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SALT LAKE CITY, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- vSpring Capital announced today the 2007 class of the vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs, also known as the v|100.

The v|100 was created in 2004 by vSpring Capital as a tool to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs who have ties to the state of Utah. Members of the v|100 become part of a community of entrepreneurs that fosters collaboration and provides advantages in building and growing companies. Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals who are

most likely to lead a successful startup venture in the next five to seven years in the IT (information technology) or biotech industries in a chief executive or chief technical officer role. Those nominees who garner the most votes from their peers in this second step of the annual voting process are then elected into the v|100.

"The v|100 community of entrepreneurs continues to be an indication of the abundance of one of the most important factors of production in our region; human capital," said Ed Ekstrom, managing director of vSpring Capital. "This year's results are especially interesting with the creation of an audit committee consisting of David Jolley at Ernst & Young, Mark Bonham at Wilson Sonsini and Professor Scott Schaefer at the University of Utah. Their oversight of the nomination and voting process brings a level of credibility which highly validates this v|100 class for their accomplishments."

"The v|100 process is unique in that members are selected not by a committee or a panel of judges, but by their peers," said Professor Scott Schaefer from the University of Utah and member of the audit committee who oversees the selection process. "This gives the results a unique and compelling validity."

This year's list of winners consists of several multi-successful entrepreneurs including Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, Inc. Mr. Rollins will address the v|100 community at an exclusive member's luncheon on June 14, 2007.

Facts about the v|100 Class of 2007

The 2007 class of the v|100 is the result of a community-nominated, peer- selected group of the top technology and biotech entrepreneurs in the state which includes a unique combination of experienced leaders and dynamic young entrepreneurs. The 2007 class of the v|100 employ over 100,000 individuals and have raised a collective $3.5 billion in financing over the course of their careers.

A complete list of members in the 2007 v|100 is enclosed below. Be advised that positions/companies noted were current as of the date of the compilation of the 2007 v|100 list of members. For additional information about the v|100 or vSpring Capital, please contact vSpring's Dennis Wood at 801-942-8999(wk) or dennis@vspring.com.

Name Company Title Website Shawn Adamson XO Communications VP & General Manager http://www.xo.com/ Jayson Ahlstrom ClassTop President http://www.classtop.com/ Bill Aho ClearPlay http://www.clearplay.com/ Rick Alden SkullCandy Chief Executive Officer http://www.skullcandy.com/ Curt Allen Agilix Labs President & CEO http://www.agilix.com/ Paul Allen World Vital Records Chief Executive Officer http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/ Jared Allgood ClassTop Chief Executive Officer http://www.classtop.com/ Bill Allred Allegiance Corporate Sales Director http://www.allegiance.com/ Brandt Andersen NBA D League Chief Executive Officer http://www.nba.com/dleague Dallin Anderson Serial Capital Managing Director Jeremy Andrus Skullcandy Chief Operating Officer http://www.skullcandy.com/ Matt Asay Alfresco VP, Business Development http://www.alfresco.com/ Terry Bagley Centershift President & CEO http://www.centershift.com/ Kirt Bailey Celio Corp President & CEO http://www.celiocorp.com/ Brad Baldwin Rocky Mountain Voices Cofounder & Executive Producer http://www.rockymountainvoices.com/ Bob Barnes Zonder Chief Executive Officer http://www.zonder.com/ Coleman Barney Cogito President & CEO http://www.cogitoinc.com/ Jeff Barson Surface Medical Spas/Nimble Chief Executive Officer http://www.surface-med.com/ Grant Beckmann WiLife Chief Operating Officer http://www.wilife.com/ Brian Beutler Alianza Chief Executive Officer http://www.alianza.com/ Dr. Ragula Bhaskar FatPipe Networks President & CEO http://www.fatpipeinc.com/ Brent L Bishop ContentWatch Chairman http://www.contentwatch.com/ Brett Blake Rahster.com Chief Executive Officer http://www.rahster.com/ Jon Bresee Backcountry.com Chief Executive Officer http://www.backcountry.com/ Dr. Jack Brittain University of Utah Vice President http://www.business.utah.edu/tvd/tvd.php Phil Burns TagJungle Chief Executive Officer http://www.tagjungle.com/ Greg Butterfield Altiris President & CEO http://www.altiris.com/ Dr. Patrick M. Byrne Overstock.com Chairman & President http://www.overstock.com/ David Carter S5 Wireless President & CEO http://www.s5w.com/ Don Cash Omniture VP of Mid Market Sales http://www.omniture.com/ Dr. Edwin Catmull Pixar Animation Studios President & Cofounder http://www.pixar.com/ David Clark Prolexys Pharmaceuticals President & CEO http://www.prolexys.com/ Rob Clyde Symantec VP Technology, Office of CTO http://www.symantec.com/ Josh Coates Berkelely Data Systems (Mozy) Founder & CEO http://www.berkeleydata.com/ Michael Colemere Colemere Consulting Michael Dodd Jr. Omniture SVP Corporate Development http://www.omniture.com/ William Donahoo Cogito VP Product Mgmt & Marketing http://www.cogitoinc.com/ Ed Donakey LDS Church Manager, Strategic Relations http://www.familysearch.org/ John Dunn Banyan Ventures Director http://www.banyanventures.com/ Michael Dutton Winder Farms President http://www.winderfarms.com/ Adam Edmunds Allegiance President & CEO http://www.allegiance.com/ James Endicott Exact Wave President & CEO http://www.exactwave.com/ Brett Error Omniture CTO & EVP Products http://www.omniture.com/ Bjorn Espenes Infopia Chief Executive Officer http://www.infopia.com/ Christian Faulconer Public Engines Chief Operating Officer http://www.publicengines.com/ Ildar Fazulyanov S5 Wireless Chief Financial Officer http://www.s5w.com/ JD Gardner Monarch Partners General Partner http://www.monarchvc.com/ Lee Gibbons Podango.com Cofounder & CEO http://www.podango.com/ Terry Haas Solera Networks President & CEO http://www.soleranetworks.com/ Mike Hall Senforce Technologies President & CEO http://www.senforce.com/ Jeremy Hanks Doba CEO & Cofounder http://www.doba.com/ Greg Heaps Allegiance Chief Operating Officer http://www.allegiance.com/ Tim Hunt Lingotek Chief Executive Officer http://www.lingotek.com/ Josh James Omniture Chief Executive Officer http://www.omniture.com/ Kimberley Jones Verite Chief Executive Officer http://www.verite.com/ Jeff Kearl Logoworks Chief Strategy Officer http://www.logoworks.com/ Chris Knudsen Podango.com VP of Business Development http://www.podango.com/ Bruce Law Sprout Marketing Founder & President http://www.sproutmarketing.com/ Christopher Lee Heritage Makers Chief Executive Officer http://www.heritagemakers.com/ Darren Lee NextPage CEO & President http://www.nextpage.com/ Scott C. Lemon mediaFORGE Chief Technical Officer http://www.humanxtensions.com/ Shawn Lindquist Omniture Chief Legal Officer & SVP http://www.omniture.com/ Kyle Love Direct Controls Chief Executive Officer http://www.directcontrols.net/ Morgan Lynch Logoworks Chief Executive Officer http://www.logoworks.com/ Drew Major Move Networks Chairman http://www.movenetworks.com/ Ty D. Mattingly Independant Consultant/Investor David B. McGinn Agilix Labs Chief Operating Officer http://www.agilix.com/ Glen Mella Control4 President & COO http://www.control4.com/ Larry Miller Larry Miller Group Chief Executive Officer http://www.lhm.com/ Craig Miller LDS Church Director Member Needs http://www.lds.org/ Clarke Miyasaki Logoworks VP Business Development http://www.logoworks.com/ Ryan Money HireVue CEO & Founder http://www.hirevue.com/ Shawn Nelson LoveSac Alternative Furniture Founder, Chairman,ChiefSac http://www.lovesac.com/ Dr. Tom Ngo NextPage Chief Technical Officer http://www.nextpage.com/ John Pestana Omniture Cofounder & EVP http://www.omniture.com/ Scott Petersen Best Vinyl Chief Executive Officer http://www.bestvinyl.com/ Ben Peterson MingleMatch CEO & Founder http://www.sparknetworks.com/ Martin Plaehn Bungee Labs Chief Executive Officer http://www.bungeelabs.com/ Michael Proper DirectPointe President & CEO http://www.directpointe.com/ Dr. Dallan Quass Foundation for On-Line President Genealogy http://www.folg.org/ Amy Rees Lewis MediConnect Global Chief Executive Officer http://www.mediconnect.net/ Professor Gary Rhoads Brigham Young Director,Entrepreneurship Center University http://www.learnearnreturn.com/ Professor John Richards BYU Center for Associate Director Entrepreneurship http://www.marriottschool.byu.edu/cfe Larry Rigby ZARS pharma Vice Chairman http://www.zars.com/ Kevin Rollins Dell Corporation Chief Executive Officer http://www.dell.com/ Rich Running LDS Church http://www.lds.org/ Kevin Santiago Cymphonix Chief Executive Officer http://www.cymphonix.com/ Eric Smith Control4 Chief Technical Officer http://www.control4.com/ Timothy Stay Know More Media Chief Innovation Officer http://www.knowmoremedia.com/ Joshua Steimle MWI Founder & CEO http://www.mwi.com/ Tom Stockham Jr. 3point5.com http://www.myfamily.com/ Jack W. Sunderlage ContentWatch President & CEO http://www.contentwatch.com/ Benoy Tamang HookSell President http://www.hooksell.com/ Cydni Tetro NextPage VP Marketing & Products http://www.nextpage.com/ Kent Thomas CFO Solutions Founder & Managing Member http://www.utahcfo.com/ Will West Control4 Chief Executive Officer http://www.control4.com/ Greg Whisenant Public Engines Chief Executive Officer http://www.publicengines.com/ Dr. Phillip Windley Windley.com Managing Partner http://www.windley.com/ Ralph Yarro ThinkAtomic President & CEO http://www.thinkatomic.com/ Richard Zinn BallardZinn Engineering President http://www.ballardzinn.com/ About vSpring Capital

vSpring Capital (http://www.vspring.com/) is an early-stage venture capital firm with $260 million under management. With offices in Utah and New Mexico, vSpring invests in information technology and life science companies that have the potential to transform their markets and create lasting value.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Dennis Wood, vSpring Capital 801-942-8999(wk), dennis@vspring.com

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