AO100
THE 2 007
This year’s focus: fresh companies with potential in a changing industry.
T
HE PACE OF CHANGE IN THE TECHNOLOGY
industry is accelerating. As we created the 2007 list
of AlwaysOn top 100 private companies, we found
that high-tech startups are again going through sig-
nificant lifecycle events—fundings, mergers and
acquisitions, and even IPOs—at a rapid rate. We’re seeing
activity in a wide range of sectors, including mobile,
greentech, security, social media, components and
infrastructure, and on-demand services for consum-
ers and businesses alike.
With the large number of promising contenders,
deciding which companies make the AO100 list is
always complex. To pick the final winners, AlwaysOn
editors, KPMG, Bridge Bank, Merrill Corp., Level
3 Communications, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
surveyed industry insiders and sorted through the
600-plus global company nominations. We then evaluated
each company against several criteria: innovation, market
opportunity, commercialization, media buzz, and stakeholder
value creation.
To reflect the changes we saw in the industry and in the
range of nominations, we significantly revamped the AO100
list—refining which companies fit which categories and add-
ing one: greentech. This category, which addresses all kinds
of renewable energy concepts, has received large amounts of
funding and media attention.
Another way in which the list’s makeup has changed is that
only 8% of the companies on this year’s list were also among the
AO100 in 2006. A number of our 2006 winners—13%—had sig-
nificant exits. Notables include DivX, Glu Mobile, and Aruba
Networks, which went public; YouTube, which was spectacu-
larly acquired by Google; and Ironport, acquired by Cisco.
This year, many of the companies on the AO100 list are at
earlier stages of development than in previous years. Although
80% are shipping products, 5% are still developing their products
(but show enough potential to be included on the list), while 6%
are just beginning to launch beta products. The average funding
per company and total funding for the list also show the shift
toward younger companies. Last year’s AO100 raised a total of
more than $5.5 billion in VC funding and the median funding
amount per company was close to $44 million. By contrast, the
far earlier-stage 2007 list has raised $2.2 billion total, and median
funding per company is around $22 million.
We saw nominations from many new, exciting companies
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based outside Silicon Valley, showing that technology innova-
tion continues to become more global and distributed. In 2006,
71% of the AO100 hailed from California; this year that num-
ber dropped to 56%, and more companies from the Northeast-
ern U.S. made the list. For example, Vivox, based in Massachu-
setts, is adding voice to social networking and virtual worlds,
while New York–based Tabula Digita is developing
educational games for students and institutions. The
Northwest provided strong contenders too, such as
Seattle’s SeaMobile, which provides wireless voice
and data communications for cruise lines, ferries,
yachts, container ships, and offshore oil platforms.
As for industry trends, security remains a vibrant
area. AO100 companies representing this sector in
2007 include 3VR Security, 41st Parameter, and Bit9.
The mobile sector also continues to grow—especially
around making the mobile phone or device a more complete
(and simpler) tool for finding things and providing services
on the go.
Another growing trend is the “virtualization” of consumer
services. Companies like Carbonite and Box.net offer easy-
to-use online backup and storage, showing how this virtual-
ized type of outsourcing is reaching even small businesses and
consumers.
Social media—community and social networking compa-
nies—continue to innovate. Examples include Intercasting,
which is providing platforms to build communities and mar-
kets around user-generated, location-aware mobile content,
and Gaia Online. Intercasting is media-focused, while Gaia is
half social network and half virtual world—showing off new
business models in the space.
Trends we suspect will continue include the level of VC
investment in greentech companies and the creation of new
online, on-demand consumer services. In addition, we expect
to see additional innovation in and convergence between the
consumer and media and mobile categories—for example, in
the area of blending social networking and search. We look
forward to seeing the groundbreaking strategies and products
this year’s AO100 winners will come up with as well as what
new contenders the next year will produce.
Packy Kelly is a partner with the Silicon Valley office of KPMG
LLP (www.kpmg.com) and is the Leader of the Western Area Ven-
ture Capital Practice. Packy can be reached at pkelly@kpmg.com.
The views and opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of KPMG LLP.
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CATEGORY KANEVA
WWW.KANEVA.COM
CONSUMER HQ: Atlanta, GA FOUNDED: 2004

AO100 AND MEDIA CEO: Christopher Klaus

INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded
EMPLOYEES: 30

Overall Winner
ASSOCIATED CONTENT
WWW.ASSOCIATEDCONTENT.COM LOOPT
WWW.LOOPT.COM
HQ: Denver, CO FOUNDED: 2004
CEO: Geoff Reiss EMPLOYEES: > 20 HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2005
CEO: Sam Altman EMPLOYEES: 17
CATEGORY INVESTORS INCLUDE: Softbank Capital
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Sequoia Capital, New
CONSUMER AND MEDIA Enterprise Associates
AZUREUS
GAIA ONLINE WWW.GETAZUREUS.COM NETVIBES
WWW.GAIAONLINE.COM HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2006 WWW.NETVIBES.COM
HQ: San Jose, CA FOUNDED: 2003 CEO: Craig Sherman EMPLOYEES: 60 CEO: Gilles BianRosa EMPLOYEES: 15 HQ: Paris, France FOUNDED: 2005
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Redpoint Ventures, CEO: Tariq Krim EMPLOYEES: 15
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Benchmark Capital, world—that differentiates itself from other
Redpoint Ventures, DAG, Stanford sites. Its success is undeniable and owes BV Capital INVESTORS INCLUDE: Accel, Index Ventures,
a lot to its focus on teen engagement and angels including Marc Andreessen
AO TAKE: GaiaOnline.com is an avatar-
based teen hangout grounded in the addictive virtual economy, which powers its BABELGUM
manga and anime world. Started in 2003 revenue engine and keeps users on the site WWW.BABELGUM.COM OODLE
by comic-book enthusiasts, it’s evolved for over 1 hour per day. Gaia also conducts HQ: Dublin, Ireland FOUNDED: 2006 WWW.OODLE.COM
into a complete virtual world. The virtual innovative advertising programs with com- CEO: Erik Lumer EMPLOYEES: 40 HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2004
world concept is coming into its own, as panies like Scion and Time Warner. Gaia is CEO: Craig Donato EMPLOYEES: 12
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Silvio Scaglia
more and more users from all demograph- currently one of the fastest-growing online
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Greylock Partners, Red-
ics are leaving the surface world and living communities, with more than 6 million total
point Ventures
complex lives in a variety of communities. users, 2.5 million uniques per month, and BAYNOTE
As a relative newcomer, Gaia has demon- 1 billion (and counting) total posts. Top-tier WWW.BAYNOTE.COM
strated strong growth and staying power. investors are sitting up and taking notice as PALTALK
HQ: Cupertino, CA FOUNDED: 2006 WWW.PALTALK.COM
It’s an unlikely combination of ideas— well, with Benchmark and Redpoint partici- CEO: Jack Jia EMPLOYEES: < 50
part forum, part gaming site, part virtual pating in a recent $9 million round. HQ: New York, NY FOUNDED: 1998
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Hummer Winblad, JK&B CEO: Jason Katz EMPLOYEES: > 50
Capital, Steamboat Ventures, Chess Ven-
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Softbank Capital
tures
PANDO
BEBO WWW.PANDO.COM
WWW.BEBO.COM
HQ: New York, NY FOUNDED: 2005
HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2005 CEO: Robert Levitan EMPLOYEES: 20
CEO: Michael Birch EMPLOYEES: 18
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Intel Capital, BRM Capi-
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Benchmark Capital tal, Wheatley Partners

BOOKING ANGEL PLATIAL

WWW.BOOKINGANGEL.COM WWW.PLATIAL.COM
HQ: Surrey Hills, Australia FOUNDED: 2004 HQ: Portland, OR FOUNDED: 2005
CEO: Dean McEvoy EMPLOYEES: 7 CEO: Di-Ann Eisnor EMPLOYEES: 9
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, Omidyar
Network, Keynote Ventures, angels
FLIXSTER
WWW.FLIXSTER.COM
HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2006
STARDOLL
CEO: Joe Greenstein EMPLOYEES: < 10
WWW.STARDOLL.COM
Craig Sherman
CEO, Gaia Online HQ: Stockholm, Sweden FOUNDED: 2004
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Lightspeed Ventures
CEO: Mattias Miksche EMPLOYEES: ca. 20
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Index Ventures, Sequoia
GENIUS.COM Capital
WWW.GENIUS.COM
HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2004
TABULA DIGITA
CEO: David Thompson EMPLOYEES: 50 WWW.TABULADIGITA.COM
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Emergence Capital Part- HQ: New York, NY FOUNDED: 2003
ners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Walden Inter- CEO: Ntiedo Etuk EMPLOYEES: < 10
national
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Ascend Venture Group

JAJAH TOPIX
WWW.JAJAH.COM WWW.TOPIX.NET
HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2005 HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2002
CEO: Trevor Healy EMPLOYEES: 60 CEO: Chris Tolles EMPLOYEES: < 50
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Sequoia Capital, Intel INVESTORS INCLUDE: Gannett Co., The
Capital, Deutsche Telekom, T-Online Ven- McClatchy Co., Tribune Co.
ture Fund
TRULIA
JAXTR WWW.TRULIA.COM
WWW.JAXTR.COM HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2005
HQ: Menlo Park, CA FOUNDED: 2005 CEO: Pete Flint EMPLOYEES: 40
CEO: Konstantin Guericke EMPLOYEES: 8 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Accel, Sequoia Capital,
INVESTORS INCLUDE: angels angels

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VIAGOGO RGB NETWORKS LOG SAVVY VIVOX

WWW.VIAGOGO.COM WWW.RGBNETWORKS.COM WWW.LOGSAVVY.COM WWW.VIVOX.COM
HQ: London, U.K. FOUNDED: 2005 HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2001 HQ: Berkeley, CA FOUNDED: 2005 HQ: Framingham, MA FOUNDED: 2005
CEO: Eric Baker EMPLOYEES: ca. 30 CEO: Jef Graham EMPLOYEES: > 50 CEO: Mark Searle EMPLOYEES: < 25 CEO: Rob Seaver EMPLOYEES: <10
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Index Ventures INVESTORS INCLUDE: Accel, Comcast Interac- INVESTORS INCLUDE: angels INVESTORS INCLUDE: Canaan Partners, Grand-
tive, Focus Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Mitsui Banks Capital
Venture Partners METAWEB TECHNOLOGIES
WIKIA
WWW.WIKIA.COM WWW.METAWEB.COM VIZIBLE
CATEGORY HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2005 WWW.VIZIBLE.COM
HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2004
CEO: Thomas Layton EMPLOYEES: >10
CEO: Gil Penchina EMPLOYEES: 35
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Bessemer Venture Part-
ENABLERS INVESTORS INCLUDE: Benchmark Capital,
HQ: Toronto, Ontario
CEO: Todd Finch
FOUNDED: 1999
EMPLOYEES: 55
Millennium Technology Ventures, Omidyar
ners, Amazon.com THE ACTIVE NETWORK Network
WWW.THEACTIVENETWORK.COM YOUSENDIT
ZCUBES HQ: San Diego, CA FOUNDED: 1998 NEARBYNOW
WWW.YOUSENDIT.COM
WWW.ZCUBES.COM CEO: David Alberga EMPLOYEES: > 100 WWW.NEARBYNOW.COM HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2004
HQ: Houston, TX FOUNDED: 2006 CEO: Ivan Koon EMPLOYEES: > 40
INVESTORS INCLUDE: ABS Ventures, Austin Ven- HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2005
CEO: Joseph Pally EMPLOYEES: 35 tures, Canaan Partners, Charles River Ven- CEO: Scott Dunlap EMPLOYEES: 14 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Alloy Ventures, Sevin
tures, Dominion Ventures, Enterprise Part- Rosen Funds, Sigma Partners
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Draper Fisher Jurvetson
ners, ESPN, Hambrecht Eu Capital, IAC, Kettle
CATEGORY
Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Out-
look Ventures, Lance Armstrong NEXTRIALS CATEGORY
DEVICES WWW.NEXTRIALS.COM
AND COMPONENTS AD IT LAST HQ: San Ramon, CA FOUNDED: 1999
ENTERPRISE
WWW.ADITLAST.COM.AU CEO: Jim Rogers EMPLOYEES: 20
HQ: Melbourne, Australia FOUNDED: 2005 INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded 3VR SECURITY
ARTIMI CEO: Christina Tutone EMPLOYEES: 3 WWW.3VR.COM
WWW.ARTIMI.COM
OVERSEE.NET HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2004
HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2002 AGGREGATE KNOWLEDGE WWW.OVERSEE.NET CEO: Stephen Russell EMPLOYEES: 40
CEO: Colin Macnab EMPLOYEES: > 50 WWW.AGGREGATEKNOWLEDGE.COM HQ: Los Angeles, CA FOUNDED: 2000 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, In-Q-Tel,
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Khosla Ventures, Index HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2005 CEO: Lawrence Ng EMPLOYEES: < 150 VantagePoint Venture Partners
Ventures, Accel, Oak Investment Partners, CEO: Paul Martino EMPLOYEES: < 25
INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded
Bank of Scotland INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, First 41ST PARAMETER
Round Capital, Net Service Ventures WWW.THE41.COM
PAYSCALE
AZAIRE NETWORKS WWW.PAYSCALE.COM HQ: Scottsdale, AZ FOUNDED: 2004
WWW.AZAIRENET.COM BOX.NET HQ: Seattle, WA FOUNDED: 2002 CEO: Robert Lewis EMPLOYEES: 38
HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2003 WWW.BOX.NET CEO: Michael Metzger EMPLOYEES: > 50 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, Norwest
CEO: Bill Howe EMPLOYEES: 45 HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2005 Venture Partners
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Trinity Ventures, Fluke
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Rustic Canyon Partners, CEO: Aaron Levie EMPLOYEES: < 10 Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group,
Woodside Fund, Investor Growth Capital, Con- INVESTORS INCLUDE: Mark Cuban, Draper Buerk Dale Victor
vergence Partners
BIT9
Fisher Jurvetson WWW.BIT9.COM
PLUGGD HQ: Cambridge, MA FOUNDED: 2002
AZUL SYSTEMS CHOICESTREAM WWW.PLUGGD.COM CEO: George Kassabgi EMPLOYEES: < 50
WWW.AZULSYSTEMS.COM WWW.CHOICESTREAM.COM HQ: Seattle, WA FOUNDED: 2006
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Atlas Venture, Highland
HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2001 HQ: Cambridge, MA FOUNDED: 2000 CEO: Alex Castro EMPLOYEES: > 10
Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins
CEO: Stephen DeWitt EMPLOYEES: 200 CEO: Steve Johnson EMPLOYEES: 90
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Intel Capital, angels
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Accel, Austin Ventures, INVESTORS INCLUDE: Sage Hill Partners, Gen-
eral Catalyst Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures CODENOMICON
Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, World- QUIGO TECHNOLOGIES WWW.CODENOMICON.COM
view Technology Partners WWW.QUIGO.COM
HQ: Oulu, Finland FOUNDED: 2001
COEMERGENCE HQ: New York, NY FOUNDED: 2001 CEO: Isaac Sundarajan EMPLOYEES: 30
WWW.COEMERGENCE.COM
BROADLOGIC CEO: Michael YavonditteEMPLOYEES: ca. 90
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Eqvitec Partners, Prime
WWW.BROADLOGIC.COM HQ: Halifax, Nova Scotia FOUNDED: 2001
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Highland Capital, Steam- Technology Ventures
CEO: Rod Burgar EMPLOYEES: 18
HQ: San Jose, CA FOUNDED: 1998 boat Ventures
CEO: Danial Faizullabhoy EMPLOYEES: 30 INVESTORS INCLUDE: InNOVAcorp
COGHEAD
INVESTORS INCLUDE: August Capital, CDIB Ven- SCANSCOUT WWW.COGHEAD.COM
ture Management, Levensohn Venture Part- COLLARITY WWW.SCANSCOUT.COM
ners, Rho Ventures, Sumitomo/Presidio Ven- WWW.COLLARITY.COM HQ: Redwood City, CA FOUNDED: 2003
HQ: Boston, MA FOUNDED: 2005
tures, Walden International CEO: Paul McNamara EMPLOYEES: 23
HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2006 CEO: Doug McFarland EMPLOYEES: 11
CEO: Levy Cohen EMPLOYEES: 16 INVESTORS INCLUDE: El Dorado Ventures
INVESTORS INCLUDE: General Catalyst Part-
IDENTITY ENGINES INVESTORS INCLUDE: angels ners, First Round Capital
WWW.IDENGINES.COM COVERITY
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA FOUNDED: 2004 CRITICAL MENTION SINGLEFEED WWW.COVERITY.COM
CEO: Pete Selda EMPLOYEES: < 100 WWW.CLIPSYNDICATE.COM WWW.SINGLEFEED.COM HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2002
HQ: New York, NY FOUNDED: 2002 HQ: Menlo Park, CA FOUNDED: 2005 CEO: Seth Hallem EMPLOYEES: > 70
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Trinity, Lightspeed Ven-
ture Partners, Horizon Ventures CEO: Sean Morgan EMPLOYEES: 50 CEO: Brian Smith EMPLOYEES: < 50 INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Silicon Alley Venture Part- INVESTORS INCLUDE: True Ventures, NetSer-
MYVU ners, CIBC vice Ventures DIAPHONICS
WWW.MYVU.COM WWW.DIAPHONICS.COM
HQ: Westwood, MA FOUNDED: 1995 DOBA THINK PASSENGER HQ: Halifax, Nova Scotia FOUNDED: 2000
CEO: Kenneth Kokinakis EMPLOYEES: 35 WWW.DOBA.COM WWW.THINKPASSENGER.COM CEO: Andy Osburn EMPLOYEES: > 25
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Atlas Venture, Essilor HQ: Orem, UT FOUNDED: 2002 HQ: Los Angeles, CA FOUNDED: 2005 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Covington Capital, BDC
International, The Hillman Company, Intel Cap- CEO: Jeremy Hanks EMPLOYEES: > 100 CEO: Andrew Leary EMPLOYEES: > 10 Venture Capital, Nova Scotia Business,
ital, Turner Broadcasting INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded INVESTORS INCLUDE: n/a inNOVAcorp

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GROUPSYSTEMS AUSRA SCALENT SYSTEMS DIGIT WIRELESS

WWW.GROUPSYSTEMS.COM WWW.AUSRA.COM WWW.SCALENT.COM WWW.DIGITWIRELESS.COM
HQ: Broomfield, CO FOUNDED: 2004 HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2004 HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2003 HQ: Lexington, MA FOUNDED: 2000
CEO: Luis Solis EMPLOYEES: > 50 CEO: John O’Donnell EMPLOYEES: > 50 CEO: Benjamin Linder EMPLOYEES: > 10 CEO: Mark Connon EMPLOYEES: < 25
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Swedish state pension INVESTORS INCLUDE: Khosla Ventures, Kleiner INVESTORS INCLUDE: Hummer Winblad, JK&B INVESTORS INCLUDE: Qualcomm, Telus, Ven-
system, Foretagsbyggarna Perkins Capital, Pequot Capital, Credit Suisse rock Associates

MIMOSA SYSTEMS GRIDPOINT SEAMOBILE FUNAMBOL

WWW.MIMOSASYSTEMS.COM WWW.GRIDPOINT.COM WWW.SEAMOBILE.COM WWW.FUNAMBOL.COM
HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2003 HQ: Washington DC FOUNDED: 2003 HQ: Seattle, WA FOUNDED: 2005 HQ: Redwood City, CA FOUNDED: 2001
CEO: T.M. Ravi EMPLOYEES: > 100 CEO: Peter Corsell EMPLOYEES: > 50 CEO: William Marks EMPLOYEES: > 100 CEO: Fabrizio Capobianco EMPLOYEES: > 10
INVESTORS INCLUDE: August Capital, JAFCO INVESTORS INCLUDE: Goldman Sachs, Altira INVESTORS INCLUDE: Ignition Partners, Cam- INVESTORS INCLUDE: Walden International, The
Ventures, Dot Edu Ventures, Mayfield Fund Group, Stanford Renewable Energy Group, bon Capital Partners, The Chart Group of Golden Mouse, HIG Ventures
Advantage Capital Partners New York
MULESOURCE INTERCASTING
WWW.MULESOURCE.COM HYDROXYL SYSTEMS SIBEAM WWW.INTERCASTINGCORP.COM
WWW.HYDROXYL.COM WWW.SIBEAM.COM
HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2006 HQ: San Diego, CA FOUNDED: 2004
CEO: Dave Rosenberg EMPLOYEES: ca. 25 HQ: Victoria, British Columbia
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA FOUNDED: 2004 CEO: Shawn Conahan EMPLOYEES: 35
CEO: Carolyn Rogers
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Hummer Winblad Venture CEO: John LeMoncheck EMPLOYEES: < 25 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Venrock Ventures, Avalon
FOUNDED: 1993 EMPLOYEES: 45
Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Lightspeed INVESTORS INCLUDE: Foundation Capital, Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners
Venture Partners SOLAICX New Enterprise Associates, U.S. Venture
WWW.SOLAICX.COM Partners IQZONE
RINGCUBE HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2002 WWW.IQZONE.COM
WWW.RINGCUBE.COM CEO: Bob Ford EMPLOYEES: 45 STOKE HQ: Scottsdale, AZ FOUNDED: 2006
HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2004 INVESTORS INCLUDE: D.E. Shaw, Mitsui Ven- WWW.STOKE.COM CEO: Michael Bates EMPLOYEES: > 10
CEO: Shan Appajodu EMPLOYEES: > 10 tures, Applied Ventures, Firsthand Capital HQ: Santa Clara, CA FOUNDED: 2004 INVESTORS INCLUDE: self-funded, angels
Management, Big Sky Ventures, Greenhouse CEO: Vikash Varma EMPLOYEES: 85
INVESTORS INCLUDE: New Enterprise Associ-
Capital Partners
ates, Mohr Davidow Ventures INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia JINGLE NETWORKS
Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Pilot House WWW.FREE411.COM
SOA SOFTWARE VERDIEM Ventures, Presidio STX, DAG Ventures
WWW.VERDIEM.COM HQ: Menlo Park, CA FOUNDED: 2005
WWW.SOA.COM CEO: George Garrick EMPLOYEES: 23
HQ: Seattle, WA FOUNDED: 2001
HQ: Los Angeles, CA FOUNDED: 1998 TENEROS
CEO: Kevin Klustner EMPLOYEES: ca. 50 INVESTORS INCLUDE: Liberty Associated Part-
CEO: Paul Gigg EMPLOYEES: 150 WWW.TENEROS.COM
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Catamount Ventures, ners, First Round Capital, IDG Ventures Bos-
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2003 ton, Comcast Interactive Capital
Angeleno Group, Phoenix Partners, Falcon
Redpoint Ventures, Mellon Ventures, Pal- CEO: Steve Lewis EMPLOYEES: 75
Partners
isades Ventures Fund, Paladin Capital Group INVESTORS INCLUDE: Goldman Sachs, New JUMPTAP
Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen, Star WWW.JUMPTAP.COM
CATEGORY
SUCCESSFACTORS Ventures
HQ: Cambridge, MA FOUNDED: 2004
WWW.SUCCESSFACTORS.COM INFRASTRUCTURE CEO: Dan Olschwang EMPLOYEES: > 100
HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2001 WEFI INVESTORS INCLUDE: Valhalla Partners, Red-
CEO: Lars Dalgaard EMPLOYEES: > 400 ARCH ROCK WWW.WEFI.COM
point Ventures, General Catalyst Partners,
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Greylock Partners, WWW.ARCHROCK.COM HQ: Mountain View, CA FOUNDED: 2006 BCE Capital
Canaan Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, HQ: San Francisco, CA FOUNDED: 2005 CEO: Arnon Kohavi EMPLOYEES: > 10
Emergence Capital Partners, Granite Global CEO: Roland Acra EMPLOYEES: > 25
Ventures, Texas Pacific Group Ventures
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Lightspeed Venture MOBIVOX
INVESTORS INCLUDE: New Enterprise Associ- Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, Gemini WWW.MOBIVOX.COM
ates, Shasta Ventures, Intel Capital Israel Funds
HQ: Montreal, Quebec FOUNDED: 2005
UNTANGLE CEO: Stephane Marceau
WWW.UNTANGLE.COM
BLUE LANE CATEGORY
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Brightspark, Skypoint
HQ: San Mateo, CA FOUNDED: 2002 WWW.BLUELANE.COM Capital
CEO: Bob Walters EMPLOYEES: 78
HQ: Cupertino, CA FOUNDED: 2002 MOBILE
INVESTORS INCLUDE: CMEA Ventures, Rustic CEO: Jeff Palmer EMPLOYEES: 73
Canyon Partners MSPOT
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Benchmark Capital, 4INFO WWW.MSPOT.COM
Matrix Partners, DAG Ventures WWW.4INFO.NET
HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2004
VISIBLE PATH HQ: Palo Alto, CA FOUNDED: 2004 CEO: Daren Tsui EMPLOYEES: > 10
WWW.VISIBLEPATH.COM CARBONITE CEO: Zaw Thet EMPLOYEES: 35
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Trinity Ventures
HQ: Foster City, CA FOUNDED: 2002 WWW.CARBONITE.COM INVESTORS INCLUDE: U.S. Venture Partners,
CEO: Antony Brydon EMPLOYEES: < 50 HQ: Boston, MA FOUNDED: 2005 Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DAG Ventures
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Kleiner Perkins, Menlo CEO: David Friend EMPLOYEES: ca. 20 TELENAV
Ventures, Integral Capital Partners, Silicon WWW.TELENAV.COM
Valley Bank
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Menlo Ventures, 3i, Com- ADMOB HQ: Sunnyvale, CA FOUNDED: 1999
mon Angels, Keiretsu Forum WWW.ADMOB.COM
CEO: H.P. Jin EMPLOYEES: > 500
HQ: Menlo Park, CA FOUNDED: 2006
CATEGORY ETELOS INVESTORS INCLUDE: Menlo Ventures, iGlobe
CEO: Omar Hamoui EMPLOYEES: 10
WWW2.ETELOS.COM Partners, Lehman Brothers, Sycamore Ven-
GREEN HQ: Renton, WA FOUNDED: 1999
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Sequoia Capital, eBay
alum Maynard Webb
tures
CEO: Danny Kolke EMPLOYEES: 19
AMYRIS BIOTECHNOLOGIES UNWIRED BUYER
WWW.AMYRISBIOTECH.COM RPATH APPTERA WWW.UNWIREDBUYER.COM
HQ: Emeryville, CA FOUNDED: 2003 WWW.RPATH.COM WWW.APPTERA.COM HQ: Austin, TX FOUNDED: 2005
CEO: John Melo EMPLOYEES: > 50 HQ: Raleigh, NC FOUNDED: 2003 HQ: San Bruno, CA FOUNDED: 2001 CEO: Indraj Gill EMPLOYEES: < 25
CEO: Billy Marshall EMPLOYEES: ca. 40 CEO: Marketta Silvera EMPLOYEES: ca. 25
INVESTORS INCLUDE: Khosla Ventures, Kleiner INVESTORS INCLUDE: Gefinor Ventures, Accent
Perkins, TPG Ventures, Bill and Melinda Gates INVESTORS INCLUDE: General Catalyst, North INVESTORS INCLUDE: Lightspeed Venture Part- Texas Fund I, Aegis Texas Venture Fund, DFJ
Foundation Bridge Venture Partners, Wakefield Group ners, Alloy Ventures, Walden International Mercury.

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