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Capricorn Venture Partners n.v.
Capricorn Venture Partners was established
in 1993 as an advisor of venture capital funds that invest in technology-based growth
companies in Western Europe. Capricorn Venture Partners constantly scans the market
for interesting investment opportunities in information technology, biotechnology,
healthcare or advanced materials, structures and negotiates investments and divestments,
monitors the portfolio companies and proactively assists them in building shareholder value.
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart has maintained a position as one of the nation's
leading law firms for over a century. We have more than 200 lawyers and 250
other employees. Our clients range from Fortune 100 companies to leading
venture capital and buyout funds to technology startups.
Our attorneys are bright, creative, hard-working and aggressive problem
solvers who understand our clients' businesses and have an unwavering
commitment to helping our clients achieve their business goals.
Citigroup
Private Bank
Through our product and service offerings,
The Citigroup Private Bank acts as a gateway to the full resources
of the Citigroup family of companies. The Citigroup Private Bank
provides clients with comprehensive global wealth management services,
as well as wealth and lifestyle
The Citigroup Private Bank acquired
Winter Capital International LLC. Winter Capital offers extensive
investment strategies for high-net-worth investors. These exceptional
resources enhance our investment capability, distinguish our approach,
and reinforce our commitment to provide superior investment results.
Clients have access to the renowned research departments of Citigroup
Asset Management* and Salomon Smith Barney, as well as to the Citigroup
global network of investment and foreign exchange specialists. These
are world-class establishments long recognized as industry leaders.
Danfoss A/S.
The growing need for clean water is rapidly increasing pressure on global fresh water
resources and wastewater treatment and recycling. Concurrently, the importance of energy
conservation is growing as well. This situation calls for a global effort to manage water
and energy as precious resources by providing highly efficient water and wastewater treatment.
Danfoss, a global leader within the water business, places considerable emphasis on
improving the quality of life and the environment, by providing our clients with
dedicated, state of the art products to this industry.
Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.
Darby is a private investment firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Honorable Nicholas P. Brady, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. established Darby in 1994 to invest its capital and that of its clients in emerging markets. Darby pursues three types of investment activities: private equity investment in Latin America with a broad mandate, both geographically and sectorally, but centered on certain of the region's most rapidly growing industrial and service sectors; mezzanine finance (generally subordinated debt with equity features) primarily for infrastructure projects and companies in Latin America; and investment in emerging high-yield, fixed income securities on a global basis.
Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman is a leading international chemical company with headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee - producing more than 400 chemicals, fibers, and plastics. Eastman is the world's largest supplier of polyester plastics for packaging; a leading supplier of coatings raw materials, specialty chemicals and plastics; and a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers and basic chemicals. The company is one of the top ten global suppliers of custom-manufactured fine chemicals for pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, and other markets. Eastman Ventures is recognized as one of the top corporate VC teams in terms of technology focus, global reach, and speed of decision making.
Fidelity
Ventures
Fidelity Ventures is the venture capital
arm of Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest mutual fund company.
Fidelity Ventures has actively invested in early-stage companies
for more than 30 years, and many Fidelity Ventures-backed companies
have gone on to become or have been acquired by industry leaders
including: MCI (now Worldcom [Nasdaq: WCOM]), Continental Cablevision
(now MediaOne [NYSE: UMG]), Teleport (now part of AT&T [NYSE:T]),
Nextel (Nasdaq: NXTL), GeoTel (now part of Cisco [Nasdaq: CSCO]),
Nexabit Networks (now part of Lucent [NYSE: LU]), ONI Systems (Nasdaq:
ONIS), InterNAP Network Services (Nasdaq: INAP), and COLT (Nasdaq:
COLT). In the last five years, Fidelity has invested over $300 Million
of its own capital in emerging companies in the software, networking,
and telecommunications industries. Fidelity Ventures has offices
in Boston, London, and Hong Kong.
Flagship
Ventures / OneLiberty / AGTC / NewcoGen
Founded in 1999, Flagship Ventures
is an entrepreneurship and venture capital firm comprised of a family
of funds: OneLiberty Funds, AGTC Funds and NewcoGen Group. Flagship
currently invests from $400 million in funds raised in 2000, and
manages a total pool of committed capital approaching $600 million.
The Flagship Ventures team consists of 30 professionals focused
on creating, financing, and building companies in the life science,
information technology, and communications sectors. Complementing
the internal team is an extensive network of Advisor Partners who
are actively engaged in evaluating—and often co-founding—
new ventures.
Extending over a period of 20 years, Flagship
Ventures' entrepreneurship and investment experience comes from
founding over 20 successful new ventures while funding and building
over 100 more. Today, at its headquarters in Cambridge, MA, entrepreneurs,
seasoned executives, world-class technologists, leading academics,
and visionary venture capitalists work closely together to explore
ideas and opportunities. Whether creating, financing or building
a new technology venture, Flagship Ventures involvement brings with
it the company's expertise, credibility and commitment to success.
General
Catalyst Partners
Founded in 2000, General Catalyst
Partners leverages its principals and extensive operational, business
development and technological expertise to provide portfolio companies
with a catalyst for success through business building and partnership
development assistance. General Catalyst Partners is headquartered
in Cambridge, Mass. For more information, please visit: www.generalcatalyst.com.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Company
Goodwin Procter is one of the nation's leading law firms, with a team of 650
attorneys serving clients through offices in Boston, New York, New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. We are a hard-driving, entrepreneurial and dynamic group,
working tenaciously for clients whose problems and challenges we treat as our own.
Hewlett-Packard
Company
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading
global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services,
focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals
and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services, and
an Internet infrastructure that is always on. HP has 150,000 employees
worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations of $45.2
billion in its 2001 fiscal year.
The HP Garage Program realizes HP's spirit of invention by furnishing the industry's most comprehensive offering for fast-moving Internet start-ups to speed time to market, preserve capital, and prepare for hypergrowth. The program supports qualified start-ups in building, running, marketing and financing their businesses with a robust set of tools and services to ensure mission-critical success for growing start-ups.
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft is one of the world's largest software producer.
At Microsoft, we work to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their
full potential. This is our mission. Everything we do reflects this mission and the values
that make it possible.
Motorola Ventures
Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions with sales totaling $37.5 billion in 2000. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, components and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, broadband technologies, automotive, defense and space electronics, and computers. Motorola semiconductors power communication devices and millions of other products worldwide.
Motorola Ventures is the global, strategic
venture capital investment arm of Motorola, Inc. Motorola actively
invests in early stage companies of strategic value to Motorola
in order to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets,
and new talent.
National Technology Enterprise Company (NTEC) Kuwait
NTEC is a leading international technology investor based in Kuwait. NTEC also funds the study of the world's most advanced technologies
in terms of their economic aspect in order to import them to Kuwait. NTEC aims to achieve superior returns by investing in technlogy both within Kuwait and internationally and act as a gateway for technology transfer to Kuwait and the region.
PolyTechnos
Venture-Partners
PolyTechnos Venture-Partners was founded
in 1998 and is based in Munich with additional offices in Frankfurt
and Brussels. The Munich-based venture capital company consistently
provides superior returns to its investors and currently advises
funds totaling over EUR 185 million in assets. PolyTechnos invests
EUR 1-10 million in privately held, early-stage companies, predominantly
in German-speaking Europe for minority equity stakes. PolyTechnos
focuses on revolutionary technologies in Information Technology,
Communications, Materials and Components, and Life Sciences, with
a special interest in opportunities that develop at the interface
of these fields. The company supports exceptional entrepreneurs
who share the vision of building pioneering companies that have
the potential to be world leaders in their respective industries.
Our team consists of exceptionally qualified senior executives and
technology specialists with a track record of building world-class,
technology-oriented companies.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Drawing on the knowledge and skills
of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, PricewaterhouseCoopers
helps its clients solve complex business problems and measurably
enhance their ability to build value, manage risk, and improve performance
in an Internet-enabled world.
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. is a full-service intellectual property law firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. WGS provides a range
of clients—from start-ups to multinational corporations—with well-established experience in patents, trademarks,
copyrights, designs, trade secrets, and related licensing and litigation. The firm is also recognized as a leader in the development
of patents on methods of doing business. Sixty attorneys and technology specialists combine to provide expertise in virtually every
technical area, including electronics, computer software & hardware, biotechnology, medical devices, chemistry, and in the
manufacturing and consumer products industries. Many of our team members have previous experience in high tech industries
and/or advanced technical degrees. Their support staff of over 100 includes paralegals, search specialists,
international filing specialists, and law clerks. WGS's distinguishing feature is its business orientation to
the practice of intellectual property law. The firm emphasizes development of business-savvy strategies to evaluate, protect, and extend
a client's intellectual property rights. This involves drawing not only on its legal and technical knowledge but also on its
understanding of the business consequences and issues surrounding IP-related decisions.
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