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Blueprint Ventures is a seed- and early-stage venture capital firm focused on IT infrastructure start-ups, including systems, software, and components. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Blueprint specializes in funding early-stage Corporate IP Spinouts by partnering with high-tech companies to commercialize their intellectual property. The firm targets companies that deliver disruptive technologies to market in a timely, capital-efficient manner. Investments include LANDesk Software, Platform Solutions, Vidient Systems, and KeyEye Communications.

CMEA Ventures was founded in 1989 and maintains offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park. They invest in both early and late stage science-focused ventures, and leverage a strong network of corporate, investment, and entrepreneurial relationships on behalf of portfolio companies. Their partners and associates have extensive science, engineering, and operational backgrounds, providing us the confidence to look beyond today's technology. We apply our focus on science and teams to our collaborations with entrepreneurs and venture investment partners who dare to change the world, one great company at a time.

Based in San Francisco, Granite Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focusing on communications and software investments leveraging their deep specialized knowledge and significant industry and investment expertise. Granite manages over $650 million in committed venture capital including those in dedicated partnerships with Adobe Systems Incorporated and Texas Instruments Incorporated.

Founded in 1993, Trident Capital is a $1.2 billion Tier 1 Venture Fund with a vision to invest in information and business services companies. Business process outsourcing, security and wireless infrastructure, and marketing services are the focus of trident Investment today. This focus has resulted in Trident becoming an early investor in Internet companies, including MapQuest and CSG Systems.

Founded in 1987, Walden International has established itself as Tier 1 global venture capital firm. With over US$1.5 billion under management, Walden investments are focused on four key sectors namely, communications, electronics, software & IT Services and semiconductors. Headquartered in San Francisco, and with offices around the globe, Walden team of multicultural investment professionals provide the capital, technical expertise, industry knowledge, operating experience, and global resources to launch early stage companies into successful businesses.

Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) is the 700 million euro corporate venture organization for Siemens AG, one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies, with reported worldwide sales of 75,4 billion euro in fiscal 2005. The goal of SVC is to identify and fund investments in emerging and innovative technologies that will enhance the core business scope of Siemens, particularly in Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Medical Solutions, Automotive Technology and Transportation Systems, Power, and Lighting.

To date, SVC has invested some 700 million euros in far more than 100 start-up companies and 30 venture capital funds mainly in the U.S., Europe and Israel, thus playing a key role in the global network of innovation. SVC is located in Germany (Munich), in the U.S. (San Jose, CA and Boston, MA) and is active through Siemens regional units in Israel and China.