AVI CAPITAL

AVI Management Partners III (AVI Management) is the General Partner of a family of professionally-managed venture capital partnerships specializing in seed and early-stage investments in high-technology companies positioned for high growth segments of the Information Technologies market. Active participation in the seed and start-up phases has been a hallmark of the AVI general partners. In addition to capital, they bring extensive operating experience and a network of contacts in the financial,... business, and technical worlds to assist the emerging company to develop its full potential. AVI, by focusing on new Information Technology companies, will profit from the impending convergence of computers and communications. Investment areas will include software, enabling hardware, publishing and electronic distribution, mobile computing and communications, and multimedia. Their vision is to share the dreams of Visionary Entrepreneurs and to create major new industrial companies. AVI Capital, formed in 1995, has been organized as a Participating Securities SBIC with over $75 million of capital. Limited Partners include U.S. pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, individuals, and college endowment funds.More