exceptional management teams to build category-defining companies and create long-term equity value for their shareholders. They bring a global perspective, extensive resources, as well as a commitment to maximize the value of its portfolio companies through sustained strategic assistance.

Their management team represents a diverse experience base, bringing together a combination of operating, entrepreneurial, and investment talent that has created over $50 billion in shareholder value. The team members have played important executive/management roles in building world-class companies such as CBS/Westinghouse Corporation, Ciena, CommerceOne, Cisco Systems, Dell, JDS Uniphase, NYNEX, PepsiCo International, and Telcordia Technologies. As investors and entrepreneurs, the General Partners have backed, founded, or played lead roles in developing numerous successful technology companies, including Fiberlane Communications (Cerent / NASD: CSCO and Siara / NASD: RBAK), Cyras Systems (NASD: CIEN), Lara Networks (NASD: CY); Sirenza Microdevices (NASD: SMDI), and IMDI/Sonique (NASD: TRLY).