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Our many media partners, including The Economist,
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PREMIUM SPONSORS
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Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group)
Chia
Tai Enterprises International Limited
Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group)
is one of Asia's largest and most prominent business conglomerates, with
interests in numerous vertically integrated business, including food
products, petrochemicals (CPPC), retailing (Lotus Superstores and
over 3000 7- Eleven stores in China and Thailand), fiber optics,
telecommunications (Telecom Asia), biotechnology, financial
services (Hong Kong Fortune), cable television (UBC), multimedia and
entertainment, and China's largest shopping complex, Super
Brand Mall. Today, this Thai anchored business
group with 250 companies in 20 countries, employing more than 100,000
people, is the first (FDI License Number 1) and single largest (US
$6.5 Billion foreign investor in China, and stands at
the forefront, as one of Asia's leading global conglomerates.
Contact: James Hahn (Email
James Hahn)
For more information, visit
www.cpthailand.com or www.hkfdo.com
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Systems
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& Touche
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cities. The firm is dedicated to helping our clients and our
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one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For in America"
by Fortune magazine for four consecutive years. Deloitte &
Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading
professional services firms, with more than 92,000 people in over 135
countries. Deloitte's
Tri-State Technology & Communications practice is comprised of
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companies in a wide range of areas, including software, systems
integration, telecommunications, biotechnology, Internet,
semiconductors, communications utilities and media/publishing. The
practice's current service team is led by more than 40 partners
providing; audit, tax, information-technology, e-business consulting,
human capital, enterprise risk and mergers & acquisition services.
For
more information, visit www.us.deloitte.com.
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Ernst
& Young

Five Times Square
New York, NY 10036
(212) 773-3000
Ernst & Young, a global
leader in professional services, understands the business issues that
are important to senior executives.
With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry
experience, the global Ernst & Young organization can implement a
broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve
financial performance and manage risk — anywhere in the world.
Its 84,000 people serve as trusted business advisers in more than
130 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance and transaction
services across all industries to many of today’s leading global
corporations as well as emerging growth companies. In addition, legal services are available in various parts of
the world where permitted.
Contact: Roger Savell, Partner, at roger.savell@ey.com
or 212-773-5665.
For more information,
visit www.ey.com
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Heidrick
& Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles International,
Inc. is the world’s premier provider of executive-level search and
leadership consulting services. Currently, approximately 1,800 Heidrick
& Struggles search professionals and employees operate from offices
throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
Asia Pacific. For nearly 50 years, Heidrick & Struggles Executive
Search has specialized in chief executive, board member and senior-level
management assignments for a broad spectrum of clients: multi-national
corporations, mid-cap and start-up companies, nonprofit entities,
educational institutions, foundations, associations and governmental
units. We are expanding our range of complementary services to offer
solutions to senior management teams for their leadership needs,
including recruitment of emerging talent, executive assessment, interim
executive placement, and professional development.
Contact: Kyung Yoon, Vice
Chairman, at kyoon@heidrick.com
or Tel: 650-234.1522.
For more information, visit www.heidrick.com
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Invest
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
115 East 54th St.
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 752-3320
Fax: (212) 752-3395
Contact us at
(212) 752-3320
For more information, visit www.investhk.gov.hk
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Marsh
Inc

Marsh
Inc. is a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a
global professional services firm with more than 50,000 employees and
businesses in risk and insurance services, investment management and
consulting. Marsh is founded on the tradition of delivering risk
solutions and services that make out clients more successful. This
commitment is being carried out today by more than 32,000 Marsh
colleagues serving clients in over 100 countries, delivering advanced
risk services. Marsh Private Equity and M&A Services is a division
of Marsh. It serves as a single point of contact for you to access the
resources of the MMC subsidiary companies and mobilize them to enhance
your financial transaction.
For more information, visit www.marsh.com
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NASDAQ

As
the world's largest electronic stock market, Nasdaq®
is not limited to one central trading location. Rather, trading is
executed through Nasdaq's sophisticated computer and telecommunications
network, which transmits real-time quote and trade data to more than 1.3
million users in 83 countries. Without size limitations or geographical
boundaries, Nasdaq's "open architecture" market structure
allows a virtually unlimited number of participants to trade in a
company's stock. Today, Nasdaq lists the securities of nearly 4,100 of
the world's leading companies and each year, continues to help hundreds
of companies successfully make the transition to public ownership.
For more information, visit www.nasdaq.com
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Doosan Tower
18-12, 6th St, Euljiro-6ga, Joong-gu
Seoul, Korea 100-730
Tel: 82-2-3398-1070
Fax: 82-2-3398-1071
Neoplux Capital's vision is to emerge as one of the world's
leading private equity firms that uncovers promising companies in
Korea or around the world and supports their development into
world-class enterprises. Private equity is an active form of
investment involving not just capital contribution but also
management participation, strategic alliances and networking among
investment portfolio companies. The ultimate objective of private
equity investment is to maximize investment return by enhancing
the value of the portfolio companies through a comprehensive set
of supportive services. Rather than seeking short-term gains, Neoplux Capital
wants to become a value-creating partner who helps maximize the
portfolio company's value through active management support in
addition to capital participation. From venture capital to
management consulting and corporate restructuring, Neoplux Capital
offers a full range of services related with corporate investment
and restructuring. We will be your win-win partner contributing to
true value creation throughout the corporate life cycle from
start-up to growth and maturity. Neoplux Capital will achieve our vision through our
powerful worldwide network. We will leverage our rich
restructuring experience from our mother company Doosan, often
quoted as Korea's model case for corporate restructuring. Our
talented experts with extensive experience in consulting, finance,
accounting, start-ups and venture capital will play a key role in
achieving our vision.
Neoplux Capital - we will show you the way to greater corporate
value.
Doosan's history started in 1896 as one of
Korea's oldest conglomerates. Among the brand name products within
the group include OB Lager Beer, Green Soju, Burger King, KFC,
Jongkapjip Kimchi, Doosan Encyclopedia, Vogue, and Volvo Korea.
Doosan's business lines include Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction,
Biotechnology, Doosan Tower Fashion Mall, HSD Engine, Semincontech,
The Doosan Bears baseball team, and Neoplux Capital.
For more information, visit
www.neoplux.com and
www.doosan.com
Contact Yongsung Kim, CEO & President at
YongSung@Doosan.com
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New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange, the premier equities
market, lists more than 3,000 of the world’s leading
companies and has a total global market capitalization of $16
trillion.
The NYSE provides its listed companies with access to
the world’s largest pool of equity capital, providing
outstanding liquidity and transparency.
As a leader in innovative trading capabilities and
systems, the NYSE employs the most advanced communications and
computing technologies that deliver fast, efficient, reliable
and cost-effective trade executions.
For more information, visit www.nyse.com
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Oracle

Oracle has more than twice
the database market share of our closest competitor, IBM. But the real story
is Oracle's even greater popularity on the Internet. All 10 of the world's
largest Web sites-from Amazon.com to Yahoo!-rely on the Oracle database to
handle huge numbers of users and enormous quantities of information. And 98 of
the Fortune 100 use Oracle for e-business. The Oracle database is the software
that powers the Internet. Oracle is the world's leading supplier of
application software. Our new E-Business Suite puts every aspect of a
business on the Internet-marketing, sales, supply chain, manufacturing,
customer service, accounting, human resources-everything. Our complete and
integrated E-Business Suite is a compelling alternative to buying applications
from several different vendors, and trying to make them work together.
For more information, visit www.oracle.com
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PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers Money
Tree Survey is a quarterly study of equity investments made by the venture
capital community in emerging private companies in the United States. As such,
it serves as a barometer of regional and national economic health demonstrated
through entrepreneurial developments, and identifies promising industry
segments. The survey has become a staple for the financial community,
entrepreneurs, policy makers and others who track "hot" companies
throughout the country. PricewaterhouseCoopers will present the latest survey of venture
capital through PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey at Global Private
Equity Conferences.
For more information, visit www.pwcglobal.com
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Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited
Shanghai
Industrial Holdings Ltd ("SIHL") was incorporated in
January 1996 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 30 May in
the same year. In January 1998, SIHL became a blue chip stock after it
was selected as a Hang Seng Index constituent. It was also selected as
one of the S&P Asia Pacific Index stocks in October 1999. In April
2001, SIHL became a constituent stock of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index.
In May of the same year, SIHL launched its American Depository Receipt
-- ADR (Level 1) program, thus completing its 24-hour global trading
platform. In Oct 2001, SIHL has been selected a constituent stock of
Hang Seng Composite Index Series. SIHL is a subsidiary of Shanghai
Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co., Ltd ("SIIC"), which
holds approximately 60% of the total shares. Established by the Shanghai
Municipal Government, SIIC is the Government's sole "window
company" in Hong Kong. It is currently the largest and most
resourceful overseas enterprise under the auspices of the Shanghai
Municipal Government. Since its incorporation in Hong Kong in 1981, SIIC
has adopted the principle of "being rooted in Hong Kong to serve
the interests of Shanghai and Hong Kong." With its dual background
and unique advantage as a window company, SIIC has since developed into
a conglomerate with ownership in 4 listed companies, 9 subsidiaries and
more than 270 associated and affiliated companies. Based in Hong Kong
with its executive headquarters in Shanghai, SIIC has business
operations all over the world, which is managed through its 9 regional
headquarters in North America, Japan, Europe, the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS), Australia, South Africa, Southeast Asia, South
America and the Middle East. Being the flagship in the SIIC group of
companies, SIHL has been successful in developing a diversified
portfolio by means of merger and acquisition involving a number of
high-quality assets both in China and overseas.
For more information, visit www.sihl.com.hk
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Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett Private Fund Practice
Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett
is a leading international law firm, with offices in New York,
London,
Hong
Kong,
Tokyo,
Palo
Alto
and
Los
Angeles. The Firm provides a full array of general corporate and
litigation services to industrial corporations, commercial banks,
investment banks and other financial institutions, partnerships, joint
ventures and similar business entities, insurance companies, educational
and philanthropic institutions and individuals. Cross-border finance, banking and bank regulation, mergers and
acquisitions, securities issuance and regulation, project and asset
based finance, real estate, asset management, joint ventures, taxation,
litigation and dispute resolution are important aspects of the Firm’s
practice.
Simpson
Thacher is a leader in organizing and bringing to market sophisticated
private funds. Historically, our principal clients in this area have
been private equity funds, but our practice today involves substantial
representation of a wide variety of private funds, including venture
capital funds, real estate funds, mezzanine funds and hedge funds.
In addition to its work with funds and their sponsors in
connection with fundraising, the Firm is quite active in representing
private funds in connection with their investment activities.
Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett provides legal services in South and East
Asia
with
more than 25 lawyers located in Hong
Kong
and
Tokyo.
The firm’s activities in the region focus on international
capital markets transactions, structured and project finance and
lending, mergers and acquisitions and other forms of direct investment,
asset management, and other corporate and commercial transactions.
The Asian offices also coordinate with the firm’s offices in New York,
California
(Palo
Alto
and
Los
Angeles) and
London
to
provide a truly global capability for local clients as well as clients
of the firm based elsewhere in the world.
The Firm's
Hong
Kong
office,
established in 1993, has grown to nineteen lawyers, including five
partners. The office
primarily serves Greater China, South and
Southeast
Asia
and Korea.
The Hong
Kong
office
provides clients with experienced transaction lawyers, many of whom are
fluent in either Chinese or Korean.
Stephan
Feder is the managing partner of the office and focuses on capital
markets work, Jin
Park heads up the Firm’s Korea practice, Chris
Lin focuses on Greater China, Philip
Culhane heads up our private funds practice and Rich
Garvey focuses on mergers and acquisitions.
Contact: Philip M.J. Culhane, Partner Hong Kong Office at pculhane@stblaw.com
or
Telephone: 011-852-2514-7623
For more information, visit
www.stblaw.com
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Straszheim Global Advisors, Inc.
Intelligence, Analysis, Ideas and Perspective with One Audience in Mind:
The Investment Professional
WE ARE STRASZHEIM GLOBAL ADVISORS
We are independent and can say what we believe.
We have no conflicts of interest or corporate view to parrot.
We know Wall Street research because we were there.
We know the buy-side because we were there.
We know what Wall Street does well – and what it does not.
We fill the research gaps and add value via impartial thought.
We understand corporate planning because we were there.
We know consulting practices because we were there.
We are focused, and are not distracted.
We focus on strategic issues, not on day-to-day “noise.”
We draw on the academic and think-tank community.
We can reach sources not typically known on the Street.
WHAT WE ARE NOT
We are not another carbon copy of the short-term economic and investment
strategy research available on the Street. We do not try to outguess the
Street on the next statistic.
We are not distracted from real research and thought by the latest
surprising number. We give you no repetitious summary of late-breaking
statistics, no “instant analysis” of the most recent number, and no
weekly Friday “chatter.” We leave this Wall Street “research” to others.
WHAT WE ARE
In contrast to Wall Street’s near term focus, we look at issues that are
important in a strategic way. We investigate issues that Wall Street
ignores because of the rush of day-to-day business.
We focus on broad economic and market moves, on asset allocation, on
sectors, on investment themes, on countries and on regions. Our work has
shelf life. We give you ideas to ponder, not forecasts to accept. We
raise and we answer questions. We stimulate thinking. We open minds.
OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
“From the Desk of” Emails
Quick perspectives/thoughts shared with you. Usually two-three per week.
“2-Minute Drills”
Weekly updates of our latest thinking on relevant financial market
matters.
Monthly Conference Calls
Originated by Straszheim Global Advisors. Systematic update on relevant
topics.
On-Site Visits and Consultation
On-site visits and presentations, plus phone access to Donald Straszheim
and staff.
Major Special Studies
Comprehensive studies on key topics of interest. Perspective yet a
quick-read.
Slide Library
Archive of PowerPoint slides and other research materials that we
create.
Customized research, presentations, analysis and services available upon
request – extended, more frequent visits, investor trips, client
gatherings and more.
Services available hard or soft dollar.
Straszheim Global Advisors, Inc.
Donald H. Straszheim, President
100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 940 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 899-9600 Fax: (310) 899-9619
Email: info@straszheim.com
www.straszheim.com
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Super Brand Mall

At
241,000 sq meters, Super Brand Mall is the largest indoor shopping mall
in China. Conceived as a world-class entertainment and shopping center
in Shanghai's rapidly developing Lujiazui, Super Brand Mall's
international design team is led by Jerde Partnership Inc. of
California. Jerde is the international respected firm that designed the
Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Japan's Hataka Canal
City. A mega-mall with shopping, dining, entertainment and leisure
facilities including a Lotus Supercenter, Multi-screen movie theatre,
specialty retail shops, food court, world class international and
Chinese restaurants, Internet cafe, and parking facilities. Developed by
Shanghai Kinghill Ltd. (Subsidiary of C.P./Chia Tai Group, the single
largest foreign investor in China).
For more information, visit www.superbrandmall.com
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TRUE, formerly known as Telecom Asia (www.telecomasia.co.th)
is the largest listed company in Thailand. TelecomAsia is a strategic
alliance between the Charoen Pokphand Group (C.P. Group), one of Asia's
largest agro-industrial conglomerates, and Verizon Communications (a merger
between Bell Atlantic and GTE), a US-based global telecommunications
operator.
| True
Corporation Public Company Limited is Thailand's only fully
integrated telecommunications solutions provider and is a leader
in the Bangkok metropolitan area (BMA). We provide consumers,
small and medium enterprises and corporates with the full range of
voice, data and multimedia solutions customized to meet their
needs. |
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We are the largest wireline service provider
in the BMA, the largest Broadband operator in the country and a
major player in the wireless, cellular and Internet markets. TRUE
is also a significant shareholder in UBC, Thailand's dominant pay
television operator.
But TRUE
is about more than just technology. TRUE
is about passion, innovation and service. We are about bringing
people together and providing fulfillment through communications.
We exist to give people the freedom to live different lifestyles,
by giving them the power to communicate how they like, whenever
they like.
Everyday we work in partnership with our customers to develop
solutions that open windows of opportunity and add value to their
lives at home, in the office and on the move.
Through our 26,000 public phones and our web-phone network we are
providing new levels of value added services to customers in the
BMA. Our cellular subsidiary Orange, which we developed in record
time, currently has more than 1.9 million subscribers and is
growing rapidly.
To
meet the growing demand for e-communication services we have
pioneered the introduction of high-speed Broadband Internet
services and currently have a 90 per cent market share in the BMA.
We've also added lightening fast fibre-to-the building and WiFi -
wireless data transmission via designated 'hot spots' - to our
capabilities and are branching out to provide online content and
games
TRUE
is backed by Asia's biggest and most successful conglomerate -
Charoen Pokphand Group. Together with its affiliates, CP Group
holds a 45 percent shareholding.
Our
subsidiary companies include cellular operator Orange, Asia
Wireless, Asia Multimedia, Asia Infonet and cable TV network
United Broadcasting Corporation.
In
2003 we won, for the second year in a row, the Stock Exchange of
Thailand Disclosure Award and in 2002 we were one of only seven
Thai companies to receive a Good Corporate Governance rating from
the influential investment magazine, Euromoney.
Our
company was first listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
in December 1993 and trades under the ticker symbol TRUE. |
Contact: San Asvarak, SVP, Treasury (Email
San Asvarak) or Tel: 662 699 1912.
For more information, visit www.telecomasia.co.th
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Trident Capital

325 Riverside Avenue
Westport, CT
06880
Tel: 203-222-4594
Trident
Capital is a private equity firm focused on
the networked economy. In 1993, we founded Trident
Capital with a clear vision: to invest in information and business
services companies. We made it our business to understand the
markets, the movers, the technology, and the potential. Our focus on
information and business services led us to become early investors in
Internet companies, including MapQuest and CSG Systems. To date,
we've raised five funds and have over $1.2 billion under management. We
continue to back businesses that capitalize on the ever-growing
importance of information connectivity. By leveraging our operating
experience and influential contacts we provide a Trident
advantage that has helped talented entrepreneurs to build
many successful companies. A number of companies from our earlier funds
are now public. Many of our recent investments are becoming leaders in
their marketplaces. Investment sectors on our current radar screen
include: business process outsourcing; security and wireless
infrastructure, and marketing services.
Venetia
Kontogouris joined Trident
Capital in 1999 as a Managing Director. Prior to joining
Trident Capital, Ms. Kontogouris was President of Enterprise Associates,
LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health Incorporated, and has
held various positions in venture capital since 1989.Formerly, she was
Senior Vice President, Venture Development with Cognizant Corporation
where she represented Cognizant in the Information Partners Capital
Fund, a venture capital fund formed by Dun & Bradstreet and Bain
Capital, with emphasis on the information industry and leveraged
buyouts.Ms. Kontogouris has held executive positions in new product
development and marketing at D&B where she was head of product
development for Dun’s Marketing Services and Director of Marketing for
national accounts and financial services.She also held sales management
positions for AT&T and IBM.Ms. Kontogouris has also launched her own
start-up company in the telecommunications industry.Ms. Kontogouris
serves on the Board of Directors of Aptegrity Inc., Berkeley Enterprise
Partners, Inc., C-7 Group, Inc., CentrPort, Inc., Cognizant Technology
Solutions (CTSH), eCredit.com, Inc., Event Zero, Questra Corporation,
Saleshound.com, Inc., T.R.A.D.E., Inc., Vality Technology, Inc. and
Viant Corporation (VIAN).Ms. Kontogouris was a former Director of Avesta
Technologies, Inc., Customer Analytics, Inc., eData Resources, Inc.,
Internet Profiles Corporation, OneSource Information Services, Inc.,
Jostens Learning Corporation and WEFA (Wharton Econometric Forecasting
Associates). Ms. Kontogouris earned a B.A. from
Northeastern University and her M.B.A. from the University of
Chicago.
Contact: Roma Gallagher, rgallagher@tridentcap.com
or Tel: 203-222-4594.
For more information, visit
www.tridentcap.com
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Wasserstein
Ventures

1301
Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel: ( 212) 702-5600
Wasserstein & Co., LP is a leading independent private equity and
investment firm, focused primarily on leveraged buyout investments,
venture capital investments, and related investment activities. The
Firm manages capital on behalf of its institutional and individual
investors, including public and corporate pension funds, foreign
governmental entities, endowments and foundations, and high net worth
individuals. The Firm also manages capital from its stockholders and
officers. The Firm today has approximately $2.0 billion of private
equity and other assets under management. The Firm is owned by its
Chairman, Bruce Wasserstein, and other senior members of the Firm.
The senior professionals of Wasserstein & Co. have worked closely
together for more than a decade, and have extensive experience in
managing and executing successful private equity investments. The
leveraged buyouts investment team has completed historically
approximately 25 platform buyout investments, and more than 75 related
add-on acquisitions or divestiture transactions, across a variety of
industry sectors. The venture capital investment team has completed
over 30 investments in a variety of industry sectors, across the
development stage spectrum. Wasserstein & Co. conducts its
activities through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Palo Alto. The
Firm has approximately 30 employees.
Wasserstein
Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wasserstein & Co., invests venture
capital in growing businesses that are leaders in their sector.
Wasserstein Ventures deploys capital behind purposeful investment theses
designed to achieve superior returns for our limited partners. Since its
inception in 1996, Wasserstein Ventures has invested over $150 million
of capital. Wasserstein Ventures is currently investing Wasserstein
Ventures II, LP, with $160 million of committed capital targeted at
expansion and later-stage growth investments in U.S.-based companies.
Wasserstein Ventures II, LP typically makes an initial investment of
between $4-7 million in a portfolio company, although in certain
investments (including control investments) this range may expand.
Wasserstein Ventures often invests as part of a syndicate of established
financial and strategic investors and works closely with a number of
leading professional venture capital investment firms. The principals of
Wasserstein Ventures bring over 55 years of operational, financial and
technology expertise to bear in working with premier management teams
and entrepreneurs. From offices in New York, Palo Alto and Los Angeles,
our team is focused on investments in enterprise software, wireless
network infrastructure, enterprise storage infrastructure, semiconductor
technologies, telecommunications and IT security. Each investment
follows a philosophy that focuses on strong management teams with proven
track records and technologies that have demonstrated commercial
traction. Recent investments include Adexa (www.adexa.com),
a developer of enterprise supply chain software solutions; Top Layer
Networks (www.toplayer.com),
a provider of security solutions for enterprise and government networks;
Infinicon Systems (www.infinicon.com),
a developer of shared I/O systems based on Infiniband technology for
enterprise networks; and Chip Express (www.chipexpress.com),
a designer and manufacturer of cost-efficient gate-array semiconductor
products.
Contact: Tom Huang at th@wasserco.com
or Ben Savage at bs@wasserco.com.
For more information, visit www.wasserco.com
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The Economist

The
Economist, founded in 1843, is one of the world's most authoritative
and influential magazines with a circulation of over 720,000 in more than
180 countries. It is written for an audience of senior decision-makers and
opinion leaders in business, finance, government and the professions who
value The Economist for its worldly wisdom and wit.
For more information, visit www.economist.com.
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The Deal
The Deal LLC is a
diversified media company that aims to be the authoritative voice of the
deal economy. We strive to report, analyze and disseminate business and
financial news that offers fresh insights on the deal economy, a set of
interrelated activities, focused on dealmaking of all kinds, whose
purpose is to generate corporate growth in a continually changing global
market. We serve the global deal community – corporate and
financial dealmakers, advisers and institutional investors – with a
comprehensive line of print and electronic product and services for both
readers and advertisers.
Our portfolio of print and electronic media includes
The Deal, a business and
finance newsweekly; The Daily Deal,
a daily financial newspaper; TheDeal.com, an online resource for
corporate and financial dealmarkers;
Corporate Dealmaker, a business strategy magazine;
Bankruptcy Insider, a premium content product; Deal Focus, a
M&A database, Corporate Control
Alert, a journal of legal and financial trends in dealmaking;
Tech Confidential, a
magazine focusing on the business of innovation; and Auction
Block, an electronic research information source for
corporate auctions These core products are created by an award-winning
editorial staff working in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.,
and London bureaus, with support from international correspondents,
contributing columnists and illustrators.
For more information, visit www.TheDeal.com.
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Nikkei
Venture
NIKKEI
Venture is a newsletter reporting
the forefront of emerging venture businesses in the U.S. that are
powered by information technologies and electronic networks. The
newsletter offers hard-to-obtain information, introducing newly rising
companies with their contact addresses, unique business plans and
innovative management styles. Target readers of the newsletter consist
of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, business
consultants/planners and financial specialists who are searching for new
business models. A database storing the latest information on U.S.
venture companies is constructed on the Net, accessible by the
subscribers of NIKKEI Venture only. Together with a weekly e-mail news
service that informs the subscribers of updated contents in the
database, NIKKEI Venture aims to offer the freshest information from the
U.S. A Japanese-language website introducing the newsletter and
accepting subscription orders is located at http://e-biz.nikkeibp.co.jp
For more information, visit www.nikkeibp.com
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Alternative
Investment News
Alternative Investment News
is the only publication that offers a real time search
intelligence service with monthly pieces on alternative trends and
strategies. The monthly newsletter and real-time website provide
breaking news and analysis on the fast-growing institutional market for
alternative investments - specifically the use of hedge funds and
similar entities by public and corporate pension funds. To sign up for a
free trial, visit www.iialternatives.com
or call (212) 224-3800.
For more information visit www.iialternatives.com.
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Contact Real Deals, Europe's leading private equity magazine:
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Thomson
Financial
Investment Dealers' Digest magazine is the early warning system for
trends, new products, and people moves on Wall Street. Its late-breaking
news and authoritative data help readers stay on top of what's happening
on Wall Street and in the capital markets each week. Published since
1935, this venerable resource includes essential news and feature
stories, plus listings of newly registered securities, new issues and
more. Quarterly rankings and Who's Who listings keep you up-to-date on
people and events in the U.S. underwriting, M&A, private placement
and other specialized markets.
The insider's source on mergers,
acquisitions, restructurings, and bankruptcies, Mergers &
Acquisitions Report, delivers a comprehensive look at every aspect
of the mergers and acquisitions arena. Every issue includes complete
coverage of pending and ongoing deals, insights into industry trends,
strategies and the firms and people involved.
Contact: shari.rosenblum@tfn.com
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For more information, visit www.iddmagazine.com
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Canadian Venture Capital Association

The Canadian Venture
Capital Association (CVCA) was founded in July 1974 and is the trade
association that represents the venture capital industry. It is a
member-based organization consisting of venture capital firms and
organizations who manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be
invested in small and medium-sized growth businesses in Canada.
Currently, the CVCA represents over 600 members, representing the
majority of venture capital invested in Canadian based companies. CVCAąs
mission is to promote globally and to facilitate the development of the
Canadian venture capital industry.
For more information, visit www.cvca.ca.
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Council
For Biotechnology Information
The Council for
Biotechnology Information was founded in April 2000 by
leading biotechnology companies to create a comprehensive
communication campaign about biotechnology. The council is
committed to providing objective, balanced information to
help you better understand and appreciate the benefits
biotechnology offers, as well as to encourage informed
debate about the issues it raises. Food and
agricultural biotechnology has the potential to provide more
and better food for a growing world population while helping
protect and sustain the environment. That means better
quality of life for real people with real appetites and real
needs. At the same time, this latest technological
innovation in agriculture is raising questions about its
impact on the food supply, environment and the future. The
council is committed to addressing those concerns by
deploying the best scientific research and other information
in credible and understandable ways. The goal is to foster
an environment that allows the world to benefit from the
products of agricultural and food biotechnology, now and in
the future. The first generation of agricultural
biotechnology products provided agronomic benefits that give
farmers a wider range of choices in raising their crops.
They include soybeans that tolerate herbicides and corn with
a built-in pesticide so that farmers can control weeds and
fend off the ravages of the corn borer in more effective
ways. Farmers' rapid adoption of this new technology all
over the world testifies to its value. But because so few of
us are now involved in farming, many don't understand how
food gets to the grocery store. I believe we all can support
a technology that can increase harvests and create products
able to grow in drought-stricken and other inhospitable
areas. We all care about feeding a growing world population
while protecting the environment. And because many more
products in the pipeline offer more nutritious or tasty
food, we all stand to benefit directly. Research and
development deserves and needs to continue, governed by
competent regulatory systems that ensure that products that
reach the market are safe for people, animals and the
environment.
For more information, visit www.whybiotech.com
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The Globalization of Venture Capital
A Management Study of International Venture Capital Firms
Dr. Martin Haemmig
Adj. Professor for Venture Capital
Neuackerstrasse 25A
5408 ENNETBADEN
Switzerland
++41-79-746 76 11
Email:
Martin.Haemmig@seca.ch
Click The Hyperlink Below For Swiss Private
Equity and Corporate Finance Association Book Review and Book-Order Info:
www.seca.ch/6_Books_Statistics/Book%20Overview%20Martin%20Haemmig.pdf
For more information, visit www.seca.ch
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Italian Private Equity And Venture Capital
Association

A.I.F.I.
(Italian
Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) was created in May
1986, in order to promote, develop and represent institutionally the
venture capital and private equity activity in Italy. The Association is
an organization composed of different entities which, throughout direct
investment of their own funds or through the management and advisory of
independent funds (closed-end funds) are private equity and venture
capital investors with the objective of purchasing, managing and divesting
in unquoted companies. Membership has been evolving together with the
growing importance of the private equity and venture capital industry.
For more information, visit www.aifi.it.
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National
Venture Capital Association

The
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) represents over 450
venture capital and private equity organizations.
NVCA's mission is to foster the understanding of the importance
of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies, to
stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by
representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and
private equity communities at all levels of government, to maintain high
professional standards, facilitate networking opportunities and to
provide research data and professional development for its members.
For more information, visit
www.nvca.org.
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The Wharton Private Equity Alumni Network

The Wharton
Private Equity Alumni Network
("WPEN") was formed in 1998 for Wharton alumni working in the private
equity industry (i.e. venture capital, mezzanine investing and
leverage buy-outs). The goals and objectives of the WPEN are:
networking.
The primary objective of the WPEN is to facilitate
networking opportunities thereby providing a private equity
resource base for its members. Networking will increase
opportunities to:
access sourcing and co-investment
opportunities
interact with management teams and
entrepreneurs working with private equity sponsors
provide a resource base from which
to improve on any due diligence issues
improve career opportunities for
members.
education.
Provide a forum to further understand and keep abreast of issues
such as investment sourcing, industry dynamics, limited partners
and fundraising, financing and deal execution and portfolio
management.
awareness.
The WPEN seeks to increase awareness of Wharton graduates working
in private equity. The WPEN brings together Wharton alumni working
in private equity through an organized network, both on-line and
off-line -- over time, it is expected that the network will grow
nationally and eventually internationally as members encourage
other Wharton alumni working in private equity to participate in
the network.
interaction.
The WPEN will
act as a resource base for Wharton alumni and current students
interested in private equity through annual events and
participation through the Wharton Private Equity Club and the
faculty at the Wharton School.
organization.
WPEN is
incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of
Pennsylvania, and is governed by its bylaws. WPEN is run by
volunteers and is managed by an Executive Committee who serve as
chairpersons for various functional areas, and a President(s) who
oversees the entire organization. WPEN also has an Advisory Board
that is made up of founders and former Executive Committee
members. All WPEN officers are selected by the Executive
Committee, and it is expected that these offices will be rotated
annually to provide a constant inflow of fresh ideas. WPEN is
primarily financed by annual membership, event dues, and
sponsorships of institutions that are supportive of WPEN's
objectives. The WPEN Executive Committee and Advisory Committee
all work on a voluntary basis. The organization consists of
regional chapters - initiated in New York and expanded to Northern
California/West Coast. We expect to develop chapters in other
regional areas where there exists considerable interest and a
significant private equity alumni community.
For more information,
www.wpen.org
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The Indus
Entrepreneurs
TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and
professionals, was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA.
Although its birth name, The Indus Entrepreneurs, signifies the ethnic
South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE stands for Talent, Ideas
and Enterprise. It is an open and inclusive organization that has
rapidly grown to more than forty chapters in nine countries. TiE
endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship
and free-market economies everywhere, as it sees this to be the single
most powerful instrument of prosperity. TiE
is a network of entrepreneurs, investors and other professionals
dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and networking. TiE was
chartered by entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior
professionals with roots or interest in the Indus region, with the
explicit goal of benefiting all entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs
and professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship. The success of
TiE stems from its single-minded focus on the mission of advancing
entrepreneurship and wealth creation. Members of TiE include Vinod
Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Rajat Gupta,
Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co.; Kanwal Rekhi, Founder of Exodus; K.B.
Chandrashekar, Chairman & CEO of Jamcracker; Suhas Patil, Chairman
Emeritus of Cirrus Logic; Desh Deshpande, Founder and Chairman of
Sycamore Networks; Dr. Purnendu Chatterjee, Managing Director of The
Chatterjee Group; Raj Rajaratnam, Managing General Partner of the
Galleon Omni Fund; Kumar Mahadeva, CEO & Founder of Cognizant Technology
Solutions; and Parag Saxena, Managing Partner of Invesco Private
Capital.
For more information, visit
www.tietristate.org
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