Investors

Sipera is backed by four well-established venture capital firms with billions of dollars under management:

Austin Ventures

Austin Ventures has been working with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies since 1979. With $2.4 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital firm in Texas, and one of the most established in the nation. With a focus on enterprise software, computer and communications hardware, and business services, Austin Ventures invests at all stages of company development, from $100,000 “planned experiments” to $50+ million investments in management buyouts. For more information, visit www.austinventures.com.

Duchossois Technology Partners

Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC) is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX. DTEC is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build successful enterprises and takes a value-added approach to investing. DTEC invests in early-stage hardware, component and software companies. Visit www.duchtech.com.

S3 Ventures

S3 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in companies which address large market opportunities in the technology and medical device sectors. S3 invests primarily around the Southwest with a focus on Texas. With offices located in Austin and Houston, S3's team is a group of seasoned investors and successful entrepreneurs who have repeatedly built companies into great returns for investors. S3 helps talented entrepreneurs take their technology and market knowledge and form valuable businesses in a methodical fashion. Visit www.s3vc.com

Sequoia Capital

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the “Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs,” Sequoia Capital’s Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. The companies organized by Sequoia Capital now account for about 10% of the value of NASDAQ. To learn more about Sequoia Capital, visit www.sequoiacap.com.

Star Ventures

STAR Ventures (STAR) is a global venture capital company that invests in early-stage high-tech companies in Israel, Germany, and the United States. STAR (www.star-ventures.com ) focuses on companies that are already active internationally or are preparing to establish international business activities. STAR currently holds close to $1 billion (U.S.) under management, and has invested in more than 150 companies, 33 of which are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York, and the Neuer Markt in Frankfurt. The focus of STAR's investment interest is information technologies, with an emphasis on communications. Additional investment areas include medical devices, enterprise software, Internet infrastructure, and industrial technologies. STAR is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with offices in Herzliya, Israel, and Dallas, USA.