Tom Smith

Pactolus Communications Software Corporation is devoted to providing telecommunications carriers and service providers with innovative solutions that drive down their cost of delivering enhanced subscriber services, while enhancing their flexibility. Its breakthrough IP communication service solutions offer a next-generation approach to delivering enhanced services that simply gives service providers a tremendous competitive advantage. Its RapidFLEX™ Service Creation and Delivery Creation Platform and SIPware™ applications enable service providers to leverage packet-based communications technologies and standards to dramatically reduce the cost and time-to-market required to launch new subscriber services. Made for the real world and designed for high-volume, highly available carrier networks, Pactolus solutions are handling billions of minutes of subscriber calls per month-and generating real revenues-for major tier one and tier two carriers around the world. And while providing carrier-grade scalability and reliability, the combination of multiple, key revenue generating services can be delivered with a very high degree of customization that is enabled by its industry-leading, object-oriented RapidFLEX™ Service Creation Environment. Pactolus is the recognized leader in the development and delivery of next-generation IP communication solutions for either converged TDM/IP and/or SIP-enabled VoIP networks. They have an impressive group of investors and an expanding list of technology partners they have deployed alongside in next generation networks. Its commitment to open standards is reflected in its products that comply with many of the latest standards specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (www.ietf.org), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C - www.w3.org). Its adherence to standards has resulted in successful interoperability with well over 50 partner products that adhere to SIP protocol standards.

Savano Direct Capital Partners LLC (Savano Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Thomas Smith, Gustav Koven and Bion Ludwig in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Aras Corp. provides enterprise open source software solutions. It offers PLM software solutions that enable companies to improve innovation, collaboration and coordination on a global scale. The firm's comprehensive applications address a wide range of strategic business initiatives across the entire product life cycle, includes program management, product engineering and quality planning. The company was founded by Peter H. Schroer in 2000 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Jobcase, Inc. provides recruitment services. It specializes in customer acquisition, job technology, predictive modelling, job posting, social networking, job alerts, and company search. The company was founded by Frederick James Goff in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. engages in the provision of freight forwarding services. Its products include: GTZconnect, GTZship, GTZcommand, GTZpartner, GTZintegrate, GTZanalytics, and GTZamp. It offers multimodal transportations services and managed logistics solutions. The firm serves the automotive, energy and utilities, food and beverage, manufacturing, oil and gas, paper and packaging, retail and consumer goods, and telecommunication industries. The company was founded by Andrew J. Leto in 2003 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds (Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984 by Fred J. Beste. The firm is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Edison Venture Partners LLC (Edison Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by John H. Martinson in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.