Convergent Capital

• Crescendo Networks announced today that it has secured $10 million in its recent round of financing. The round was led by Evergreen Venture Partners and includes existing investors Apax, StageOne, Magnum and Convergent Capital.

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• DiBcom, leader behind Mobile TV expands to new emerging markets. The French semiconductor company opens an R&D centre in India and looks to South Africa.

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• DVB-T pioneers DiBcom and Elgato today announced an expanded partnership. As part of this, DiBcom will provide Elgato with the latest single and dual tuner/diversity chipsets to support its digital terrestrial television (DTT) solution for Apple MacBooks and Mac desktop devices.

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• Crescendo Networks, the undisputed leader in high performance Application Front End (AFE) products, today announced that it has added Network Physics to its growing list of technology partners.

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• Xcalia, a publisher of company-oriented intermediation software to enable easy creation of composite transactional applications, and W4, a major European provider of Business Process Management solutions, have jointly announced a technological agreement aimed at integrating their complementary offerings.
• Streamcore, the specialist in performance management solutions for networked applications, has announced that its technology has been deployed by Brink's France, a global leader in transportation and security services.
• DiBcom today announced that the company has delivered its one millionth DVB-H chip with ?proven performance? capabilities to major cell phones manufacturers.

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• Crescendo Networks, the undisputed leader in high performance application front end (AFE) products, announces that the Korea Federation of Banks, a government affiliated financial organization, has chosen Crescendo? s Maestro AFE to accelerate its Dormant Bank Account Search application.
• At Interop 2006 Crescendo Networks, the leader in high performance application front end (AFE) products, is selected as the Best of Interop Grand Prize winner. Crescendo?s Maestro AFE is also selected as Best of Interop within the Application Networks and Performance category (against competitors that included Cisco Systems and Stampede Technologies).

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• Alcatel and DiBcom announce that in the context of Alcatel?s ?Unlimited Mobile TV? project, the two companies have agreed on detailed cooperation plans to develop a new chipset. This new chipset will support advanced features for unprecedented quality of service and coverage on hybrid terrestrial and satellite architectures.
• DiBcom announces that EDN magazine has selected DIB7000-H ? DiBcom?s industry-first DVB-H receiver ? as the winner of its ?Innovation of the Year? award in the Application Specific Product (ASSP) and System-on-Chip (SOC) category (http://www.edn.com/article/CA6319325.html).

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• Crescendo Networks, the global leader in application acceleration, announces that its Maestro CN-5080E is the top performer in the most recent independent multi-vendor test of Application Front End solutions organized by Network World. The full Network World article, ?Feeding the need for speed,? can be found at, http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2006/011606-wfe-intro.html?review=wfe.
• DiBcom announces that it has received a major order of DIB7000-H from a leading cell phone manufacturer for delivery in volume beginning in Q2?06 for the European market.

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• Magic Software Enterprises, a leading provider of state-of-the-art business integration and development technology, and W4, a leading European provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for human related processes, today announced a strategic partnership designed to enhance their complementarily technologies.

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• Streamcore, a leader in application acceleration for wide area networks, is making its industry leading WAN optimization technology available to a wider range of local and multi-national customers with the opening of an office in Sunnyvale, California.
• DiBcom announces the closing of its fourth round of financing for a total amount of 24.5 M? ; the largest venture-backed financing for a French headquartered company in 2005. Five international investors have joined existing investors in the new capital round: Partech International which leads this round of investment, Intel Capital, 3i, WI Harper and UMC. This funding allows DiBcom to significantly expand its sales and marketing presence in Asia and the United States, as well as extend its mobile TV product roadmap.

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• Convergent has completed its investment in Streamcore System , a company dedicated to network optimization.

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• Convergent team increased with the arrival of Nicolas Tcherdakoff.

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• Imperative Networks is approved as IBM Totalstorage Proven product.

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• Dibcom launches the first DVB-H chip in the world.

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• At 8M?, Dibcom 2004 revenues are eight times higher than 2003 revenues.

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• Sanchips changes its name to Imperative Networks.

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• Convergent invests 1 million Dollars in Sanchips, a company specialized in storage components, located in Israel.

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• Dipo launches its consumer product in a few specialized stores and on a dedicated web site (www.dipoline.com).
• Crescendo Networks' Maestro platform wins best of Interop award in the performance enhancement category at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas.
• Akazi merges with W4, a leading ISV in Business Process Management. Akazi brings its technology and product recognition to the international clients of W4. This merge creates a company able to challenge the European leaders in the BPM market.

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• Convergent invests in AETA.com alongside IxCore and performs a financial and industrial restructuring to allow the company to raise new funds and increase significantly its revenues.

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• Dibcom announces the closing of its third round of financing for a total amount of 10.7 million euros. Six international investors are participating in the new capital increase: Convergent Capital, Cr?dit Lyonnais Venture Capital, Infineon Ventures, Motorola Ventures, Soci?t? G?n?rale Asset Management and Vertex Venture Capital - Israel. This new capital increase will allow DiBcom to finance its growth in 2004 and 2005.

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• Crescendo Networks has raised $5.2m in a second round of financing. Apax Partners Funds led the round with a $4m investment, with participation of existing investors: Magnum Communications Fund and StageOne Ventures of Israel, and Convergent Capital of France. In addition, Sachi Gerlitz and Gal Hayut of Apax Partners have joined Crescendo's board of directors.

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• Convergent Capital invests 1 million euros in Dipo.

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• Convergent Capital invests 1.5 million euros in DiBcom. Previous investor SGAM followed the round on an equal basis.

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• Convergent Capital invests $ 1 million in Crescendo Networks. Others investors are Stage One Ventures and Magnum Communications Fund.
• Convergent Capital invests 1 million euro in Akazi Technologies.
• Jean-Bernard Stefani, Research Director at INRIA and Derek Schwartz, Managing Director of Cyclone Commerce Europe are joining Convergent Capital?s Advisory Board.

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• David Znaty, CE0 of Publicis Technology is joining Convergent Capital Advisory Board.

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• Convergent Capital invited speaker at "Structure supporting innovation and partnerships in France and Germany" event in Sophia Antipolis.

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• Convergent Capital raises 19 million Euros from CDC PME, Fonds Public pour le Capital Risque, Tsunami Ventures and a number of private investors from France, Japan and the US.