Epocrates is transforming the practice of medicine by developing innovative solutions that support clinical decisions at the point of care. More than 500,000 healthcare professionals, including more than one in four U.S. physicians and nearly one in two medical students, actively use Epocrates' mobile and web-based products to improve patient safety and save time. Epocrates is located in San Mateo, California.

Epocrates is transforming the practice of medicine by developing innovative solutions that support clinical decisions at the point of care. More than 500,000 healthcare professionals, including more than one in four U.S. physicians and nearly one in two medical students, actively use Epocrates' mobile and web-based products to improve patient safety and save time. Epocrates is located in San Mateo, California.

kajeet is a brand-new pay-as-you-go mobile phone service created exclusively for kids and parents navigating the tween years. kajeet is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Mobio Networks, Inc. is a wireless data services company.

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Staccato Communications, based in San Diego, California, is an Ultrawideband (UWB) technology pioneer with applications expertise in Wireless USB, Bluetooth and Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity. The company serves the mobile phone, personal computing and consumer electronics industries with small form factor single-chip all-CMOS wireless system-in-packages (SiP).

Venturi Wireless is the trusted leader in providing mobile broadband optimization solutions to wireless carriers and enterprises worldwide. Venturi's patented carrier-grade solution maximizes network efficiency and delivers the most compelling mobile data user experience available. Venturi Wireless is based in Sunnyvale, California.

This company designs and manufactures sophisticated electronic control systems for audio-visual and multimedia equipment. AMX's products serve applications and markets including corporate conference centers and training facilities, government organizations, networked community developments, schools, colleges, and distance learning facilities.

This company designs and manufactures sophisticated electronic control systems for audio-visual and multimedia equipment. AMX's products serve applications and markets including corporate conference centers and training facilities, government organizations, networked community developments, schools, colleges, and distance learning facilities.

INVIDI Technologies Corporation has developed the first addressable targeted television advertising and marketing solution for cable, satellite and IPTV service providers at the headend, household and individual viewer level. INVIDI is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

MarketTools is the defining provider of on-demand market research, giving companies and individuals the ability to continuously understand their target customers through innovative approaches based on advanced technology, research expertise, global market reach and an online panel community of over 2.5 million individuals worldwide. MarketTools is based in San Francisco, California.

With core technology and talent incubated at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, this company developed a Java-based, audio-enabled real-time platform for building and deploying shared applications to large groups on the Web. PlaceWare was acquired by Microsoft in 2003.

InterWest participated in two rounds of financing of this successful maker of displays, CPU accelerators, and other graphics and performance peripherals for Macintosh and other personal computers.

RocketCash provided teens with a way to shop on the Internet by creating an automated check-out and payment process. The company was acquired by NetZero in September 2000. Subsequently, NetZero was acquired by United Online.

Silicon Optix Inc, is the leading supplier of advanced video/image digital processing integrated circuits worldwide. The company's products are driving three unique technologies into a broad range of markets: a patented, powerful, array-based programmable DSP for digital video, industry-leading software algorithms from Teranex and proprietary eWARP geometry processing.

Bivio Networks designs and sells Linux-based deep packet inspection and processing platforms that provide both scalable network performance and scalable processing power along with flexible, easy programmability. Bivio sells to software OEMs who resell software-based appliances based on the Bivio hardware platform.

Bivio Networks designs and sells Linux-based deep packet inspection and processing platforms that provide both scalable network performance and scalable processing power along with flexible, easy programmability. Bivio sells to software OEMs who resell software-based appliances based on the Bivio hardware platform.

Convex designed and sold high-performance mini-super computer systems for scientific applications. In 1995 Convex was acquired by Hewlett-Packard and since has become the core of the HP high-performance computing division.

Damballa, Inc. is an information security company focusing on an emerging and growing threat to the Internet — Bot Armies. These "Armies" are responsible for a wide range of fraud including Spam, Distributed Denial of Service attacks, and corporate data/authentication theft. Damballa, Inc.'s products and services address these threats that are compromising the foundation of the Internet.

Gear6's centralized caching solutions address the widening performance gap between increasingly powerful servers and lagging mechanical storage devices, delivering scalable and transparent storage acceleration to mainstream enterprises. Gear6 solutions accelerate existing storage infrastructure for real time performance, eliminate bottlenecks, and guarantee transaction response times. Gear6 is based in Mountain View, California.

Pivot3 is focused on delivering highly scalable, fault tolerant IP-based clustered storage systems composed of industry standard servers. The company boasts strong intellectual property in distributed RAID and time-based I/O journaling for delivering the next generation of block-based clustered storage.

Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), is the first developer of 2 standards-based open mainframe computers compatible with the broadcast set of datacenter environments and operating systems, including IBM z/OS. The new PSI systems, based on proven Amdahl Corporation systems architecture, provide customers true choice and flexibility in mainframe computing.

Sarvega was a leading supplier of XML security and acceleration software and appliances and was located in Chicago, Illinois. It was acquired by Intel in 2005.

Sierra Logic, currently a division of Emulex, develops and sells sophisticated semiconductor solutions to enterprise storage vendors. Using Sierra Logic, vendors can offer uncompromising reliability, manageability and performance while saving more than 50% on their BOMs. Sierra Logic was founded in June 2001 by four veterans of the storage industry with backgrounds in HP and Agilent Technologies, and has offices in Roseville, California.

InterWest was an early investor in SGI, a leader in high-performance computing. SGI delivers a complete range of high-performance server and storage solutions along with industry-leading professional services and support.

Starlight Networks designed and sold servers and software that allow for the distribution of full-motion digital video over standard Ethernet and token ring area networks. In 1988, Starlight was acquired by PictureTel Corporation. Polycom acquired PictureTel in 2001.

Voyence is the leading provider of configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance and activation processes. The company's solution, VoyenceControl NG, helps organizations drive out operational costs, increase availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. VoyenceControl NG is the only configuration and change management solution based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens of thousands of devices across heterogeneous infrastructures.

Active Reasoning is a leading provider of IT Governance Automation software. The Active Reasoning IT Policy Enforcement Platform operationalizes standards such as ITIL and COBIT, detecting, validating, and reporting unauthorized changes and out-of-policy actions on the IT infrastructure in real time. Active Reasoning is based in San Mateo, California.

Active Reasoning is a leading provider of IT Governance Automation software. The Active Reasoning IT Policy Enforcement Platform operationalizes standards such as ITIL and COBIT, detecting, validating, and reporting unauthorized changes and out-of-policy actions on the IT infrastructure in real time. Active Reasoning is based in San Mateo, California.

Cloud9 delivers enterprise-class analytic applications as a service. Rather than requiringexpensive data warehousing technologies, Cloud9 allows customers to retain and analyze operational data through a simple subscription service. Cloud9 is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Edge Dynamics provides channel commerce management solutions for Life Science companies. Edge Dynamics' products enable companies to analyze their channel transactions against contract terms and business policies. Edge Dynamics' offices are located in Redwood City, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Edify developed and marketed software tools that automated key communications between companies and their customers and others. Edify's products retrieved externally requested information from internal corporate databases, formatted it, and delivered it to the party who requested it via voice recording, fax, or e-mail. Edify was acquired by Intervoice in 2005.

ExoLink offered an ASP-based set of services that enabled the efficient interchange of mission critical information that bridged the business process differences between the various market participants in the newly deregulated energy markets. Both energy retailers and energy distributors benefited from the high value applications that were essential to achieving operating efficiency and market competitiveness.

InterWest was the lead investor in the 1981 secondary financing of HBOC & Company, formed in 1974. The company established itself as a developer and marketer of computer systems and software for hospitals with two product lines consisting of an in-hospital central information processing system and a financial system.

KD-1 developed software for data mining and decision support applications, for use by retailers and packaged goods suppliers for inventory management, forecasting, and purchasing. In addition, KD-1 provided services from a data center using its proprietary software. The company was acquired by Net Perceptions in February 2000.

Lombardi provides business process management (BPM) suite software for Global 2000 companies. Lombardi's TeamWorks is built on open standards and provides ongoing visibility and control of business processes, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage their process activity and decision-making. Lombardi is located in Austin, Texas.

Marketo delivers on demand marketing automation solutions that enable companies to plan, execute and measure lead generation and optimize revenue. Marketo is located in San Mateo, California.

Motiva developed enterprise incentive management software applications to enable customers to model and administer effective incentive or variable compensation plans.

NovusEdge is a leading provider of complete physical security solutions that control access, monitor environments, and manage alerts to protect high value assets. Its EdgeProtect(TM) product is the first fully integrated solution that delivers IP-enabled, automated controls via rules-based functions, in real-time, at the point of need. The company's Edge Operating Environment (EOE) architecture utilizes embedded intelligence at the edge of the network that enables automatic and dispersed response in remote locations with reduced impact on network resources. NovusEdge solutions are easily and cost effectively scalable within an existing location or up to thousands of locations. NovusEdge customers include Lockheed Martin Atlas V, Warren Air Force Base, Dallas Semi-conductor, Methodist Hospital system, Denver Health and others.

Oacis provided highly customizable clinical database applications and tools for large integrated health care delivery networks.

Participate Systems was a provider of online customer and sales support solutions. The company was acquired by OutStart in 2004.

Right90 delivers on-demand sales forecasting solutions for manufacturing companies. By improving sales forecast accuracy and eliminating guesswork, Right90 enables manufacturers to reduce sales risks and improve gross margins. Right90's customers include leading manufacturers such as: Sharp, Quantum and Aperto Networks.

SCI Solutions is transforming healthcare Access Management with products and services that facilitate the efficient and secure exchange of clinical and financial information between patients, physicians and healthcare facilities. SCI provides a variety of applications and self-service portals that help physicians and patients interact easily and at their convenience for many of their access-related needs. SCI Solutions is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Symphoniq's TrueView architecture simplifies the complexity of managing high-performance Web applications. Symphoniq is located in Palo Alto, California.

T/R Systems developed color and black-and-white digital electronic printing systems for short-run, on-demand applications. The company's printers used software to manage multiple lower-cost print engines to effectively create a high-throughput system for a fraction of the cost of single-engine alternatives.

Varolii provides automated customer communication solutions to large enterprises. Varolii is based in Seattle, Washington.

Vendavo delivers price management software to business-to-business companies worldwide. Vendavo's clients improve their operating income by 1-3% of sales by consistently and effectively planning, setting, optimizing, managing, negotiating and executing their pricing. These clients span multiple industries, including chemicals, high-tech and industrial manufacturing, consumer products, mill products and distribution. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with European headquarters in London, and offices in Boston and Geneva, Vendavo is the price management solution of choice at over 100 client divisions in North America, Europe, Asia and worldwide. SAP(R), the world's leading provider of business software, with more than 33,200 customers in more than 120 countries, sources its SAP Price and Margin Management(R) application from Vendavo.

Airspan specializes in wireless local loop telecommunications and data communications equipment. This market is predicted to grow to more than $1 billion in the next five years. Featuring fully transparent voice and DSL data services, the company's products are easily integrated into wire-based systems. Airspan is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with operations in many countries and engineering facilities in London and Israel.

Airspan specializes in wireless local loop telecommunications and data communications equipment. This market is predicted to grow to more than $1 billion in the next five years. Featuring fully transparent voice and DSL data services, the company's products are easily integrated into wire-based systems. Airspan is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with operations in many countries and engineering facilities in London and Israel.

Bridge was a leading maker of networking and interconnectivity equipment before it was acquired by 3Com in September 1987. The company's line of modular communications products served as bridges between similar and dissimilar local networks, between local networks and other communications networks, and between networks and devices.

Ciena Corporation is a broad-based provider of networking and telecommunications equipment to telcos, cable operators, governments and enterprises.

Copper Mountain created central office and customer premise communications equipment based on emerging DSL technologies. By delivering high data rates over existing copper wiring, the company's products created more affordable high-bandwidth data communications.

Covaro Networks developed telecommunications products for the converged network enabling network infrastructure providers to profit from high bandwidth services while containing capital and operating expenditures.

Kalpana was a successful developer and maker of high-performance data communications switches for Ethernet LANs before being acquired by Cisco.

Incubated in InterWest's California office, Lightera's core technology was an ultra-broadband SONET switching product that addressed the transport switching requirements of public networks that employed Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) equipment. The company was acquired by CIENA in March 1999, and quickly became a source of significant revenue for clients.

LongBoard Inc. is a leading provider of carrier-grade software that enables carriers and service providers to deliver revenue-generating, converged voice and multimedia services. Deployed in carrier networks since 2001, LongBoard's software enables converged services that meet and exceed carrier and user expectations for quality and reliability.

VNetwork Computing Devices makes network computing systems and products. Based on a host/terminal architecture rather than a workstation architecture, the company's products leverage network processing power to reduce system cost with no reduction in performance.

This pioneering high technology company built a successful line of products providing high-speed interconnection and data communications among the various components of large-scale, multiple-mainframe computer installations.

Ramp developed connectivity products that provide high bandwidth but economical ISDN Internet access to small and medium sized businesses. The company's products, which were field-upgradeable via downloadable software modules, stood out for their plug-and-play ease of use and maintenance. The company was acquired by Nokia in January 2001.

A leader in integrated network equipment, Stratacom created high-end ATM wide area networking equipment. Based on packet switching technology, the company's solutions combined multiplexing and network management, allowing large enterprises to build and manage integrated voice and data communications networks using the T-1 lines provided by common carriers. The company was acquired by Cisco Systems.

Tasman Networks designed and sold access and aggregation concentrators that enabled Service Providers to offer affordable high-speed Internet access to their business subscribers. Tasman's innovative technology and advanced IP-based products helped make Internet access at T1 and faster speeds easy to deploy and to use. Tasman was acquired by Nortel in 2006.

Terawave is a leading provider of GPON access solutions for telecom and cable service providers, federal, and municipal networks worldwide. Terawave systems provide converged data, voice, and video services in over 90 customer networks on 5 continents. Terawave is based in Hayward, California.

VTEL pioneered full-featured "media conferencing" systems based on open PC-based standards, with a line of long-distance communications products that integrate interactive video, voice, data, and graphics capabilities.

AccelChip, Inc. is a leading provider of architectural synthesis and verification tools for DSP design. The company develops design tools, intellectual property, and consulting services that enable a true, top-down DSP design process. AccelChip's solutions link the domain-specific DSP design environment with proven silicon design flows, enabling algorithm developers to take designs created in MATLAB — the predominant tool used for DSP algorithm design and specification — and automatically synthesize a high-quality silicon implementation.

AccelChip, Inc. is a leading provider of architectural synthesis and verification tools for DSP design. The company develops design tools, intellectual property, and consulting services that enable a true, top-down DSP design process. AccelChip's solutions link the domain-specific DSP design environment with proven silicon design flows, enabling algorithm developers to take designs created in MATLAB — the predominant tool used for DSP algorithm design and specification — and automatically synthesize a high-quality silicon implementation.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) is an Asia-based global semiconductor equipment company with a portfolio of advanced, high-performing wafer fabrication solutions that enable the world's semiconductor manufacturers to increase productivity and reduce their manufacturing costs. Strategically headquartered in the hub of the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, AMEC's advanced semiconductor processing products are designed to deliver superior on-wafer performance and cost-of-ownership advantages at nodes of 65/45 nm and smaller.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) is an Asia-based global semiconductor equipment company with a portfolio of advanced, high-performing wafer fabrication solutions that enable the world's semiconductor manufacturers to increase productivity and reduce their manufacturing costs. Strategically headquartered in the hub of the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, AMEC's advanced semiconductor processing products are designed to deliver superior on-wafer performance and cost-of-ownership advantages at nodes of 65/45 nm and smaller.

BenchMarq marketed semiconductor components for battery-operated electronic devices and other power-sensitive equipment and applications. The company's products addressed microprocessor power management, rechargeable power supply control, and memory management.

With unique design know-how, this IC maker established a track record of success in the development, manufacture, and marketing of complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)products that combine linear and digital integrated circuit functions on the same chip. Crystal Semiconductor was acquired by Cirrus Logic in 1991.

InterWest Partners was closely involved in the incubation of this company's business plan and founding. The company established itself as a successful maker of high-performance Intel compatible x86 processors and digital electronic subsystems based on very large scale integration (VLSI) semiconductors. Cyrix was acquired by National Semiconductor.

Open-Silicon, Inc. is a fabless ASIC company delivering the most cost-effective, predictable and reliable custom ASIC solution to electronics product customers worldwide. Open-Silicon's OpenMODEL is the semiconductor industry's first end-to-end custom ASIC solution based on a business model that provides a seamless, low-cost, low risk alternative to traditional models for complex ASIC design and development.

Power Integrations, Inc. is the leading supplier of high-voltage analog integrated circuits used in power conversion.

Rendition pioneered interactive 3D graphics acceleration for PC entertainment applications. Prior to its 1998 acquisition by Micron Technology, the company was based in San Jose, California.

SiTera was a fabless semiconductor company that designed and built chipsets for communications and networking equipment companies. SiTera's chips were used as incremental additions to existing architectures or together as a complete system in network components such as routers and switches. The company was acquired by Vitesse Semiconductor in June 2000.

SpectraLinear is a pure play integrated timing solutions company that focuses on consumer, computer, and communication markets using innovative, high performance fast time-to-market silicon platforms. Acquiring Cypress' PC Clock division at the end of 2006 immediately established SpectraLinear as a leader in the field.

T-RAM is a fabless Semiconductor Company which has developed a new SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) memory cell technology based on TCCT (Thin-Capacitively-Coupled-Thyristor technology out of Stanford University. T-RAM's initial products are fit, form and function compatible with SRAM products today. The Thyrister cell offers much better density, scaling to smaller process nodes, and more cost effective integration into high-performance logic technology than the traditional 6T-SRAM cell. Longer term, this technology has the potential of producing SRAM products that could rival DRAM in density.

VizionWare has developed and applied a patented core silicon technology to create a complete family of next generation digital interconnect products. The company's award-winning digital technology delivers numerous unique technological advances - including image enhancing circuitry, signal balancing, enhanced transmission technology between the source and sink cable ends, Optimal Spectral Diffusion™, and pixel clock re-timing - leading to unprecedented improvements to HDMI and DVI digital interconnect cables and adapters. These key advances overcome the limitations of passive analog and pseudo-active cables, enhancing transmission between the source and sink cable ends and lowering EMI radiation and interference with other wired and wireless connections, while delivering theater quality signals to the display independent of cable length.

InterWest Partners participated in the early financing of this established maker of user programmable gate arrays and associated development systems. Xilinx's unique technology opened an enormous new segment in the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market.

Ignis Optics developed optical modules and sub-systems for metro optical networks. The company provided low-cost solutions specifically designed for deployment in metro, edge, and access networks such as Ethernet-to-the-First-Mile. In September 2003, Bookham announced an agreement to acquire Ignis Optics.

Nuventix, Inc, is an Austin, Texas based, venture backed firm that is revolutionizing thermal management of consumer electronics, LED lighting, medical, telecommunications, automotive and other electronics with patented, highly adaptable, quiet, and reliable, cooling devices that efficiently, effectively - and directly - dissipate heat from any surface. The highly patented SynJet technology enables the most reliable and flexible air cooling solutions available today.

RedShift Systems Corp. is a pioneer in enabling low-cost, high-performance thermal imaging solutions for mass-market applications. The RedShift Thermal Light ValveTM technology enables high-quality thermal imaging capability in a wide variety of products for the video surveillance and security, fire-fighting, and automotive markets. RedShift is based in Woburn, MA.

SPI is positioned to be a leader in high power fiber lasers and is expanding the applications space for fiber lasers, with powers from mWs to kWs.