Investors![]() Cargill Ventures (www.cargillventures.com) invests in early stage
technology-driven companies that enhance business processes,
growth and innovation in global industries relevant to Cargill.
Cargill Ventures maintains offices in San Mateo, Calif., and
Minneapolis. It is a business unit of Cargill, www.cargill.com,
an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management
products and services. With 105,000 employees in 59 countries,
the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience
to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. Additional
information about Cargill Ventures is available at: www.cargillventures.com.
Crescendo Ventures is a global venture firm that provides early-stage
funding and growth resources to high-potential companies
in the communications and enterprise infrastructure industries.
By collaborating with entrepreneurial teams to grow market-leading
companies, Crescendo Ventures uses its industry expertise,
team-based development model and global network to help high-growth
companies achieve their full potential. Founded in 1993,
Crescendo Ventures manages more than $1 billion from its
headquarters in Palo Alto, California and offices in Minneapolis
and London. For additional information on Crescendo Ventures
or its portfolio companies, please visit www.crescendoventures.com.
Founded in 1995, Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm
committed to supporting entrepreneurs and their companies, targeting
innovative opportunities in telecommunications and networking;
Internet infrastructure; and enterprise software. Foundation
Capital funds total over $1.1 billion and include Harvard, Yale,
CalTech, the Hewlett Foundation and MacArthur Foundation as investors.
Paul Koontz is a general partner and also led investments in,
and serves on the boards of, United Online, Financial Engines,
Apexon, Oberon Financial Technology, Pacific Edge, Vivecon and
CloudShield. He also serves on the board of the Stanford University
DAPER
Fund. For more information, visit www.foundationcapital.com or
contact: Tim Turpin
(415) 392-8282, tim@outcastpr.com.
With more than $1.6 billion of cumulative committed capital,
IVP is one of the nation's premier venture capital firms. Founded in 1980,
IVP has invested in more than 200 privately-held companies, of which
more than 80 have gone public. IVP has invested in such notable companies
as Altera (ALTR), Aspect Communications (ASPT), Atmel (ATML), Borland
(BORL), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Clarify (CLFY), Concur Technologies
(CNQR), FormFactor (FORM), Foundry Networks (FDRY), Juniper Networks
(JNPR), LSI Logic (LSI), MMC Networks (MMCN), NetFlix (NFLX), Polycom (PLCM),
Seagate (SGAT), Sequent (SQNT) and Tivo (TIVO). IVP has offices
in Menlo Park, California, and San Francisco. IVP's website is located
at www.ivp.com.
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