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Sequoia Capital provides venture capital funding to founders of startups who want to turn business ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Steve Jobs of Apple Computer, Larry Ellison of Oracle, Bob Swanson of Linear Technology, Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Jen-Hsun Huang of nVIDIA, Michael Marks of Flextronics, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen of YouTube and Dominic Orr and Keerti Melkote of Aruba Wireless Networks. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com.


Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is a global venture capital firm that has actively partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses for more than 45 years. NVP focuses on investments in information technology including: semiconductor and components, enterprise and communication systems, software, services, consumer Internet and media. The firm currently manages more than $2.5 billion in venture capital out of its office in Palo Alto, California, USA.

NVP has funded over 400 companies since inception. Recent NVP transactions include Airespace (acquired by Cisco Systems), Resonext Communications (acquired by RF Micro Devices), Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance) and Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola). NVP has also funded such market leaders as Actel Corporation, Brocade Communications, Cerent (acquired by Cisco Systems), Documentum, Extreme Networks, Forte Software (acquired by Sun Microsystems), PeopleSoft and Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM). Additional information on Norwest Venture Partners is available at www.nvp.com.


Since 1982, Invesco Private Capital and our predecessor firms have developed a reputation for excellence in private equity investing, backing industry-leading venture, buyout and other private equity funds within fully discretionary funds-of-funds products. Over the past two decades, we have committed over $4 billion in capital to more than 440 private equity partnerships and have gained extensive experience with a diverse group of underlying managers.

As the growth of the private equity industry creates further complexities for investors, identifying the best investment opportunities has become increasingly difficult. There are a growing number of new private equity funds brought to market each year, and returns are widely dispersed between the top and bottom performance quartiles. For these reasons, joining forces with an experienced private equity funds-of-funds manager offers the greatest potential for success.


Tenaya Capital is a leading venture capital firm with offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1995 as Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, we became an independent company in 2009. Over the years we've raised five funds representing over $1 billion of committed capital, investing it in a wide range of high-growth technology companies including software, consumer Internet, communications, semiconductors, electronics, and cleantech.

At Tenaya Capital we believe in being a true collaborative partner, both with our entrepreneurial management teams and co-investors. Our dynamic, dedicated and close-knit team plays an active role in the management of our portfolio companies, combining our strengths with those of our partners to deliver superior business results.