Investors

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was founded in 1989 as the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in software companies. Through their history, they've had the opportunity to invest in the pioneers and leaders of several generations of software applications, architectures, delivery methods and business models.

They've helped entrepreneurs build companies in desktop software, embedded systems, client-server, distributed network computing, internet, and software as a service. Their earliest portfolio companies started shipping software on floppy disks and today they're investors in pioneering companies in on-demand computing. Hummer Winblad has seen everything from shrink-wrap licenses to enterprise-wide "big deals" to subscription pricing; from direct sales to highly-leveraged channel strategies.

In other words, because software is all they do, they bring tremendous value to highly talented people who want to build great software companies. www.humwin.com

Trident Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1993 by industry veterans. Since then, the firm has grown to more than 300 investment partners with $1.6 billion under management invested in more than 120 companies. The firm's active investment approach has helped dozens of companies, such as MapQuest and iRobot, to realize successful exits. They specialize in business services, information services and software, including technology-leveraged outsourcing and processing for healthcare and insurance, marketing and sales, and enterprise software for security, communications and mobility.

Their partners have over 100 years of collective operating experience, and bring extensive industry knowledge and contacts to entrepreneurs and their teams to help them achieve the level of success they deserve. Dedicated to building businesses with strong infrastructures and putting them on the path to profitability, they work with innovative businesses to help them maximize their growth potential. www.tridentcap.com

UV Partners, established in 1986 with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, is a leading early stage private equity investment group. UV Partners helps entrepreneurs develop early-stage concepts into tomorrow’s industry-leading Information Technology and Life Science companies. The partners possess diverse but highly complementary industry and investment backgrounds. They share a hands-on approach and work collaboratively on each portfolio company over the life of an investment thereby providing each company with a broad range of resources, experience, and knowledge. www.uvpartners.com