Vertex Venture Capital is a leading player in the international venture capital arena, headquartered in Tel Aviv and with representatives in Europe, Singapore and Japan. Vertex invests in Israeli and Israel-related high technology companies in the early stages of development in the areas of information networking, communications and subsystems, components, imaging, enterprise software, and other leading emerging technologies.Vertex Venture Capital has established a global network of business relationships and strategic partners that provides unparalleled possibilities for companies in facilitating potential growth, business opportunities and leveraging synergies throughout Israel, Europe, USA, Japan and Asia. Vertex Venture Capital has an impressive track record of financial exits through M&As and IPOs.
For more information, please visit Vertex website.
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FGC is an investment advisor to a Japan centric venture capital fund. The investment target industry is both Information and Communication Technology and Life Sciences. The fund applies differentiated investment strategy: 1. Japanese Investment - Attractive opportunities in Japanese start-ups attempting to deploy global resources or companies to tap cross-border market opportunity, including Japanese corporate spin-out. 2. Non-Japanese Investment - The management team will leverage its cross-border investment experience/perspectives to execute investments in EU/US companies seeking Japanese market exposure through establishing Japanese operations. FGC, a spin-out of the leading Japanese Venture Capital firm, was established in Tokyo, Japan. The management team of FGC has outstanding track record as well as real depth of skills, experience and relationships to execute strategies in venture investing industry more than a decade.
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Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702)(ADR: FJTSY) is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, pace-setting device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited reported consolidated revenues of 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
For more information, please visit Fujitsu website.
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Established in 1993 by Mr. Ami Segal as a consulting and investment banking business, Forum evolved into a private equity investor, becoming a leader in asset management through partnership with Bank of America.Today Forum Group affiliates have offices in the U.S., U.K., Israel, Austria, the Caribbean and China with public listing in the US and on the Irish Stock Exchange. The Group's controlled affiliates have over 50 employees, of whom 25 are employed by the Ra'anana branch in Israel.
Private Equity:
Forum Group allows investment opportunities in private companies as well as buyouts of publicly traded companies going private. Forum Group’s range of private equity experience includes buyouts, venture capital, growth capital, distressed investments and mezzanine deals.
Telecommunications:
In line with its line of telecom activity, including strategic investment & active management of telecom companies, the Forum Group has recently launched a mobile venture, Forum Mobile (Ticker: QTMI) in the MVNE field for virtual operators and is a controlling partner in Forum Tel, a global MVNO operating in the world tourism niche.
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Taylor Frigon Capital Partners L.P. is a private investment partnership headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California. TFCP invests in emerging private and public companies that offer the promise of world shaping innovation and technologies. TFCP research compliments the in-house research for Taylor Frigon Capital Management L.L.C., an investment advisory firm with offices in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley and the Central Coast of California. Led by CIO Gerard Frigon, TFCP utilizes its proprietary research and asset management process to identify and invest in great companies with exceptional growth potential. For more information on Taylor Frigon Capital Partners and Taylor Frigon Capital Management, please visit www.taylorfrigon.com.
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