Granite Ventures
Granite Ventures has been helping early-stage technology companies build solid foundations for success since 1992. Granite focuses investments on sectors where the partners have deep domain expertise, broad industry knowledge, and significant investment experience: Communications, Components and Software. Granite has managed over $1 billion in venture capital and has invested in more than 90 private companies. They partner with promising and successful entrepreneurs to create businesses that have a competitive edge and help them achieve category leadership. www.graniteventures.com

InterWest Partners
InterWest Partners, founded in 1979, is a leading diversified venture capital firm focused on building long-term relationships with entrepreneurs and portfolio companies. With $1.6B capital under management, InterWest's experienced partners bring together deep domain knowledge in medical technology, telecommunications and software. InterWest takes a long term, collaborative approach to venture funding, providing early stage and ongoing enlightened capital, management coaching and access to a broad network of resources. Examples of the firm's previous information technology investments include CIENA Corporation, Copper Mountain Networks, Lightera Networks (acquired by Ciena), Silicon Graphics, SiTera (acquired by Vitesse), Stratacom (acquired by Cisco) and Xilinx. InterWest Partners has offices in Menlo Park , California and Dallas, Texas. For more information about InterWest Partners, visit: http://www.interwest.com

Intel Capital
The $500 million Intel Communications Fund, managed by Intel Capital, was established in September 1999 and focuses on accelerating Intel voice and data communications and wireless networking initiatives. The fund targets companies developing basic communications and semiconductor components and boards, real-time operating systems, software tools and utilities, system level hardware and software and wireless network services and channels. The Intel Communications Fund has made investments in seventeen countries on five continents. For more information about the fund, visit: www.intel.com/capital/.

Storm Ventures
Storm Ventures was founded in September 2000 by a group of industry veterans with the common vision of forming a syndicate of business leaders and experts that would form the foundation to help entrepreneurs create and build great companies of enduring value. www.stormventures.com

Horizon Ventures
Horizon Ventures is a venture capital partnership with exclusive focus on early stage technology-based companies. They offer traditional venture capital strengths to innovative young companies in the growing information technology market. For the last decade, the managing directors have been helping entrepreneurs turn startup ventures into successful companies. www.horizonvc.com

Novus Ventures
Novus Ventures was founded in 1994 with the goal of forming a venture capital team whose collective talents and experience could help build great companies. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Novus currently has $150 million under management, serves a roster of 26 active portfolio companies and offers the collective talent of six principal working partners. www.novusventures.com