Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

“Since 1972, our partners have supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in building over 475 companies, including such household names as Amazon, Sun, Genentech, Intuit, Verisign and Google, that have defined new business sectors or redefined and expanded existing ones. We work tirelessly on behalf of entrepreneurs and share the benefits of our experience to develop new enterprises. Using our Relationship Capital, we bring all of these companies together into an informal, far-reaching network to assist entrepreneurs as they learn from one another and build the great businesses of tomorrow.
“Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is committed to helping entrepreneurs build enduring market-changing institutions. For 30 years, we have invested in hundreds of market-defining ventures. We're constantly on the lookout for ideas with the promise to invent new business categories or radically alter existing ones. Our focus is on new technologies and new applications of technology that will drive high-impact change.” www.kpcb.com

ONSET Ventures

ONSET Ventures specializes in providing an ideal mix of start-up, follow-on, and intellectual capital to entrepreneurs and early-stage technology ventures, to help transform world-class ideas into sustainable and valuable businesses.
The firm has backed nearly 100 companies since 1984 and now has more than $700 million under management. ONSET Ventures focuses exclusively on information and medical technology-based start-ups, and has a long history of successful ventures in each of these sectors. www.onset.com

Protostar Partners

Protostar is a New York based middle-market leveraged buyout firm dedicated to acquiring portfolios of direct private equity investments. Protostar targets transactions ranging from $50 million to $250 million in equity value. The firm offers a balanced mix of strategic insight, operational capabilities and financial expertise, and is exclusively focused on building middle-market leaders.

W Capital Partners

W Capital is a leading provider of private equity liquidity management, a critical element of successful private equity investing. With well over $1 billion of invested capital under management in addition to $250 million in newly committed capital, W Capital is the largest fund exclusively dedicated to the acquisition of direct private equity investments in the secondary market. www.wcapgroup.com

Woodside Fund

Woodside Fund is a leading venture capital firm that excels in developing early-stage technology companies. Founded in 1983, Woodside Fund attributes its long record of success to the high value it places on building productive partnerships with entrepreneurs, other investors and service providers. Typically a lead investor, Woodside Fund invests from $5 million to $10 million in early-stage software, fabless semiconductor and network infrastructure companies. Woodside Fund has grown to five funds with more than $350 million in capital under active management. For more information, go to www.woodsidefund.com.