J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC (JPMP) is a leading private equity firm with over $11 billion in capital under management as of June 30, 2005. Since its inception in 1984, JPMP has invested over $15 billion worldwide in consumer, media, energy, industrial, financial services, healthcare, hardware and software companies. With more than 80 investment professionals in five principal offices throughout the world, JPMP is an experienced investor in companies with worldwide operations. Underpinning this platform is a global integrated network, which enables JPMP to draw on expert resources residing within JPMorgan Chase, its extensive portfolio and worldwide contact network.

Selected investments include: AMC Entertainment, Berry Plastics, Cabela’s, Pinnacle Foods, PQ Corporation, SafetyKleen Europe, Vetco International and Warner Chilcott.

JPMP is a private equity division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), one of the largest financial institutions in the United States, and is a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Novus Ventures was founded by Dan Tompkins in 1994 with the goal of forming a venture capital team whose collective talents and experience could help build great companies. After raising their second fund in 2000 and merging with Artemis Ventures in the summer of 2002, the Novus Ventures team comprises seven seasoned investment professionals managing a total of $150 million.

From the outset, the approach has been two-fold: provide optimal funding for promising early-stage companies; and contribute Novus resources and participation to these ventures to help them grow and flourish in the dynamic, challenging high-tech business world.

After investing in a portfolio company, Novus is committed to a working process that melds seasoned management expertise with the entrepreneurial vision and drive of its portfolio companies.

The approach has proved successful. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Novus currently has $150 million under management, serves a roster of 26 active portfolio companies, and offers the collective talent of six principal working partners.

VantagePoint Venture Partners is one of the leading venture capital firms in the world. With an interest in companies ranging from start-ups to pre-IPO, we're an active multi-stage investor. Providing long-term capital, we have more than $2.8 billion under management and available for companies. Vantage Point focuses entirely on technology and healthcare markets, organized around five practice groups: Communications & Systems; Software, Internet & Media; Semiconductors & Components; Healthcare; and CleanTech.

Uniquely qualified to engage in ambitious projects, VantagePoint has served as the sole or co-lead investor in more than 150 of its portfolio companies. This level of leadership is second-nature for the Firm's Managing Directors, who have an average of 18 years of venture capital and high-level technology experience. As a full-service team with deep resources, we have helped more than 600 companies complete IPOs or M&A transactions - a building process that takes place side-by-side with the portfolio companies' management teams

Founded in 1996, Vantage Point has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and Montreal.