Daniel I. DeWolf

Cava Capital focuses on investments in transformational digital media/communications and business information services companies with operations primarily in the metropolitan New York area. The firm looks for companies with transformational solutions that effect major markets that are in transition. They also look for disruption occurring in channels and/or value chains underlying these markets and target companies with the potential to create breakthrough solutions. Cava Capital seeks companies with: (1) rapid customer adoption (2) scalable revenues with high gross margins and (3) exit opportunities in both the public and private markets.Within the digital media/communications sector, the firm focuses on technology-enabled solutions with the potential to expand and optimize channels and data, as well as the evolution of traditional media into transformational digital assets and services both online and mobile. Cava Capital is particularly interested in: (1) marketing technologies and services (2) digital media solutions (3) advertising and promotion technologies (4) mobile platforms and applications and (5) new media convergence.Cava Capital's focus within the business information services sector includes solutions that help organizations optimize structured and unstructured data and intelligence, use information to gain competitive advantage, make better decisions, create smarter intelligence and build a foundation for effective decision support. They are especially interested in companies involved in: (1) data analytics (2) information services and (3) database management solutions.Investments typically range from $500,000 to $5 million. The firm participates primarily in Series A and Series B financing rounds.

Soundview Technology Group was an American technology-focused securities and investment banking firm known primarily for its equity research on technology and other growth oriented companies. The company was acquired by Charles Schwab in 2003. Soundview was unique in that it combined accepted Wall Street research and distribution methods, with the intimate (albeit "arms length") relationship with Gartner analysts, and arguably became the leading technology research boutique on Wall Street. SoundView was based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

Dawntreader Ventures focuses on early-stage investments in the software infrastructure, Internet-based services and digital media sectors. Within the software infrastructure sector, the firm looks for companies with software and/or services that help companies create and better manage scalable infrastructure to run mission critical applications. They also look for companies that deliver software-as-a-service (SaaS) over the Internet.Within the Internet-based services and digital media sectors, Dawntreader seeks companies which leverage the Internet to create sustainable competitive advantages and rapid growth. In general, the firm looks for companies with scalable business models and business models that will allow for rapid and low-cost customer acquisition. Companies must also have the potential for exponential revenue growth and high operating leverage.