Investors

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the “Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs,” Sequoia Capital’s Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel of PayPal (eBay), T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 10% of the value of NASDAQ.

TeleSoft Partners

TeleSoft Partners

TeleSoft Partners is a venture capital firm focused on next generation communications and information technology companies. Based in Silicon Valley, TeleSoft manages capital commitments of $625+ million. The team’s track record includes 50+ companies including Catamaran (acquired by Infineon), Cerent (acquired by Cisco), ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), Internet Photonics (acquired by Ciena), Kymata (acquired by Alcatel), Lara (acquired by Cypress), Promatory (acquired by Nortel), Versatile (acquired by Vitesse), VxTel (acquired by Intel), as well as the IPOs of Omnipoint (OMPT), OSI (OSII), Provide Commerce (PRVD), and SigmaTel (SGTL). TeleSoft’s Corporate Partners include T-Venture (the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom), Bechtel, Comverse, and Vodaphone/Mannesmann.

Worldview Technology Partners

Worldview Technology Partners

Founded in 1996, Worldview Technology Partners combines a focused investment strategy in emerging IT technologies with international business development services. Worldview’s unique international business development team enables Worldview’s portfolio companies to more easily penetrate global markets for customer, channel, supplier, and manufacturing relationships. It also serves as a valuable source of market information and customer feedback. Worldview has an investment office in Palo Alto and business development offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Frankfurt. Worldview has more than 75 companies in its portfolio with $1.4 billion under management.