SALT LAKE CITY – March 17, 2008 – vSpring Capital announced today the 2008 class of the vSpring Capital Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs, also known as the v|100.

Today vSpring Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Salt Lake City, announced this year’s list of v|100 winners.

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 support among its members as they build and grow some of the most exciting companies. Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals who are most likely to lead a successful startup technology venture in the next five to seven years in a c-level executive role. Those nominees who garner the most votes from their peers in a nominee-only second step of the annual voting process are then elected into the v|100.

“The number of nominations submitted this year exceeds all previous years and we are pleased with the results that the v|100 voting process produces.” said Paul Ahlstrom, managing director of vSpring Capital. “New venture creation is critical to the growth of our economy, and the v|100 program consistently identifies individuals who are likely to generate successful ventures in the coming years. The quality of the v|100 recipients is an indication of the vibrancy of Utah’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and talent pool.” Ahlstrom said.

Last year the v|100 program formalized voting rules and added an audit committee consisting of David Jolley - Partner at Ernst & Young, Mark Bonham – Partner at Ray Quinney and Nebeker, and Professor Scott Schaefer at the University of Utah. “This committee has performed a critical function of overseeing the process and ensuring valid results.” said Dennis Wood, director of human capital at vSpring Capital. “The v|100 community is a select group of individuals who are handpicked by their peers in the region. We have learned to observe closely who makes this important list of entrepreneurs each year.” said Mark Bonham.

Facts about the v|100 Class of 2008

A complete list of members in the 2008 v|100 is enclosed below. Be advised that positions/companies noted were current as of the date of the compilation of the 2008 v|100 list of members. This year there was a tie in the voting, making a total of 101 winners. 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.

Full Name, Company, Work Title, Website

Rick Alden, Skullcandy, CEO & Audio Guerrilla, www.skullcandy.com

Curt D. Allen, Agilix Labs, President & CEO, www.agilix.com

Paul Allen, FamilyLink.com, CEO, www.familylink.com

Dallin Anderson, Code Nutrition, President & CEO, www.codenutrition.com

Jeremy Andrus, Skullcandy, COO, www.skullcandy.com

Lindsay Atwood, LTA Enterprises, Managing Partner

Kirt Bailey, Celio Corp, President & CEO, www.celiocorp.com

Brad Baldwin, Rocky Mountain Voices, Co-Founder, www.rockymountainvoices.com

Bob Barnes, Zonder, CEO, www.zonder.com

Jeff Barson, Sendside Networks, Chief Evangelist/Dir. of Product Marketing, www.sendsidenetworks.com

Jay Bean, OrangeSoda, CEO, www.orangesoda.com

Brian Beutler, Alianza, CEO, www.alianza.com

Brent L Bishop, ContentWatch, Chairman of the Board, www.contentwatch.com

Brock Blake, FundingUniverse, CEO, www.fundinguniverse.com

William Borghetti, Sendside Networks, CEO, www.sendsidenetworks.com

David Bradford, Linking Universe, Chairman & CoFounder, www.linkinguniverse.com

Dr. Jack Brittain, U of U Tech Ventures, Vice President, www.techventures.utah.edu

Stead Burwell, Alliance Health Networks, CEO, www.alliancehealth.com

Greg Butterfield, Symantec Group, President/ Altiris Bus. Unit, www.symantec.com

Josh Carr, Sprout Marketing, Director of Interactive Marketing, www.sproutmarketing.com

David Carter, S5 Wireless Founder, www.s5w.com

Josh Coates, Mozy Inc. an EMC Company, Founder, www.mozy.com

Jonathan Coon, 1-800 CONTACTS, CEO, www.1800contacts.com

Troy D'Ambrosio, Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Ctr., Director, www.lassonde.utah.edu

Nicole Toomey Davis, GOED COE /Enclavix, Director COE / Pres & CEO, www.enclavix.com

Ed Donakey, LDS Church/ Family History Dept., Mgr. of Strategic Relationships, www.familysearch.org

Adam Edmunds, Allegiance, CEO, www.allegiance.com

John Edwards, Move Networks, President & CEO, www.movenetworks.com

James Endicott, Exact Wave, CEO, www.exactwave.com

Bjorn Espenes, Infopia, CEO, www.infopia.com

Christian Faulconer, Public Engines, COO, www.crimereports.com

Martin Frey, PowerCode, CEO, www.powercode.com

JD Gardner, Monarch Partners, Founder, www.monarchvc.com

Jeremy Hanks, Doba Cofounder, Chairman & President, www.doba.com

Richard D. Hanks, Mindshare Technologies, Chairman & President, www.mshare.net

Nathan Hatch, Center 7, President & CEO, www.center7.com

Matt Hawkins, Sirsi Dynix, COO, www.sirsidynix.com

Greg Heaps, Allegiance, COO, www.allegiance.com

Tim Hunt, MIR Foundation, President, www.lingotek.com

Josh James, Omniture, CEO, www.omniture.com

David Jenkins, DealerTrack, Director DMS Marketing, www.dealertrack.com

J.D. Jeppson, Allegiance, VP of Sales, www.allegiance.com

Scott Johnson, AtTask, CEO, www.attask.com

Steven G. Jones, Vilect, CEO, www.vilect.com

Kimberley Jones, Vérité, CEO, www.verite.com

Dr. Greg M. Jones, VisTrails, CEO, www.vistrails.org

Stan Kanarowski, USTAR, Managing Director, www.ustar.utah.gov

Jeff Kearl, Skullcandy, Chairman of the Board, www.skullcandy.com

Abraham Knell, AtTask, Co-Founder & Vice President Sales, www.attask.com

Kristen Knight, NuSkin Enterprises, Sr. Dir. Prod. Mktg. Global Personal Care, www.nuskin.com

Chris Knudsen, Sapha, VP of Business Development, www.podango.com

Fred Lampropoulos, Merit Medical, Chairman, President & CEO, www.merit.com

Andrew Laver, APL Capital Advisors, Principal, www.aplcapital.com

Bruce Law, Sprout Marketing, Founder & President, www.sproutmarketing.com

Christopher Lee, Heritage Makers, CEO, www.heritagemakers.com

Darren Lee, NextPage, CEO & President, www.nextpage.com

Scott C. Lemon, HumanXtensions, CTO, www.humanxtensions.com

Shawn J. Lindquist, Omniture, Chief Legal Officer, SVP & Secretary, www.omniture.com

Ty D. Mattingly, Primary Colors, Managing Director

Ned L. Maxfield, Utah Angel Network, CEO, www.utahangelnetwork.com

David B. McGinn, Agilix Labs, COO, www.agilix.com

Glen Mella, Control4, President & COO, www.control4.com

W. Tim Miller, Echelon Biosciences, President & CEO, www.echelon-inc.com

Clarke Miyasaki, Logoworks, VP of Business Development, www.logoworks.com

Ryan Money, DealUtah.com, CEO, www.dealutah.com

Mark Newman, HireVue, CEO, www.hirevue.com

Dr. Tom Ngo, NextPage, CTO, www.nextpage.com

Brent Nixon, Cymphonix, President, www.cymphonix.com

Jonathan Oliver, Exact Wave, CTO, www.exactwave.com

Warren Osborn, Seastone, Founder and CEO, www.seastone.com

John Pestana, Omniture, Cofounder / Director, www.omniture.com

Ben Peterson, Independant Consultant/Investor, www.sparknetworks.com

Erich Pletsch, Tier Four, President, www.tierfour.com

William Price, BYU Center for Entrepreneurship, Manager/ Director, www.byu.edu

Michael Proper, DirectPointe, President & CEO, www.directpointe.com

Amy Rees Anderson, MediConnect Global, CEO, www.mediconnect.net

Prof. John Richards, BYU e-Business Center, Managing Director, www.ebusiness.byu.edu

Larry D. Rigby, Larada Sciences, Chairman & CEO, www.laradasciences.com

Kevin Santiago, Cymphonix, CEO, www.cymphonix.com

D. Todd Shepherd, Studeo, CEO, www.studeo.com

Otto Silva, AtTask, Director of IT, www.attask.com

Eric Smith, Control4, CTO, www.control4.com

Cheryl Snapp Conner, Snapp Conner PR, Managing Partner, www.snappconner.com

James Lee Sorenson Jr., Sorenson Media, CEO, www.sorenson.com

Jesse Stay II, SocialOptimize.com, Partner, Founder, www.socialoptimize.com

Joshua Steimle, MWI, Founder & CEO, www.mwi.com

Jack W. Sunderlage, ContentWatch, President & CEO, www.contentwatch.com

Benoy Tamang, Sapha, CEO and Founder, www.sapha.com

Cydni Tetro, NextPage, Vice President, www.nextpage.com

Kimball Thomas, BilliardEx, CEO, www.billiardex.com

Kent Thomas, CFO Solutions, Founder & Managing Member, www.utahcfo.com

Devin Thorpe, USTAR, Managing Director, www.ustar.utah.gov

Will West, Control4, CEO, www.control4.com

Greg Whisenant, Public Engines, President & CEO, www.publicengines.com

Tyler Whitaker, TM Ventures, Founder, www.tylerwhitaker.com

Ethan Willis, Prosper, CEO/ Co-Founder, www.prospercorp.com

Dr. Phillip Windley, Kynetx, CTO, www.windley.com

Ken Woolley, Extra Space Storage, Senior Vice President, www.exactwave.com

Ralph Yarro, ThinkAtomic, Chairman/CEO, www.thinkatomic.com

Allan Young, SocialOptimize.com, Partner, www.socialoptimize.com

Richard Zinn, GeoAMP.com, Founder, Technologist, www.ballardzinn.com

vSpring Capital (www.vspring.com) is an early-stage venture capital firm with $345 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.