ClariPhy Communications, Inc.

For more than 40 years, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) has actively partnered with entrepreneurs to build large businesses. NVP focuses on early stage investments in enterprise software and communications technologies. The firm currently manages more than $1.8 billion in venture capital out of its office in Palo Alto, California.

NVP has funded over 350 companies since inception including 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). Recent NVP transactions include Resonext Communications (acquired by RF Micro Devices), Spinnaker Networks (acquired by Network Appliance) and Winphoria Networks (acquired by Motorola).

As a result of these and other investments, Managing Partner Promod Haque was recently named the #1 venture capitalist on the annual Forbes Midas List for 2004 based on performance over the past 10 years. Additional information on Norwest Venture Partners is available at www.nvp.com

ONSET Ventures (www.onset.com) ) is an early-stage venture capital firm that combines substantial financial resources, business building, operating skills and a long-term personal commitment to help entrepreneurs build and grow world-class companies.

Onset has backed nearly 100 companies since 1984, focusing on early-stage and select later stage enterprises in business-to-business markets. With more than $500 million under management, ONSET Ventures invests in information and medical technology companies in the following sectors:

Enterprise applications and infrastructure software
Communications and networking
Medical technology

Allegis Capital (www.allegiscapital.com) was founded in 1996 and manages $400 million in committed capital through its four Media Technology Ventures venture capital funds. Allegis Capital invests in startup companies serving emerging information technology markets. Specific areas of interest include semiconductors, data infrastructure, enterprise software solutions, broadband and wireless delivery technologies, internet infrastructure and delivery platforms, and internet-enabled ecommerce and services. As of fall 2005, Allegis Capital is raising Allegis V, its fifth fund.

Notable investments include Sandpiper Networks (sold to Digital Island), Mergent Technologies (sold to CommerceOne), Shopzilla (sold to E.W. Scripps), Rent.com (sold to eBay), IronPort and Staccato Communications, among others. Allegis Capital has offices in Palo Alto and Santa Monica.