Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was created in 1989 as the first venture capital firm focused exclusively on software. As the software industry grew from PC software to enterprise computing to Internet applications, Hummer Winblad has been at the forefront - funding the entrepreneurs and ideas that helped define these markets. The firm's goal is to provide the capital, experience, and vision that will enable its companies to become leaders in this new software economy. For more information on Hummer Winblad, visit www.humwin.com.
Morgenthaler is a leading venture capital and buyout firm, with a 39-year history of working with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class companies. The firm's venture capital practice, Morgenthaler Ventures, is based in Menlo Park, CA. It also has satellite offices in Boston, MA; Boulder, CO; Dallas, TX; and Princeton, NJ. Morgenthaler Ventures focuses its investments in the areas of enterprise IT, life sciences, and communications and components. It has funded more than 180 companies since its inception, including two of the last decade's highest-performing IPOs-Microchip Technology (1993) and Premisys Communications (1995). The firm has a total of $2 billion under management. Morgenthaler can be found at www.morgenthaler.com.
The partners of Lightspeed have invested over $800M in more than 100 technology companies over the past two decades. Our team invests in the U.S., Israel and Asia and has contributed strong operational and sector expertise to market leaders such as Blue Nile, Brocade, Ciena, eHealthinsurance, Galileo Technology, Informatica, Kiva Software, Metasolv, Phone.com, Quantum Effect Devices, Sirocco and Waveset, working closely with these companies throughout the early stages of their business development lifecycles. Because we focus on investments in specific sectors, portfolio companies benefit from Lightspeed's specialized industry knowledge and deep global network of relationships. More information is available at www.lightspeedvp.com.
