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Greylock PartnersFounded in 1965, Greylock Partners is one of the world's leading venture capital firms. Over the past 43 years, Greylock has funded and helped build several hundred successful companies. The Greylock approach uniquely puts the entrepreneur first, with Greylock working as an "invited guest" in a highly supportive yet consultative way to help entrepreneurs build market-leading companies. Companies Greylock has funded include Ascend Communications, CheckFree, Continental Cable, Data Domain, Decru, DoubleClick, Internet Security Systems, Ikanos, Legato, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Openwave, Red Hat, RightNow Technologies, Tellabs, Trilogy and Wily Technology. Greylock's offices are located in Silicon Valley, the Boston area and Israel. For more information, please visit www.greylock.com. Charles River VenturesFounded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is one of the nation's oldest and most successful early-stage venture capital firms with approximately $2.1 billion under management. CRV is dedicated to helping exceptional entrepreneurs turn their ideas into the next category leaders in high growth technology and media sectors. Over the past 10 years, CRV funds have been ranked among the industry's top performers. CRV has offices in Boston, MA and Menlo Park, CA. For more information visit www.crv.com. Madrone Capital PartnersFG CapitalFG Capital is the private equity investing arm of FG Companies. FG Capital provides growth capital (in the form of debt and equity) to best-in-class originators, asset accumulators, asset servicers, and technology solution providers to the consumer and commercial finance industry. FG Capital focuses on making growth capital investments in consumer and commercial finance companies. The Catalyst Fund of CFSI: www.cfsinnovation.comThe Center for Financial Services Innovation develops and distributes real-world tested research and strategy, provides funding to promising companies, and facilitates cross-sector business collaboration. They work with banks, credit unions, technology vendors, alternative service providers, consumer advocates and policy makers to forge the pioneering relationships, products and strategies that will transform industry practice and the lives of underbanked consumers across the economic, geographic and cultural spectrum. Angel InvestorsProgress Financial is fortunate to have the support of several partners and founders of leading private equity firms and hedge funds, US Hispanic community leaders, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and business leaders. Their involvement continues to help Progress Financial grow and succeed. Some of those investors are: Tom Dailey, former EVP, Discover Lars Dalgaard, CEO, SuccessFactors Jim Jones, CEO, GMAC-ResCap and former Vice-Chair, Providian Chris Larsen, CEO, Prosper Mark Leslie, former CEO, Veritas Software and Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business Matt Melius, Partner, FG Companies and former COO, Metris Companies Emily Melton, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Joel Peterson, Chairman, Jetblue Airways and Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business Dan Pillemer, Managing Partner, FG Companies and former Vice President, Special Situations Investing, Goldman Sachs Paul Sallabery, former EVP Sales and Marketing, Veritas Software Elie Seidman, former CEO, Epana Dave Strohm, Partner, Greylock Partners Michael Torres, CEO, Adelante Capital Management Pedro Urquidi, Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Rob Young, Partner, FG Companies and former SVP, Credit Risk, Metris Companies |