Investors

Ingrian Networks®, Inc. is backed by leading institutions and recognized pioneers in Internet technology, computer science, and cryptography who share the vision of creating a world-class company with leading-edge solutions that enable data privacy throughout the enterprise.

American Express

American Express Company is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a leader in charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, financial planning, investment products, insurance and international banking. At www.americanexpress.com, consumers, small businesses and corporations can choose from a range of Internet products and services. American Express is making equity investments in emerging Internet companies, as well as building strategic alliances with these organizations by signing marketing and supplier agreements, obtaining exclusive offers for customers, or targeting investment dollars for marketing purposes.

Globespan Capital Partners (formerly JAFCO Ventures)

Globespan Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm focusing on information technology. The Globespan team’s track record includes such investments as Airgate PCS (PCSA), Aptis (acquired by Nortel), Argon Networks (acquired by Siemens), Avanex (AVNX), Brocade (BRCD), CDS (acquired by Maxtor), Digital Island (acquired by Cable & Wireless), InterTrust (ITRU), Lawson Software (LWSN), Monterey Networks (acquired by Cisco), Net Perceptions (NETP), Obsidian (acquired by Applied Materials), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellab), ON Technology (ONTC), Openwave (OPWV), Pirus Networks (acquired by Sun), Silknet (acquired by KANA), Sybase (SYBS), Ventro (VNTR), Vermeer (acquired by Microsoft), and Vxtreme (acquired by Microsoft) among others. Globespan Capital Partners, led by Barry Schiffman and Andy Goldfarb, manages approximately $750 million.

Menlo Ventures

Since 1976, Menlo Ventures has helped visionary leaders turn technical innovations into world-class companies. Many of these companies have become leaders in their respective markets, including LSI Logic, UUNET Technologies, Xros, Cyras Systems, Hotmail Corporation, Ascend Communications and Clarify. We currently focus our investments in the areas of communications, software, Internet infrastructure, semiconductors, storage and computer hardware.

Menlo Ventures is a dedicated team of investment professionals with a broad range of experience in technology, marketing, sales and general management. We have built a reputation as highly skilled and ethical investors who can help new companies define strategy, recruit the best management talent, forge industry partnerships and corporate alliances and attract investment capital.

Partech International

Founded in 1982, Partech International is an international venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Paris. The firm currently manages approximately $850 million in early stage venture, mid stage venture and public investments. Partech International's venture funds draw capital from a broad base of world-class institutional investors, including AT&T Investment Management/JP Morgan, IBM Pension, Lucent, Bell Atlantic Asset Management, GTE, Merrill Lynch, Liverpool Victoria (UK), Swiss Life (Switzerland), and AXA (France). Some of Partech International's investments include: Ascend, Avinon, Bowstreet, Breezecom, Business Objects, Cadence, Digital Island, Informatica, Vignette and Vividence.

Prism VentureWorks

Prism VentureWorks, Westwood, MA, is a leading venture capital firm with early-stage investments in communications, business infrastructure software and healthcare. Since inception in 1996, Prism has rapidly gained industry recognition through the firm's high-visibility investment strategies. With $1 billion in capital under management, Prism's growth reflects the extensive entrepreneurial expertise of its partners, a hands-on approach to working with portfolio companies, an integrated network of investors, and access to growing pool of highly skilled entrepreneurs. To better leverage West Coast investment opportunities, Prism has recently established an office based in San Francisco.

Andreas Bechtolsheim

Mr. Bechtolsheim was Co-Founder and Vice President of Technology of Sun Microsystems, where he was the chief architect of Sun's workstation product line. In 1995, Mr. Bechtolsheim founded Granite Systems to design high-performance Gigabit Ethernet switches. He is a member of the board of directors of Magma Design Automation and an active investor in the ECAD industry. Mr. Bechtolsheim received a M.S. in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and was a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He has been honored with a Fulbright scholarship, a German National Merit Foundation scholarship, the Stanford Entrepreneur Company of the year award, the Smithsonian Leadership Award for Innovation and has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Bill Joy

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Sun Microsystems and a member of Sun's Executive Committee. Mr. Joy joined Sun in 1982, and since then has guided Sun's technical strategy and spearheaded its open systems philosophy. Mr. Joy's most recent focus has been the Jini distributed computing technology for networking computer devices using Java. He is Co-Chairman of the President's Information Advisory Committee. Mr. Joy received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1975. Subsequently, Mr. Joy received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley, where he was the principal designer of Berkeley UNIX (BSD).

John Hamm

John Hamm is a partner at Redpoint Ventures, a private venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California with over $1.8B under management. Mr. Hamm's expertise is in Internet software and hardware infrastructure, storage systems, and servers. Prior to Redpoint Ventures, Mr. Hamm was Managing Director at Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ:ICGE). Prior to ICG, Mr. Hamm was President and CEO of Whistle Communications, which was acquired by IBM Corporation. Before ICG, Mr. Hamm was Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Computing Business Unit at Adaptec (NASDAQ:ADPT), where he led its growth by over 400% in 4 years, reaching a revenue rate of $500M annually. Mr. Hamm received B.S. degrees in Engineering Physics and Engineering Management from Purdue University and attended the U.C. Irvine Executive MBA program.

Roy Sardiña

Mr. Sardiña has over 20 years of computer technology experience. Prior to Ingrian, Mr. Sardiña was Co-Founder of Tasmania Network Systems, a cache proxy company that was acquired by Cisco Systems. Mr. Sardiña was also a member of the founding management team for Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ: BRCD). Prior to Brocade, Mr. Sardiña was with Sun Microsystems for 11 years. While at Sun, Mr. Sardiña was responsible for Sun's Corporate Development Organization in the office of the Chairman. Mr. Sardiña holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.B.A. from New York University, Stern School of Business.

Martin E. Hellman

Dr. Hellman is Professor Emeritus of E.E. at Stanford University. With Whitfield Diffie, Dr. Hellman invented public key cryptography. Mr. Hellman continues to work for improvement in national encryption standards, and from 1994-96, Mr. Hellman served on the National Research Council's Committee on National Cryptographic Policy. Mr. Hellman has received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including election to Fellow of the IEEE.