BellSouth Cellular Corporation
BSCC, in partnership with SBC Wireless, is forming the second largest domestic wireless company in the United States, serving 16.5 million subscribers at the end of 1999. The venture's footprint will cover 186 million Post Office Protocol (POP) servers. The combined entities will continue to provide their customers with high quality wireless service, while dramatically increasing the scope and scale of their individual operations. The venture will be equally controlled by BSCC and SBC, with BellSouth owning 40% of the venture. BellSouth Cellular has worked with QuickSilver Technology since its inception and funded QuickSilver with initial seed monies and subsequent follow-on capital. BellSouth Cellular is a shareholder of QuickSilver Technology.

Charter Venture Capital
Charter Venture Capital is a family of venture capital partnerships managing over $400 million of capital. Charter invests in early stage, technology-based companies with the potential to create significant value to customers, employees, and the community. Since 1982, Charter has invested in over 150 companies, primarily in information technology and life sciences.

JPMorgan Partners
JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), formerly Chase Capital Partners, is a global partnership with over $24 billion under management. It is a leading provider of private equity and has closed over 1,800 individual transactions since its inception in 1984. JPMP has more than 160 investment professionals in eight offices throughout the world. JPMorgan Partners' primary limited partner is JPMorgan Chase & Co., one of the largest financial institutions in the United States.

Kyocera Corporation
Kyocera is a leading manufacturer and distributor of handsets in Japan, and the owner of DDI, Japan's second largest service provider. Kyocera has taken an equity position in QuickSilver Technology.

Portview Communications Partners
Portview Communications Partners is a specialized, international venture capital fund, focusing on the technologies, systems and applications that will be at the heart of next-generation communications networks. Portview's managers help portfolio companies refine strategy, build relationships, and penetrate markets in Europe and North America.

Selby Venture Partners
Selby Venture Partners was formed in 1998 as an innovative seed capital firm dedicated to the successful acceleration of early stage internet and high-growth technology companies. Bridging the gap between "angel" funding and traditional first round venture financing, Selby provides its portfolio companies with the support of Executives In Residence - proven, top-notch executives who are on board to help build successful companies in today's ultra-competitive environment. Some key investments include Hotrail, Inc. (acquired by Conexant Systems, Inc.) Panopticon, Inc. (acquired by Broadbase Software, Inc.) Pagoo, Inc., OneChannel.net, Inc., BluePumpkin Software, Inc., Coremetrics, Inc. and 3Ware, Inc. Located in Menlo Park, CA, Selby currently has $130 million under management and recently closed its second fund, Selby Venture Partners II, L.P, a $100 million fund focused on emerging technologies and the Internet.

TechFund Capital
TechFund Capital is the funding partner of Techfarm for early stage technology companies. Techfarm was founded in 1993 by Silicon Valley pioneer Gordon Campbell, founder of SEEQ, Chips and Technologies and 3Dfx Interactive, to help entrepreneurs with exciting technologies build successful companies. Its mission is to identify innovative companies early in their corporate development and to assist those companies in achieving their fullest potential. Techfarm offers a new model of partnership for technology start-ups by working with its portfolio companies to provide active managerial assistance and guidance where they need it. To that end,Techfarm believes that the combination of an enthusiastic entrepreneur, cutting edge technologies targeted towards a transitioning market and the seasoned managerial and financial expertise of the Techfarm professionals greatly increases a company's probability of success.

VentureTech Alliance
VentureTech Alliance was formed in early 2001 as an investment management company that is solely focused on managing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) investment funds. Its first fund of $50M is the Emerging Alliance Fund. Backed by the leader in the semiconductor foundry industry, VentureTech is dedicated to facilitating the growth and success of world-class high technology companies. The funds target early-to-mid stage investments in fabless semiconductor companies with demand for advanced semiconductor technology, high value semiconductor infrastructure companies such as EDA, IP, or semiconductor equipment, and emerging technologies in market segments that may require complex, outsourced manufacturing services.