Our Investor Partners

FON is proud and fortunate to have the presence of some of the most important players in the industry as its equity investors. The following investors honor FON with their experience, leadership, and expertise guidance:

Skype, the Global Internet Communications Company founded in 2003, allows people everywhere to make unlimited voice and video calls for free. Skype is a little piece of software that makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun. With Skype you can say hello or share a laugh with anyone, anywhere. And if all of you are on Skype, it’s free.

Skype is available in 27 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype, based in Luxembourg, has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers and is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY).

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

Index Ventures is a leading pan-European venture capital firm dedicated to working with entrepreneurs who have the drive and ability to build world-class technology and life science companies. The Index Ventures team, which began investing in 1992, has a deep technology and scientific focus and the ability to leverage a network of cross-Atlantic strategic relationships. Index proactively seeks out the top entrepreneurial teams in each investment area and leverages its core assets in helping the entrepreneurs build their company into a global leader. Index Ventures investors include leading technology firms and institutional investors. To learn more about Index Ventures visit www.indexventures.com.

Sequoia Capital.Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very smart people who want to turn ideas into companies. As the “Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs”, Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel of PayPal (eBay), T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.sequoiacap.com.

Excite internet media is composed of services that stimulates people's intellectual curiosity. In terms of media content, Excite offers "Excite.ism" (high-quality web magazine), "Garbo" (a quality web magazine for women), and "Woman.excite" (a portal site for women). In terms of entertainment content, we offer "BB.excite" (a fiber optic broadband provider supporting the broadband era), "Game.excite" (an original on-line game portal), "Excite Music" (a general music portal), and "Shopping.excite" (an on-line select shop). Excite’s mobile services allow users to enjoy high-quality, popular contents while on the run - anywhere and anytime, 24 hours a day.

Digital Garage has, since its establishment in 1995, been a pioneer in the various domains of cutting-edge internet business in Japan, including portals, media representation, e-Commerce, mobile communication and blogging. We combine events and information in various fields by leveraging our Internet business resources to create fresh “contexts” to harness new value. We create fresh business models by combining otherwise isolated opportunities in real & cyber applications, domestic & international operations, etc. At Digital Garage our core strengths are concentrated in three areas: Information Technology, Marketing Technology and Financial Technology. By weaving together these technologies we plant seeds for new business contexts and bring them to fruition as e-business solutions and incubation projects.

The Coral Group is a leading venture capital firm based in the United States, focusing on mid-to-late stage high growth technology companies. Coral partners with top entrepreneurial executives operating in the communications, software, enterprise computing, and media sectors and has backed some of the great venture capital success stories. Through the years Coral has backed over 100 companies, was the lead investor in over 80% of its portfolio, and contributed to its companies’ success through active involvement with the management and boards of directors. Our geographical deal flow footprint spans across the USA, Europe, Israel, Russia and the CIS countries. Coral’s investment platforms includes balanced funds, late stage momentum funds, and corporate or sector specific strategic funds. To learn more about Coral visit www.coralcm.com