Investors
Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. has received a total of $78 million in
funding from venture capital and corporate investors. Our investors'
combined experiences in international markets, the financial community,
security, and the computer industry provides our management team with wisdom
and important relationships for the next significant stage of company
growth. The investors include Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, Meritech Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity.
Established in 1984, Accel Partners has a history of excellence and
innovation in the venture capital business. With more than $1.4 Billion
under management, Accel has a long legacy of helping entrepreneurs build
world class Internet companies including RealNetworks and UUNet and has
recently led venture investments in BrassRing.com, a spin-out of the
Washington Post Company, and Wal-Mart.com.
Bessemer Venture Partners, with offices in Menlo Park, Boston and New York,
is the leading national venture capital firm focused on early-stage
e-commerce and communications investments. Bessemer Venture Partners manages
more than $1 Billion dollars of venture funds, carrying on a tradition of
hands-on, active venture investing that has continued since 1911. Many of
the most trusted Internet infrastructure companies, such as Ciena, Keynote,
Tumbleweed, Valicert, Verio, VeriSign and Veritas, have chosen BVP as their
venture partner during the companies' early stage of development.
Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC) is a $350 million venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Corporation. CIC works to foster the success of its portfolio companies by bringing to bear the unique resources, experience, and insight of both CIC and the Comcast family of companies. Comcast Corporation is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the provision of programming content through majority ownership of QVC, Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, and The Golf Channel, a controlling interest in E! Entertainment Television and through other programming investments. Comcast is the largest cable company in North America serving approximately 21.4 million subscribers in 41 states. Comcast has 70% of the subscribers in the top 20 U.S. markets.
Meritech is a late-stage venture capital firm dedicated to building technology companies of lasting value by providing efficient access to expansion stage capital for rapidly-growing companies with differentiated technology. Meritech leverages a broad network of individuals and the network of companies within our portfolio to create strategic and business opportunities for our investments. Since inception in 1999, Meritech has raised $2.3 billion in several funds, and has invested in more than 80 companies including Salesforce.com, Topspin Communications, IntraLase, Corvis, Vonage Holdings, 2Wire and many other category and technology sector leaders.
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is the venture capital affiliate of
Morgan Stanley Private Equity, a unit of Morgan Stanley, the global
financial services firm. Since 1986, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners
has managed over $1.1 billion of capital commitments and has provided
expansion, late-stage and growth buyout capital to over 140 emerging
leaders in the healthcare and information technology industries.
Representative past and current portfolio companies include Sanmina,
Cytyc, CSG Systems, Quintiles, FormFactor and Websense. For more
information please visit
www.msvp.com.
Investor Relations
Contact:
Criss Harms
Telephone: 650-404-2400
Fax: 650-903-0461
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