Investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion of capital commitments. Over the past two decades, the investment professionals at Lightspeed have backed more than 150 companies, many of which have gone on to become leaders in their respective industries. They have invested in many exceptional management teams and have contributed domain expertise and operational experience to help build many high-growth, market-leading companies. Beyond Bling Nation, other Lightspeed investments include DoubleClick, Blue Nile, Brocade, Calista (acquired by Microsoft), Ciena, Galileo Technology (acquired by Marvell Technology Group), Growth Networks (acquired by Cisco), Informatica and Kiva Software (acquired by AOL). Some of their recent exits include a top-performing tech IPO of 2006, Riverbed Technology, and a top enterprise software acquisition of 2006, Virsa Systems (acquired by SAP). For more information, visit www.lightspeedvp.com.
Balderton Capital
Balderton Capital is one of the largest venture capital firms in Europe, committed to finding and helping talented entrepreneurs build great companies. Based in London, it manages $1.9 billion in committed venture capital. Since 2000, Balderton has invested in over 80 companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Balderton's investments span a wide variety of sectors including communications, consumer services, enterprise software and services, e-commerce, mobile, semiconductors, media and financial services. Balderton invests in innovative businesses and approaches investment using the principles of teamwork and an intense dedication to building companies of lasting value. The investment partners combine international and Silicon Valley operational experience with company-building expertise. Notable investments include Bebo (sold to AOL for $850m), Betfair (the online betting exchange), 7digital (the online music download service sold to HMV), LOVEFiLM (the home entertainment subscription service) and MySQL (sold to Sun for $1 billion). For more information, visit www.balderton.com.
CampVentures
CampVentures is a true seed-stage venture capital firm. CampVentures engages with great companies in their earliest stages of development. Once invested, CampVentures works intensely with companies to prepare them for their next rounds of financing, which are nearly universally led by top-tier venture capital firms. CampVentures also "holds back" capital sufficient to participate alongside these firms in all future rounds of financing. CampVentures strives to be the first stop for the very best entrepreneurs with the very best ideas, when they're just getting their companies off the ground. For more information, visit www.campventures.com.
Meck, Ltd.
MECK is a privately investment firm with investments in South America and the United States. The firm's headquarters are in Santiago, Chile and they maintain a physical presence in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Palo Alto. For more information, visit www.meckltd.com.
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