About Us: Investors
Qteros has the strong support of leading financial partners and investors, which provides the Company with a solid foundation.
Venrock is a premier venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto, New York, Cambridge, MA, and Israel. Originally established as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family, Venrock continues a seven-decade tradition of partnering with entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies. Having invested $2.2 billion in 417 companies resulting in 124 IPOs over the past 39 years, Venrock's investment returns place it among the top tier venture capital firms that have achieved consistently superior performance. With a primary focus on technology, healthcare, and energy, portfolio companies have included Adify, Adnexus Therapeutics, Apple Computer, Centocor, Check Point Software, DoubleClick, Gilead Sciences, Idec Pharmaceuticals, Illumina, Intel, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Sirna Therapeutics, StrataCom, and Vontu. Learn more at www.venrock.com.
Since 1983, Battery has been investing in technology and innovation worldwide. The firm partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across technology sectors, geographies and stages of a company's life, from start-up and expansion financing, to growth equity and buyouts. Battery has supported many breakthrough companies around the world, including Akamai Technologies, BladeLogic (acquired by BMC Software), Cbeyond, Insitu (acquired by Boeing), LIFFE (acquired by EuroNext), and Neoteris (acquired by Netscreen). Its current portfolio includes emerging leaders in Clean Tech and Advanced Materials, including Freshpoint, Lion Cells, Luminus Devices, Nova Analytics, and SmartSpark Energy Systems. From offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, and Israel, Battery manages more than $3 billion in committed capital, including its current fund of $750 million. Learn more at www.battery.com.
BP AE Ventures, launched in November 2005, is a portfolio of some of the fastest growing energy businesses in the world today. The portfolio includes wind, solar, hydrogen power and alternative energies including advanced biofuels and the capture and storage of carbon dioxide from traditional fossil fuels. With a commitment to invest $8bn up to 2015 in renewable energy sources, Alternative Energy Ventures is an integral part of BP. To find out more visit www.bpalternativenergy.com.
Soros Fund Management LLC is a private investment management firm that serves as an investment advisor to the Quantum group of funds, including the flagship Quantum Endowment Fund. George Soros is the chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC.
Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio with approximately 21,000 employees. The company owns or operates 15 refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 2.8 million barrels per day. Valero is also a leading ethanol producer with 10 ethanol plants in the Midwest with a combined capacity of 1.1 billion gallons per year, and is one of the nation's largest retail operators with approximately 5,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar and Beacon brands. Please visit www.valero.com for more information.
Founded in 2007 by Parviz Tayebati, Camros Capital, LLC, is a private investment and venture capital firm with a mission to identify innovative technologies and assist in taking them into the marketplace. Dr. Tayebati has led many successful startups, including AZNA Corporation, which he cofounded in 2002 and later sold to Finisar Corporation, and CoreTek, Inc, a company he founded and ran until it was acquired by Nortel Networks in 2000 for $1.43 billion.
Long River Ventures identifies promising opportunities and entrepreneurs in secondary geographic markets around the Northeast. The company invests in information technology, clean tech, business services, and consumer businesses that are leveraging technology in a sustainable, competitive way. It manages $50 million through its first funds (Long River Ventures and the Worcester Venture Fund) and now through Long River Ventures II. The group often works with companies that are raising rounds of $5 million or less and that can reach key business milestones in a capital efficient manner, particularly opportunities where entrepreneurs can build successful smaller companies first, thereby proving their technology and business models. In addition to Qteros, Long River's portfolio companies include Afferent, Aircuity, M2S, Optasite, PogoJet, Protedyne, Reconda International, Tazz Networks, Inc., and Verax BioMedical. Learn more at www.longriverventures.com.