Accel Partners
Founded in 1983, Accel has helped entrepreneurs build over 300 successful category-defining companies including: AdMob, Brightcove, ComScore, Etsy, Facebook, Foundry Networks, Gameforge, Glam Media, Macromedia, metroPCS, Real Networks, Riverbed, Veritas, Walmart.com, Webroot, XenSource, and Zimbra. Accel is dedicated to partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams to build world-class companies, from inception through growth. Assisting entrepreneurs to build category defining companies. For more information on Accel, visit www.accel.com.
Bay Partners
Since 1976, Bay Partners has partnered with entrepreneurs in starting and growing over 200 information technology and health care businesses. From just an idea scribbled on a napkin to a first product with early revenue - they have seen it all. The school of hard knocks has given them a deep respect for the entrepreneurial process. It has taught them that there is no one recipe or formula for success. But the one thing that was common amongst their most successful entrepreneurs was that they took large risks and attacked large markets. So don’t be shy, it’s okay to. More information is available at www.baypartners.com.
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
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 Ventures
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.
