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Applimation is the premiere provider of application management software products for Oracle e-Business Applications. With over 70 customers ranging from large multi-national corporations to mid-sized and smaller companies, Applimation’s products allow companies to manage and make changes to their Oracle Applications without programming or re-implementation, often reducing project completion times by as much as 70% and receiving a quick return on investment. Co-Investors Include: Battery Ventures, JMI

AutoTradeCenter, Inc. (ATC) is a leading Internet-based business-to-business automotive remarketing company offering its services to automobile manufacturers, captive finance companies, lease and rental companies, and financial institutions across the US. ATC powers successful online remarketing programs for such companies as Audi, American Honda Finance, Hyundai, Isuzu, American Suzuki Motors, Volvo Finance North America, Volkswagen, Chrysler Financial Services, Subaru of America, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and several other banks and financial institutions. Co-Investors Include: August Capital, Madison Dearborn Partners, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Entegrity Solutions provides complete, integrated access management and application security solutions that enable secure eBusiness. Entegrity's security solutions include Entegrity AssureAccess, a pure Java solution for dynamically managing user authentication, authorization and single sign-on within eBusiness applications and environments. Co-Investors Include: DFJ, Reuters, Thales

FLX Micro develops advanced MEMS sensors based upon its proprietary technology platform in silicon carbide microfabrication. The company's extensive expertise in advanced materials and microfabrication techniques enables it to cost-effectively develop MEMS sensors with significant performance benefits. Co-Investors Include: Reservoir Venture Partners, Ohio Innovation Fund

Mobius Microsystems is an innovator in analog and mixed signal designs, and is the first to implement highly accurate frequency generators entirely in standard CMOS. This is a significant technical breakthrough in frequency generation, which up to now had been accomplished with quartz-based crystals and crystal oscillators. Mobius’ patented Radio Frequency Temperature Compensated Harmonic Oscillator (RF-TCHO™) is produced on a single piece of silicon and enables system designers to create smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products. Co-Investors: Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures

Nextumi enables the next generation of web infrastructure, changing the way users navigate the web. With its Nextumi’s Personal Relevancy Filter™ (PRF), Nextumi provides an improved online experience through Discovery Navigation. Co-Investors: Blue Chip Ventures, Illinois Ventures

Oxlo Systems develops packaged software applications designed specifically to enable automotive dealers to seamlessly integrate their systems with auto manufacturers, service providers and other partners. Oxlo differentiates itself by delivering fully preconfigured business solutions that are quickly and easily deployed. Within the existing IT architectures of the dealership these plug-and-play applications provide the information flow that allows dealers to increase sales and lower costs. Co-Investors Include: Mobius Venture Capital, Appian Venture Partners

Quick Shift is the leading provider of software solutions that boost server performance. The company's flagship product, QuickshiftT Server AcceleratorT software, installs in minutes and increases server performance and capacity by 50% to more than 250% across a broad array of enterprise applications. These improvements translate into immediate hardware and licensing fee savings for IT departments, often hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single deployment. Co-Investors Include: Centerpoint Venture Partners, Interwest

	R4 Global Services delivers RFID-enabled solutions to clients in the Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, and Healthcare industries.
Aquired by Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN)

RF Magic designs, builds, and sells complex, highly integrated systems-on-a-chip radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). The company is focused on standard product RFIC solutions across multiple, large volume markets. Its multi-tuner and transceiver RFICs are used in increasingly complex systems needed in consumer broadband and digital entertainment markets. Co-Investors Include: CMEA Ventures, TI Ventures, Granite Ventures

RiverGlass develops software that merges multiple data streams from disparate sources and applies powerful, real-time data analysis and modeling techniques that help customers manage risks, solve critical problems, and make informed decisions. Co-Investors Include: Illinois Ventures, Illinois Finance Authority

Symwave is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets a broad line of high-performance analog/mixed-signal IC’s targeting the PC/laptop, mobile device and automotive electronics markets. The company’s product strategy is driven by the ongoing digital convergence in the PC/laptop, mobile device and automotive electronics markets. Symwave’s current products include fingerprint identification sensors and high-speed Firewire/1394 interconnect IC’s. Co-Investors Include: Revolution Ventures, CMEA Ventures

VizionWare is a systems company with the mission of delivering solutions that eliminate ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) problems in the electronics industry. VizionWare is initially focusing on the Server and PC markets where clock signals generate emission spikes, the levels of which are limited by FCC requirements. Customers can reduce EMI emissions directly using VizionWare technology, rather than trying to control it through expensive, time consuming approaches like adding motherboard layers, ferrite beads and metal shielding. Co-Investors Include: Interwest Partners, Novus Ventures

Xtime is the leading provider of scheduling solutions, providing electronic scheduling, resource optimization and demand management for service providers in the automotive, aviation and financial services industries. Xtime's solutions increase customer satisfaction with convenient, 24x7 self-scheduling and customer-focused marketing features. Co-Investors Include: DFJ, Innovacom