Saugatuck Technology is a market research and strategy consulting firm founded by former Gartner analyst Bill Mcnee. Saugatuck Technology is a strategic advisor to senior executives, leading information technology vendors and investors, providing strategy consulting, custom research and (C-level targeted) thought-leadership research programs focused on emerging technologies, key business/IT challenges, and effective management strategies.

Blue Caterpillar is an investment research and consulting firm specializing in helping European firms develop partnering relationships to address the Americas market. The firm was founded by former colleague Kris Tuttle of SoundView Technology Group. Blue Caterpillar's activities center on technology business in the US and Europe, providing a broad range of advisory and consulting services for clients in the U.S. and Europe using a unique approach.

Cicala & Associates is a consulting firm founded by Pat Cicala, who previously had been in charge of Gartner Group’s software asset management practice. Cicala & Associates is dedicated to assisting IT procurement and asset management professionals in simplifying their sourcing strategies and aggressively managing their IT assets.

WR Hambrecht & Co is an investment bank committed to using technology and auction processes to provide open and fair access to financial markets for all its clients. The firm’s impartial Internet-based auctions, which allow the market to determine pricing and allocation, have dramatically changed the financial services landscape. WR Hambrecht & Co provides underwriting and advisory services for technology and emerging growth companies, as well as equity research, sales and trading, full-service and online brokerage and private equity offerings for institutions and individuals. WR Hambrecht & Co is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, Connecticut, Chicago, London, Montreal, New York and Philadelphia. The firm has financial backing from industry leaders including American Century, Crimson Ventures, epartners, Fidelity Ventures, Instinet Corporation, Novell, Park Avenue Equity Capital Partners, LP, Scudder Kemper, Texas Pacific Group, and W Capital Partners.

Greenwich Technology Advisors (GTA) is a group of investment bankers, formerly of SoundView Technology Group, dedicated to meeting the M&A advisory needs of technology companies. Since 1998, GTA's team has completed 39 transactions for technology companies, aggregating over $24 billion, including 18 merger & acquisition transactions aggregating over $14 billion.