FTVentures Raises $512 Million Growth Capital Fund



    FTVentures today announced the closing of its third and largest
    fund to date, FTV III, at $512 million. FTVentures will continue its
    strategy of investing in software and business services companies that
    derive value from the firm´s unmatched Global Partner Network, which
    includes the world´s leading financial institutions. Founded in 1998

    FTVentures has over $1 billion in committed capital and has offices in
    San Francisco and New York.

    "We greatly appreciate the continued support of our core strategic
    limited partners," said Richard Garman, FTVentures Managing Partner.
    "We are also delighted to have new, highly respected institutions
    acknowledge our track record and unique model by joining our
    institutional limited partner group. The addition of traditional
    investors and new strategic investors to our existing investor network
    will allow us to continue to deploy our proven model with more
    diversified sources of capital."

    Consistent with the investment strategy of its previous funds, FTV
    III will typically invest $10 million to $60 million in software and
    services companies seeking to finance organic expansion

    recapitalizations, build-ups, and buyouts. The firm´s portfolio
    companies target the financial services industry as a key customer
    vertical and leverage FTVentures extensive Global Partner Network in
    developing commercial relationships.

    New limited partners from the financial services industry include
    Liberty Mutual, Skandia Insurance, Nordea, PartnerRe, Capital One

    Fannie Mae and Barclays Global Investors. New traditional limited
    partners include New York City Retirement Systems, RHM Group, New York
    State Common Retirement Fund and Kamehameha Schools.

    FTVentures is known for the strength of its financial services
    industry network which includes the following limited partner
    institutions from the financial industry: AIG, AXA, Bank of America

    Barclays Global Investors, BNP Paribas, Capital One, Charles Schwab

    CIBC, Citigroup, Comerica, Credit Suisse, DBS, Deutsche Bank, Fannie
    Mae, Fidelity National Financial, Fifth Third Bank, First Republic
    Bank, Freddie Mac, GE Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, The
    Hartford, HSBC, ING, JPMorgan Chase, KeyCorp, Lehman Brothers, Liberty
    Mutual, Lloyds TSB, Morningstar, National City, Nomura, Nordea

    PartnerRe, People´s United Bank, PNC Bank, RBC Royal Bank, Sallie Mae

    SEB, Skandia Insurance, Standard Chartered, Travelers, SunTrust, SVB
    Financial Group, USBancorp, Visa, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Wells
    Fargo and Zions Bancorporation.

    FTVentures previous successes include Actimize (acquired by NICE
    Systems), Corillian (IPO/acquired by Checkfree), ExlService (NASDAQ:
    EXLS), KVS (acquired by VERITAS), PowerShares Capital Management
    (acquired by AMVESCAP), and Verus (acquired by The Sage Group).

    Current FTVentures portfolio companies include Aveksa, Cloudmark

    Coremetrics, Covario, Financial Engines, GigaSpaces, GMI, Managed
    Objects, Rezolve Group, Capital H Group, CMS Holdings Group, Daylight
    Forensic & Advisory, ETF Securities, Freeborders, Intrepid Learning
    Solutions, Mavent, MedSynergies, Presidio Reinsurance Group, and
    ProfitLine.

    The FTVentures partners are: Brad Bernstein, Eric Byunn, Ben
    Cukier, Richard Garman, Jim Hale, David Haynes, Bob Huret, Derek
    Lemke-von Ammon and Chris Winship.