of technologies in renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon management and monetization, water usage and desalination. It is the expectation of the UAE government that the Masdar initiative, as well as other governmental entities, will be called on to support Fund portfolio managers, companies and joint venture participants that wish to commercialize products in the UAE.

	MedVenture Associates http://www.medven.com MedVenture Associates, founded in 1986, is a Venture Capital firm focused on seed and early stage investments in the field of medical technology, including medical devices, instrumentation and medical diagnostic technology. The firm's secondary investment focus is medical information technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology products and selected later stage investments in all of the firm's areas of investment focus. MedVenture's team builds on its many years of experience. The investment professionals' deep backgrounds as investors and professionals working in the healthcare and life sciences sector has allowed MedVenture Associates to build long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, especially those who have been involved with our many successful portfolio companies In addition, MedVenture's success relies on its continued access to a broad network of related resources, which results in an extensive deal flow. MedVenture Associates is located in Emeryville, California, U.S.A. For more information please visit our website: http://www.medven.com

	Millennium Materials Technologies Fund http://www.mmt-fund.com Millennium Materials Technologies Fund L.P. was created to invest in the development and commercialization of novel advanced materials, industrial processes, chemicals, bio electronics materials and materials for life sciences.

	Mission Ventures http://www.missionventures.com Mission Ventures helps build successful enterprises in Southern California and creates superior returns on investment for its investors. This is accomplished by investing in the most promising early-stage companies in high growth, emerging markets, and providing significant assistance to those companies as they develop. The partnership brings value-added capital, experience, management talent, and guidance to the most outstanding and innovative ideas and entrepreneurs in the region. Founded in 1997, the firm has made investments in over 40 companies including 3E Company, Digital Island (acquired by Cable & Wireless), DispenseSource, MaxLinear, Shopzilla (acquired by E.W. Scripps Company), TelASIC, Verimatrix, WIDCOMM (acquired by Broadcom Corporation), and Zyray Wireless (acquired by Broadcom Corporation). Mission Ventures is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information on Mission Ventures, visit www.missionventures.com.

	NGEN Partners http://www.ngenpartners.com Driving growth and success through solid support, NGEN Partners, LLC provides catalytic, second-stage venture capital funding to emerging businesses. NGEN has a bottoms up approach to technology, utilizing its unique understanding of the materials science and enabling technologies sectors. This understanding drives strategic planning, financial planning and technology development. Specialized Venture Capital Funding Includes: Sustainable Technologies, including Water, Energy, and Environment / Advanced Materials and Coatings / Biomaterials / Electronic Materials and Technologies

	Origin http://www.originpartners.com Origin is a traditional venture capital firm, focused on deal origination and pro-active deal management in concert with proven management teams. Origin's interest is in differentiable technologies and services, that have a sustainable advantage (technology, timing, and market segment). Focus is on opportunities in IT, communications and medical technologies that can be established and taken public or sold in the US market. Origin seeks opportunities at or near commercial inception that can set new standards in proven markets, and produce measurable revenues in a 12-18 month time horizon or less. Public examples of past investments made by the Origin team include Tivoli Systems, RAMBUS, iSTAT, Actel, Network Equipment Technology, TranSwitch, S3, and Genesis Microchip. Recent examples include WatchMark, Narad Networks, and Waveset Technologies.

	Paladin Capital Group http://www.paladincapgroup.com Paladin Capital Group is a private equity firm based in Washington, D.C. Paladin's $235 million Homeland Security Fund is focused on investments in existing companies with immediate solutions to address homeland security issues and needs. Paladin Capital Partners' Fund is a $208 million private equity fund primarily targeting growing, small to medium sized companies who are market leaders in their industry segment.

	PolyTechnos Venture-Partners GmbH http://www.polytechnos.com PolyTechnos Venture-Partners, a leading German venture capital company headquartered in Munich, was founded in 1998 and has the objective to consistently provide superior returns to its investors. PolyTechnos supports exceptional entrepreneurs who share the vision of building pioneering companies that have the potential to be world leaders in their respective industries. PolyTechnos focuses on early-stage technology-oriented companies predominantly in German-speaking Europe. Areas of expertise comprise Information Technology & Communications, Materials, Energy, and Life Sciences, with a special interest in opportunities that develop at the interfaces of these fields. Its Investment Team consists of exceptionally qualified senior executives and technology specialists with a track record of building world-class, technology-oriented companies. PolyTechnos utilizes its insights, expertise, and networks to impact its investments.

	Portview Communications Partners http://www.portviewcommunications.com Portview Communications Partners is a specialized, international venture capital fund investing in "TCB--things carriers buy." The fund focuses on companies in the US and Israel that develop the communications technologies, systems and applications that will be at the heart of next-generation communications networks. Key areas of interest include: wireless communications, broadband access, optical networking, communications software and network convergence.

	STAR Ventures (STAR) http://www.star-ventures.com STAR Ventures (STAR) is a venture capital company that invests in early stage, high tech companies in the United States, Germany and other European countries, and Israel. STAR focuses on companies that are already active internationally, or preparing to establish international business activities. The focus of STAR's investment interest is information technologies, with an emphasis on Communications and Internet. Additional focal areas of investment include medical devices, enterprise software and industrial technologies.

	Techfarm http://www.techfarm.com Techfarm’s specialty is working with seed and early stage companies to bring the significant experience of its professionals to the entrepreneur and to the new enterprise at a time when it has the greatest impact. To date, Techfarm has worked with over 30 companies in a broad variety of information technology industries ranging from video compression to semiconductor capital equipment to microdrives to Internet software and beyond.

	Techinvest (fka innotech) http://www.avida-group.com Founded in 1999, the fund's focus is on early-stage and growth companies in the field of information and communication technologies as well as photonics in Germany, Switzerland and the UK. The fund is managed by Avida Group.

	THLi http://www.thlpv.com TH Lee Putnam Ventures is a private equity firm that invests in Financial Services, Retail and Consumer Products, Distribution & Logistics and Business Process Outsourcing. Headquartered in New York and with offices in San Francisco, Boston and London, TH Lee's owners include Thomas H. Lee Company, one of the most successful private investment firms in the U.S., and Putnam Investments, a leading money management firm.

	TTP Ventures http://www.ttpventures.com TTP Ventures was set up to invest in other technology companies which are at an early stage in their development, and to help them in turn to be successful. A significant part of its growth has come from the incubation of a series of highly successful businesses with their own proprietary products and technology, making TTP one of the most significant "Cambridge phenomenon" companies.

	TVM Techno Venture Management http://www.tvmvc.com TVM Techno Venture Management is a venture capital firm with an international team operating out of Germany and the U.S. Its comprehensive network of advisors and affiliates includes successful entrepreneurs, scientists, leaders of public financial institutions, the board members of its own companies as well as professional management consultants. The current portfolio of TVM is comprised of a broad spectrum of early- and later-stage financing in its two target industries information and communication technologies as well as life sciences.

	Venture Strategy Venture Strategy looks for opportunities to build market leading businesses who leverage technology to create dominant brands. Since 1996, they have backed brands across a variety of technology industry sectors including the business-to-business, business-to-consumer and business enabling technologies.

	VPSA (fka Viventures) http://www.vpsa.com VPSA is a venture capital fund with a presence in the United States (San Francisco) and in Europe (Paris). The Fund was established to provide capital for innovative telecommunications and Internet businesses. VPSA invests in start-ups or expanding businesses with innovative Internet and telecommunications strategies.

	WI HARPER GROUP http://www.wiharper.com WI Harper Group has been active in early-stage venture investments in the United States and Greater China for a decade. Through its unique cross-border platform and proactive management style, the Group strives to add value to its portfolio companies with the ultimate objective of maximizing returns to its shareholders. Peter Liu, WI Harper's chairman and co-founder, helped give birth to the Asian venture capital community in 1985, along with Dr. K.T. Lee, then Finance Minister of Taiwan. Mr. Liu was a co-founder of Walden International prior to founding WI Harper in 1993. WI Harper Group currently manages over $400 million from its headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Beijing, Taipei and Singapore (JV). The firm's portfolio includes over 90 companies in Greater China and the US including successful investments such as DivX, Focus Media, CommerceOne, Intraware, Silicon Motion and Beijing Xinwei.

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