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VantagePoint Venture Partners is among the most active and successful venture firms in the world with more than $4.0 billion of capital under management. The Firm invests exclusively in technology driven companies and is organized around deep expertise and resources in key areas of interest: CleanTech, Healthcare, Internet and Digital Media, and Mobile and Wireless technologies. VantagePoint is a multi-stage investor, investing in high growth businesses at all stages of development. The Firm believes in applying a hands-on and team oriented approach to companies of lasting value.
The Firm supports each of its portfolio companies, including wireless investments in InnoPath, OZ Communications, RadioFrame and Sotto Wireless, with the resources of a dedicated team of VantagePoint professionals able to contribute a blend of company building, technology, operations, marketing, and corporate finance expertise.
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is a financial institution that manages funds primarily for public and private pension and insurance plans. As of December 31, 2005, it held $122.2 billion of net assets. The Caisse invests in the main financial markets as well as in private equity and real estate. Its private equity team focuses on companies with the potential for strong growth and returns. The institution partners with dynamic companies in various sectors, offering them a full range of debt and equity financing products. As of December 31, 2005, the private equity portfolios held $10.9 billion of net assets.
With assets of $6.6 billion, the Solidarity Fund QFL is a development capital fund that through its RRSP channels the savings of Quebecers into investments in all sectors of the economy to help create and maintain jobs and contribute to Québec's economic development. The organization is a partner, either directly or through its network members, in 1,681 companies. The Fund currently has over 573,000 shareholders and has helped, on its own or with other financial partners, create, maintain and support over 116,644 jobs.
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