Investors

Charles River Ventures

Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is one of the oldest and most successful venture capital firms. Companies like Cascade, CIENA, Chipcom, NetGenesis, Parametric Technology, Sonus, Speechworks, Stratus Computer, Sybase, Vignette and dozens more have gone from idea to reality with the financial, managerial and visionary backing of CRV. The firm’s investment returns are consistently among the highest of venture capital firms, giving them one of the best track records in the industry.

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm helps entrepreneurs extend the potential of their ideas in both traditional venture areas like the Internet, computing, mobile, and silicon technology arenas but also supports breakthrough scientific work in clean technology areas such as bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, solar, battery and other environmentally friendly technologies. Vinod Khosla founded the firm in 2004 and was joined by partners David Weiden and Samir Kaul, as well as chief scientific officer Doug Cameron in 2006. Khosla Ventures is based in Menlo Park, California.

ZG Ventures

ZG Ventures is a private venture capital investment firm with a focus aimed at small, high-tech companies. The firm also develops for-profit education ventures based on the innovative In2Books non-profit literacy program. ZG Ventures is led by former Time Warner board member Miles Gilburne, who has been a managing member since 2000.

Michael Jesselson

Michael Jesselson is president of Jesselson Capital Corporation, a New York family investment group. He sits on the Board of a number of public companies and not-for-profit philanthropic organizations.