Matrix Partners    http://www.matrixpartners.com/

High quality VC firm with 10 successful IPOs brought to market 1997 - 99.

Investment Strategy: “We emphasize quality, rather than quantity, in making investment decisions. We maintain a high ratio of partners to capital deployed, allowing us to devote the necessary amount of partnership resources to each investment. Therefore, we do not spread our time and capital across less important relationships just to "put more money to work".

"We are unique in that we always serve on the boards of our portfolio companies. We prefer to bet on ourselves and the teams we back, rather than on other venture firms."

Focus: "Our investment strategy is focused on the Internet with the related strategy of investing in companies that we perceive to be on the cutting edge of creating major new markets in Software, Networking Equipment, Semiconductor, Computing, Storage, Internet and e-Business."

Massachusetts: Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1000 Winter Street,, Suite 4500, Waltham, MA 02451 Tel: (781) 890-2244 Fax: (781) 890-2288

California: 2500 Sand Hill Road, Suite 113, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 854-3131 Fax: (650) 854-3296

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Mayfield Fund    http://www.mayfield.com/

Mayfield Fund has $1.5 billion of capital under management and has invested in more than 300 information technology and healthcare companies that today represent a total market value exceeding $100 billion.

Focus: Information Technology: Communications, Computers and Peripherals, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Internet Infrastructure, Semiconductors; Healthcare Technology: Biopharmaceuticals, Healthcare Services, Medical Devices.

Mayfield Fund 2800 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 Tel: (650) 854-5560 Fax: (650) 854-5712 Email: info@mayfield.com

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Mohr Davidow Ventures

Has backed 11 companies that made a successful IPO in 1997 -99.

Mohr, Davidow Ventures (MDV) is a venture partnership with a single purpose - to help talented entrepreneurs build great companies. They specialize in making early stage investments in companies with a strong information technology component.

Focus: E-commerce, Internet Services, Internet Infrastructure, Semiconductors.

Mohr, Davidow Ventures 2775 Sand Hill Road, Suite 240, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 854-7236 Fax: (650) 854-7365

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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital Partners

MSDW is one of the premier investment banks. In 1997 - 99, 11 of the companies they invested in were brought to a successful IPO.

MSDW has approximately 700 professionals and is organized on both industry and regional lines. Industry and regional bankers work closely with a group of professionals in the Client Service Group, which is dedicated solely to executing capital markets transactions for MSDW's clients. Corporate Finance bankers also work in close coordination with product specialists throughout the Firm to provide MSDW's clients advice on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings as well as to assist in raising capital in both the equity and debt markets.

Princes Gate

Princes Gate Investors II, L.P. is a $1 billion private equity fund investing in or alongside MSDW investment banking clients. Princes Gate has a global mandate, mirroring MSDW's worldwide investment banking presence. Capital is non-discretionary from international investors and MSDW. Princes Gate was formed to facilitate the strategic or financial objectives of companies in situations where traditional sources of equity capital are unavailable, inappropriate or inadequate.

Princes Gate is attractive to issuers in many respects: Non-controlling positions, Availability of "completion capital" for important company initiatives, Flexibility, designed for "special situations" involving non-traditional structures.

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 761-4000 Fax: (212) 761-0086

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New Enterprise Associates    http://www.nea.com/

Top tier VC firm with 20 successful IPOs completed 1997 - 99. Since 1978, more than 100 NEA companies have gone public; over 60 since 1991.

Focus: Healthcare and Life Sciences: Biopharmaceuticals & drug delivery, Healthcare Services, Medical Devices, Healthcare information systems and services; Information Technologies: Internet, Communications & Networking, Software, Information Services, Computers & Peripherals, Semiconductors & components, E-commerce services.

NEA invests principally in early stage companies in information technology (software, communications, electronics and information services) and medical and life sciences (biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare services, medical devices, instrumentation and information management).

NEA's initial financial commitment to a company may be from $500,000 to $6 million, depending upon the needs of the company. NEA continues to support its portfolio companies as they progress, with a total commitment of up to $15 million.

In deciding which companies to fund among the thousands it encounters, NEA has three key considerations: Will the company change the way people behave, via a unique product or service? Is there an unbounded opportunity, reflected by a large potential market, manageable competition and reasonable capital requirements? Is there a quality management team with experience and breadth? Are they people NEA can work with "through thick and thin" - especially thin?

Maryland: NEA, 1119 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Tel:(410) 244-0115 Fax: (410) 752-7721 2490

California: NEA, Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 854-9499 Fax: (650) 854-9397

Virginia: NEA, 11911 Freedom Drive, One Fountain Square, Suite 580, Reston, VA 20190 Tel: (703) 709-9499 Fax: (703) 834-7579

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Norwest Venture Partners    http://www.norwestvc.com/

Backed 20 companies that went to successful IPO during the 1997 - 99 time frame.

Norwest Venture Partners can: Provide vital contacts and introductions; Attract board members and additional investors; Form strategic alliances with fellow portfolio companies; Offer guidance in assembling a management team; Provide introductions to seasoned legal and financial advisers.

Focus: Broadly defined as information technology, includes enterprise software, communications systems, and communications services. Their general goal is to invest between $10 million and $15 million in their companies over time. They sometimes begin with a smaller amount (as little as $1.5 million), and have the ability to invest as much as $25 million.

Look for: Passionate and visionary founders: Do they have a record of success? Can they meet the challenges of launching a large-scale company? If they are less experienced, are they open to advice and guidance? If no management team is in place, can one be built? The marketplace opportunity: What is the market size? Is there ample room for competition? Can a sizable, lasting enterprise be built? The quality of the technology. Is the technology unique? Will it last? Do the founders have the knowledge and experience to bring it to market? The value to the customer: What problem does this company solve? How will this technology solve it? How will its value be communicated to the prospective customer?

Palo Alto: Norwest Venture Partners, 245 Lytton Ave., Suite 250, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Tel: (650) 321-8000 Fax: (650) 321-8010

Boston: Norwest Venture Partners, Wellesley Office Park, 40 William St., Suite 305, Wellesley, MA 02481 Tel: (781) 237-5870 Fax: (781) 237-6270