KPMG
KPMG's Portland office was established more than 90 years ago and has grown to become the largest professional services firm in the city. Our office employs more than 235 employees and 18 partners who have deep industry experience and serve a broad range of public, pre-IPO, and private companies. The partners' experience, coupled with that of our managers and other professionals, spans many industries-including technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, not-for-profit, and forest products-giving KPMG the ability to quickly respond to client issues and challenges.In addition to delivering audit, risk advisory, and tax services designed to meet clients' needs, our Portland office also provides assistance in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, forensic services, personal financial planning, international tax, state and local tax, compensation and benefits, and internal audit co-sourcing and outsourcing services to companies who are not SEC-registered financial statement audit clients. For more information, visit www.kpmg.com

Madrona Venture Group
Founded in 1995, Madrona Venture Group brings together the resources, experience, teams and strategic relationships to build the next generation of leading technology companies in the Pacific Northwest.

Madrona takes an active, lead role with early-stage companies. The firm seeks exceptional entrepreneurial teams, market-disruptive opportunities, and business models that leverage cutting-edge technologies. We are dedicated to partnering with entrepreneurs and leveraging our team's collective experience, skills, and relationships to help build great ideas and technologies into great products and successful companies.

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Madrona manages a $250 million fund that targets regional investments in Enterprise Software and Services, Consumer Software and Services, and Wireless, Networking and Infrastructure. Since 1995, we have invested over $150 million in a diversified portfolio of early-stage technology companies and participated in almost 30 successful IPOs and acquisitions.

SmartForest Ventures
SmartForest Ventures makes seed stage and first round investments in the best and brightest new technology companies in the Pacific Northwest. A unique combination of early-stage venture capital fund and accelerator, SmartForest develops successful, fast-growth companies by providing capital, as well as expertise and mentoring. Our objective is to nurture the ideas of innovative, high-tech entrepreneurs and accelerate their development by offering much more than just a check.

Based in Portland, Oregon, SmartForest's two partners are Debi Coleman and Hugh Mackworth. The first fund was closed in July 2000 with capital from both individual and institutional investors, including the Oregon Growth Account, a public investment fund formed from lottery revenues to develop startup businesses and venture capital in Oregon. We are licensed as a Small Business Investment Corporation (SBIC) bringing total investment funds to $75M. As our portfolio companies grow and require more capital, SmartForest will continue to invest and connect these companies to our network of co-investment partners in Portland, Seattle, and Silicon Valley as well as connections to our limited partners and advisors, such as Madrona and PacRim Partners.

Stoel Rives LLP
Stoel Rives is more than the sum of its 370 attorneys and over 500 support professionals. We are a leading western business-to-business law firm with both the technical expertise and know-how to provide creative solutions to help your company succeed. As one of the fastest growing law firms in the region, we are more equipped than ever to provide community leadership and the right connections. Stoel Rives understands how to foster companies at all stages of growth and can help you to succeed in today's dynamic marketplace.

The firm's reputation is reflected by our recognition in the publication The Best Lawyers in America. Regarded as the definitive referral guide for the legal profession, Best Lawyers includes forty-seven Stoel Rives attorneys. These include multiple honorees in business litigation, corporate, employee benefits, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, natural resources, public utilities, real estate, tax, and trusts and estates law.