Investors

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) is a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build world-class companies. USVP focuses on early stage opportunities in sectors where their deep domain knowledge and significant industry and investment expertise can make a difference. These include a wide range of information technology systems and software, as well as optical and semiconductor components, enterprise and technical software, medical devices, and biopharmaceuticals. Since its inception in 1981, USVP has raised more than $2.5 billion in eight funds. Chris Rust represents USVP on the board of VeriWave. www.usvp.com
TL Ventures TL Ventures was established in 1988 and has over $1.4 billion under management. Focused on venture investing in category-defining, early-stage companies in software, communications, information infrastructure and business services, the Firm provides portfolio companies with operational, entrepreneurial and financial expertise and a global network of resources and contacts. TL Ventures has offices in Philadelphia, PA and San Mateo, CA. www.tlventures.com
Woodside Fund Woodside Fund is a leading venture capital firm that excels in developing seed- and early-stage technology companies. Founded in 1983, the 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 enterprise software, fabless semiconductor and network infrastructure companies located on the West Coast. Woodside Fund has more than $330 million in capital under active management. John Occhipinti represents Woodside Fund on the board of VeriWave. www.woodsidefund.com
Alloy Ventures Based in Palo Alto, California, the partners of Alloy Ventures have been providing venture capital funding to entrepreneurs since 1977. The primary investment focus is on seed and early-stage companies in markets served by Information and Life Science Technologies. Leading institutional investors, endowments, and others have committed more than $1 billion to seven vintage year investment partnerships managed by Alloy. More than 175 companies have received funding from these funds. Each member of the investment team at Alloy Ventures has individually held executive positions within large companies, worked in operating roles in small start-ups or development labs, and/or founded companies from scratch. Through decades of leadership roles in these companies, the team has become expert at helping new and seasoned entrepreneurs define, evolve, and execute a strategy that maximizes the chance of success. www.alloyventures.com

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