Round Zero - Sponsors

Round Zero Charter Sponsors

Apple
Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission‹to bring the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140 countries around the world.

Microsoft
Microsoft's Silicon Valley DRG group supports the efforts of the Silicon Valley development and business community by providing information and tools to help gain understanding of Microsoft's technical and business directions. The underlying goal is to provide developers, entrepreneurs and other high-tech business people the resources they need to be successful in building and marketing their applications.

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Technology Group has been serving the needs of leading technology companies worldwide for the past two decades. Our team of over 100 investment banking and equity research professionals represents the world's largest commitment of investment banking resources to the technology sector. Our technology investment banking team is the most experienced in the industry, having completed a combined total of 1000 technology transactions worth an aggregrate $600 billion. Morgan Stanley is uniquely positioned to deliver value to and grow with our technology clients by combining the power of a global, full-service investment bank with the insights of a technology-focused boutique. Our expertise extends across a broad range of product areas, including initial public offerings, equity and equity-linked financings; mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; defense advisory assignments; strategic partnerships; public and private debt placements; share repurchases;and hedging, swaps, and derivative transactions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers
There's never been a business resource like it. As part of the world's leading professional services firm, the people of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Technology Industry Group have the scope, depth, and expertise to advise fast growth and global technology companies on the complex challenges facing their business.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has the scale and systems to do it expediently, the worldwide network to deliver it seamlessly and the experience to get results. We deliver an unprecedented knowledge base for our technology clients, creating a deeper and broader service offering.

PricewaterhouseCoopers already serves a significant share of the world's largest technology companies. We advised on one-third of all the technology IPOs and audited more than one-third of all technology companies receiving venture funding last year. When it comes to helping technology clients succeed, there is simply no better choice around the world or around the corner.

Never before have so many people applied so much knowledge to the world of technology businesses. Your worlds. Our people. Starting now.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Since our founding, we have been known for the quality of our legal counsel for our ability to find the best, and often most innovative, solution because we listen to our clients, take the time to learn about their business and needs, and understand their business environment. We also are known for the depth of resources we have developed in response to specific client needs. Through our work with more than 3,000 emerging growth companies, we have earned particular distinction for our capabilities in private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities and intellectual property litigation, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and technology licensing and intellectual property strategies.

Our success, while reflected in our growth, is measured ultimately by the capability, spirit, and effort of our people. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will continue to build the resources and expertise most critical to our clients, whether they are domestic start-ups or multi-national Fortune 1,000 corporations. We are committed to help our clients succeed and prosper in their dynamic business environments.