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Benchmark Capital was founded in 1995 to help talented entrepreneurs build great technology companies. Benchmark’s partners take a team-oriented, labor-intensive approach to venture investing to deliver a superior level of service to the firm’s portfolio companies. Benchmark’s portfolio includes franchise companies such as eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), Handspring (Nasdaq: PALM), JAMDAT (Nasdaq: JMDT), Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR), Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT), and ZipRealty (Nasdaq: ZIPR). Managing more than $3 billion in committed venture capital, Benchmark focuses on investing in entrepreneurs with original ideas. For more information on Benchmark, visit its Web site at www.benchmark.com.
Polaris Venture Partners was founded in 1996 and invests in seed, early stage and middle market companies in high growth industries. As the lead or co-lead investor, Polaris takes an active and long-term role in helping management teams build highly successful businesses, including Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), Allaire Corporation (sold to Macromedia), deCODE genetics (NASDAQ: DCGN), Matrics (RFID sold to Symbol Technologies), and Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: MNTA). It has over $3 billion under management and current investments in more than 75 companies. For more information on Polaris, visit its Web site at www.polarisventures.com.
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