Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Brown Rudnick Berlack Israles LLP

Brown Rudnick is a full-service, international law firm. From offices in the United States and Europe, our 200 attorneys practice acrossintegrated areas of law and provide clients with a breadth and depth of expertise uniquely suited to their individual legal needs.

www.BrownRudnick.com

Boston office: One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

Goodwin Procter LLP

Goodwin Procter is one of the nation's leading law firms, with a team of 750 attorneys serving clients through offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.We are a hard-driving, entrepreneurial and dynamic group, working tenaciously for clients whose problems and challenges we treat as our own.

www.goodwinprocter.com

Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA  02109

Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton PC

Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton (MBBP) focuses exclusively on the core legal servicesthat businesses need to succeed. We are built on a unique businessmodel that provides our clients with access to highly experiencedcounsel in areas of:

• business and securities law
• technology, licensing and intellectual property
• employment and immigration
• taxation

While we enjoy a reputation for special competency in technology ventures, we represent clients of all sizes and industries.

www.mbbp.com

Waltham: 1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 205, Waltham, MA 02451

Gold Sponsors

Polaris

Polaris invests in seed, early stage, and middle market companies inhigh growth industries.  As the lead or co-lead investor, we take anactive and long-term role in helping management teams build highlysuccessful businesses.  We have over $3 billion under management andcurrent investments in more than 90 companies.

www.polarisventures.com

Boston Office: 1000 Winter Street Suite 3350 Waltham, MA 02451

Adams Capital

Adams Capital Management, Inc. (ACM) is a national venture capital firmspecializing in early-stage applied technology investments. Establishedin 1994, ACM is a lead Series A investor and currently manages $800million. Our general partners have extensive domain and operationsexpertise in the information technology, networking infrastructure andthe semiconductor industry.

www.acm.com

Boston office: 245 First Street 18th Floor  Cambridge, MA 02142

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

WilmerHale offers unparalleled legalrepresentation across a comprehensive range of practice areas that arecritical to the success of our clients. The depth and scope of thesepractices provide WilmerHale with a cutting-edge blend of capabilitiesthat enables its lawyers to handle cases and deals of any size andcomplexity. With a staunch commitment to public service, WilmerHale isrenowned as a national leader in pro bono representation. The firm ismore than 1,000 lawyers strong, with offices in 11 cities around theworld. Please visit wilmerhale.com for more information.

www.wilmerhale.com

Boston: 60 State Street, Boston, MA 01209
Waltham: Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1100 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

Founded in 1933, Mintz Levin has grown into a versatile law firm of nearly 500 highly qualified and dedicated attorneys representing diverse international clients in many industries who turn to us for awide range of legal services and resources. Our offices are located inBoston, Washington DC, New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palo Alto,Stamford (CT), and London. Our clients include:

• Entrepreneurs, Research Scientists, Investors, Underwriters, Directors and Officers
• Start-Ups and Emerging Growth Companies
• Privately Held and Family Businesses
• Fortune 500 Companies
• Medical and Academic institutions, public agencies and industry associations

www.mintz.com

Boston: One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111

Faber Daeufer & Rosenberg PC

Uniquely Focused on the Business of the Life Sciences Community

FDRis comprised of 15 professionals whose collective experience handlinglife science business transactions and in-house operational knowledgeare extraordinary in a law firm.  FDR’s clientsare public and private corporations, not-for-profit researchinstitutions, hospitals and private equity investors.  Weprovide counsel in corporate and commercial matters, and handletransactions ranging from licensing, discovery/developmentcollaborations and product/program alliances to private equityfinancing and private M&A transactions.  We are committed to delivering legal services in a pragmatic manner that optimizes efficiency and effectiveness.

www.fdrpc.com

Waltham: 950 Winter Street, Suite 4500, Waltham, MA 02451
New York: 110 East 59th Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10022

Mobile (M-Prize) Corporate Sponsors

Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video,television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing consumer Internet services, as well as enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. Nokia also provides equipment,solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

2007 facts and figures:

* Head office in Finland; R&D, production,sales, marketing activities around the world

* Mobile device volumes - 437 million units (38% of global device market)

* Net sales EUR 51.1billion

* Operating profit EUR 8.0 billion

* 112,262 employees at year-end (including Nokia Siemens Networks)

* R&D investment EUR 5.6 billion