Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation is amongst the world’s oldest and largest integrated trading and investment enterprises with annual turnover of ¥706 trillion for the fiscal year ending March 2006, and not only conducts commodity transactions in all industries utilizing worldwide networks, but also provides related customers with various financing, serves as an organizer and a coordinator for various projects, and invests in businesses from the information industry to the retailing industry, thus showing great diversification as an Integrated Business Enterprise. Sumitomo Corporation is headquartered in Japan, and has offices in 69 other countries around the world. Sumitomo Corporation began its activities in Russia over 40 years ago where it has 5 officeswww.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english

Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund (BVPEF)
Baring Vostok is one of the leading private equity firms operating in Russia and CIS. The Baring Vostok Private Equity Funds have invested over $600 million in nearly 50 companies since 1994, and currently have committed capital of $1.5 billion for new investment. The Funds’ portfolios were diversified among financial services, oil and gas, consumer products, telecommunications, and media sectors, including Bank Caspian, Europlan, Center of Financial Technologies, Burren Energy, Volga Gas, CTC Media, Yandex, Gallery Group, Golden Telecom, Vimpelcom, Syktyvkar Forestry, SladCo, Borjomi, Ozon and others. The Baring Vostok Private Equity Funds include a number of leading institutional investors such as EBRD, IFC, pension funds, governmental investment corporations, endowments and international financial institutions from North America, Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Baring Vostok is a member of Baring Private Equity International, a global private equity group with more than $3.5 bn of capital commitments under management by affiliates in CIS, Asia, India, Europe and Latin America.  
www.bvcp.ru

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (“EBRD”)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established in 1991 to provide project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies.  The EBRD is the largest single investor in the former Soviet Union and mobilizes significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing. EBRD is owned by 61 countries and two intergovernmental institutions including the Government of the Russian Federation. www.ebrd.com

BessemberBessemer Venture Partners
Founded in 1911, Bessemer is the oldest venture capital practice in the United States with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.
http://www.bvp.com