Investors

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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, 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. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com.

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One of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm with over $830 million under management, Focus Ventures currently invests in privately held, expansion stage technology companies that have previously received backing from a leading early stage venture capital firm. Companies in the expansion stage have finished their initial product development and are demonstrating growing customer acceptance. Focus Ventures leverages an extensive network of business partners in the United States and Asia to deliver strategic, gainful opportunities to portfolio companies.

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Motorola Ventures (MV) is the global, strategic venture capital investment arm of Motorola, Inc. MV actively invests at all stages in developing companies of strategic value to Motorola in order to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talent. For more information: www.motorola.com/ventures.

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The T-Online Venture Fund was established in 2001 and equipped with an investment volume of EUR 100 million. It is managed by T-Venture, the venture capital entity of Deutsche Telekom. Its aim is to support the T-Online business unit in the strategic business segment Broadband/Fixed Network of Deutsche Telekom AG in its objectives. For additional information about T-Venture and the T-Online Venture Fund, please visit www.t-venture.de.

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Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building market-leading companies since 1964. Through their decades of experience, the partners have developed strong industry networks, considerable operating and venture capital experience, and an understanding of the challenges that early-stage and high-growth companies face.

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Founded in 1989, WK Technology Fund has become a leading venture capital firm in Taiwan with focus in Asia and the United States. With over US$600 million under management, WK invests in early-stage and mid-stage private companies in Taiwan, the United States and China, primarily in Semiconductors, Communications and Information Technology. WK Technology Fund creates marketing and manufacturing synergies for its portfolio companies by leveraging its extensive technology network and strong management expertise in Asia and US.

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Investor AB of Sweden (www.investorab.com) participated in the offering through Investor Growth Capital, Inc., its healthcare, information technology and telecommunications private equity and venture capital investment group. Investor AB is a long-term active shareholder in a number of global companies, such as Ericsson, AstraZeneca, and ABB. Investor AB has approximately $10 billion in total assets, including $3 billion in assets under management in Investor’s global private equity operations in New York, Palo Alto, Stockholm, Munich, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong.

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Firelake Capital Management focuses on emerging technology markets, looking out over a long time horizon. Firelake Capital has a history of investing in businesses with the management talent and experience, intellectual property and market strategy to build a large company offering at least a 5x return. A majority of Firelake’s investments are in small cap public technology companies. Up to 30% are in private company investments.

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TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.6 billion of annual revenue and 12 million customer connections including 6.7 million wireless subscribers, 3.8 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and 228,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.

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Meritech Capital is a leading provider of late-stage venture capital to category-defining private technology companies, and has been one of the top performing venture firms of the past decade. With over $2.6 billion under management, Meritech primarily leads investments into portfolio companies of leading early-stage venture capital firms and looks for companies with proven and differentiated technology, rapidly-growing revenue and experienced management teams. With one of the most active venture portfolios, Meritech has experience in, and provides guidance on issues facing rapidly growing companies including management incentive plans, IPO market timing and positioning, liquidity, M&A strategies and negotiations and adviser selection.

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SingTel Innov8 (Innov8), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SingTel Group, is a corporate venture capital fund, with its own set of decision making, approval and funding processes. Innov8 focuses its investments on technologies and solutions that lead to quantum changes in network capabilities to enhance the customer experience. It works closely with the ecosystem of leading innovators, developers, government agencies, R&D and capital providers to bring cutting-edge technologies and solutions to the various markets the SingTel Group operates in. SingTel Innov8 invests in innovative companies with technologies that can potentially enhance the capabilities of SingTel Group operators in delivering solutions across various product segments and verticals.
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