Charles M. Skibo

iBasis, Inc. provides international voice carrier and value added services for mobile operators. It offers comprehensive portfolio of voice termination and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, and mobile operators, as well as voice-over-broadband service providers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Colo.com provided Internet and other online application services. The firm offered an international platform of colocation, hosting and bandwith to meet requirements.The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

PayEase Corp. provides online payment services. It offered mobile payments via SMS, internet banking, call centers and point of sales terminals. The company has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Santa Clara. PayEase was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Loyalty Alliance Enterprise Corp. engages in the provision of data-driven multi-channel direct marketing and customer loyalty solutions in the mobile telecommunications sector. It operates through the following segments: Direct Marketing Services, Customer Loyalty Services, and Predictive Data Analytics Services. The Direct Marketing Services segment includes designing and executing data-driven multi-channel marketing programs and customer retention services by providing ongoing customer support services on a subscription basis. The Customer Loyalty Services segment focuses on managing and maintaining open-loop customer loyalty programs. The Predictive Data Analytics Services segment offers customer database consulting and data-driven marketing advisory services. The company was founded by Deborah Wang in September 2009 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of Concentrix Corp., iBasis Speech Solutions, Inc. develops and hosts Interactive Voice Response and Advanced Speech Recognition solutions. iBasis Speech Solutions was acquired by Convergys Corp. from iBASIS, Inc. on July 15, 2002 for $34.50 million.

US Sprint Communications Co. is a long distance phone carrier.

HouseRaising, Inc. designs and builds custom homes. The company through its wholly owned subsidiary, HouseRaisingRealty LLC provides complete real estate brokerage services to help customers sell their existing home and secure a vacant lot as necessary and then build a new home. HouseRaising was founded by Robert V. McLemore in 1999 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Athena Technology Ventures is a Palo Alto, California-based venture capital firm.