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Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for companies in the technology, life science, venture capital/private equity and premium wine industries. SVB provides a comprehensive suite of financing solutions, treasury management, corporate investment and international banking services to its clients worldwide. More information on the company can be found at www.svb.com.
The Founders Fund is a San Francisco, California venture capital firm that has led several early stage funding rounds for well known Web 2.0 start-up companies. The Founders Fund has made investments in over 23 companies.
These companies include Engage.com, Facebook.com, Geni.com, IronPort, jaxtr, koders, Ooma, Powerset.com, Quantcast, Rapleaf, slide.com, and SmartDrive Systems.
Gunderson Dettmer is a leading law firm for entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies and the venture capital firms that support them. With 125 lawyers in four offices – Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, and San Diego – Gunderson Dettmer represents companies in every stage of development from incorporation through entry into public markets and beyond. The firm provides counsel on general corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital services, intellectual property, strategic alliances, and tax matters.
Gunderson Dettmer combines experience, industry relationships and expertise to provide practical, business-oriented advice tailored to the needs of the emerging growth company marketplace.
For more information you may visit http://www.gunder.com.
Google Ventures seeks to discover and grow great companies – we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. We’re studying a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care. We invest anywhere from seed to mezzanine stage and embrace the challenge of helping young companies grow from the garage to global relevance.
Our team includes entrepreneurs, investors and innovators, along with some 20,000+ exceptional Googlers whose breadth of knowledge, experience and creativity constitute perhaps our own most valuable resource. You don’t have to be a potential Google acquisition for us to want to work with you; we’re out to build great companies, period.