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Don Wood Joins Draper Fisher Jurvetson as Managing Director to Lead Global Expansion of Network Funds



    Draper Fisher Jurvetson ("DFJ"), a leading international
    high-technology venture capital firm, today announces that Don Wood
    has joined the firm as Managing Director. Mr. Wood is a seasoned
    entrepreneur, operating executive, strategy consultant, and venture
    capital investor. He spent the last eight years at Vanguard Ventures
    where he led numerous successful investments such as ZipRealty,
    Vocera, and Sylantro. His investment and operating experience spans
    the Internet, communication, consumer, and energy industries. Prior to
    Vanguard, he was president of Metricom where he led the creation of
    the metro wireless Internet service called Ricochet. He also worked
    for Octel, McKinsey and Company, and the Environmental Protection
    Agency. He holds a patent for a laminated publishing product that has
    sold over 100,000,000 copies.

    Mr. Wood currently serves on several public and private boards. He
    is also Chairman of the Board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation, a
    non-profit community organization. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and
    MBA from Stanford University.

    "Don's past success and breadth of experiences make him a strong
    addition to our DFJ team," said Tim Draper, founder of DFJ. "He is the
    ideal person to lead the expansion of our global network of DFJ
    Affiliate Funds. Our partners and I have known Don for years; he is a
    great fit." Tim added, "While there are still promising new
    investments to be found in Silicon Valley, DFJ's strategy of investing
    globally through its Network Funds has paid off big time with the
    recent acquisitions of Skype and Mobile365, as well as the IPOs of
    Baidu and DIVX."

    DFJ Managing Director John Fisher added, "Don is a proven investor
    and company builder, and he will continue doing that here at DFJ. His
    primary role at DFJ will be to bring new value to our Network Funds
    and lead our expansion into new geographic and sector markets. We are
    planning new Network Funds in India, Korea, Vietnam, Canada, Brazil,
    Israel, U.S. South East, and elsewhere. Building out our global
    network of investment professionals is central to DFJ's growth
    strategy."

    About DFJ

    Draper Fisher Jurvetson is the only venture capital firm with
    global presence through a network of affiliated funds, with offices in
    more than 30 cities around the world and more than $3.5 billion in
    capital commitments. DFJ's mission is to identify, serve and provide
    capital for extraordinary entrepreneurs anywhere who are determined to
    change the world. Over the past twenty years, DFJ has been proud to
    back approximately 300 companies across many sectors including such
    industry changing catalysts as Hotmail (acquired by MSFT), Baidu
    (BIDU), Skype (acquired by EBAY), United Online (UNTD), Overture
    (acquired by YHOO), Interwoven (IWOV), 411 (acquired by YHOO),
    Parametric (PMTC), and Digidesign (acquired by AVID). For more
    information, visit: www.dfj.com.