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Founded in 1875 by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in the Swiss village of Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet is the oldest Manufacture of Haute Horlogerie never to have left the hands of the founding families. Today, its range encompasses complex mechanical watches, Haute Joaillerie creations as well as a line of jewellery. At each stage in its history, the Manufacture has daringly adopted avant-garde techniques in order to place them in the service of traditional craftsmanship. This approach has earned it an unparalleled number of world firsts in the field of Haute Horlogerie.

Weber Shandwick is a Communications Partner of the European Tech Tour, supporting both the European level organization and the various country tours.  Weber Shandwick, a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG), is one of the world's leading public relations agencies, with offices in major media, business and government capitals around the world. Weber Shandwick is a leader in marketing public relations, public affairs and corporate communications counseling, and also provides services in advocacy advertising, market research and visual communications.

Genpact drives process improvements to help global enterprises improve their revenue, margins, speed, and customer relationships. Principally owned by GE, General Atlantic, and Oak Hill Capital Partners, Genpact has 25,000 highly skilled associates specialized by industry (banking/finance, insurance, manufacturing, transportation, automotive, and business services) and by the impact areas they serve (finance & accounting, sales & marketing analytics, customer service, financial services collections & operations, supply chain & procurement services, aftermarket services, information technology services, and enterprise application services & program management). With a direct sales network spanning Europe, North America and Asia, Genpact has operations centers across India as well as in China, Hungary, Romania, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United States. For more info: www.genpact.com.

IDG Ventures India manages a $150 Million venture capital fund focusing on early-stage investments in technology and technology-enabled companies. It is a part of IDG Ventures, a global network of venture capital funds with approximately $1.4 billion under management and 10 offices across Asia and America. It has a portfolio of 220 investee companies built over the last 15 years. The IDG Ventures network is comprised of five independent partnerships managing funds in North America, China, Vietnam and India. The principal investor and sponsor of the IDG Ventures network is International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform – an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources – with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, IDG Ventures India helps its investee companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition. Additional information is available at www.idgvcindia.com.

Infosys Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a flat world. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. Infosys creates these solutions for its clients by leveraging its domain and business expertise along with a complete range of services.

With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered.

India Semiconductor Association ISA is the national body for the Indian semiconductor industry. It acts as the catalyst for the growth of the semiconductor industry and to establish India as the preferred global semiconductor destination. Its initiatives address the needs of various stakeholders through government interaction, publications and events that bring focus to the industry both within and outside the country.

ISA has over 100 members spanning Indian and global semiconductor design, manufacturing, testing and EDA tool companies as also academic institutions and venture funds.

As per the ISA-Frost & Sullivan reports, the revenue for the semiconductor market comprising of electronic equipment manufacturing, design and fabrication, will grow to $ 36.3 billion in the year 2015 from 2.82 billion in 2005 with a CAGR of 29.8% over this period.

The design market is expected to grow to $43.07 billion in 2015 from $3.25 billion in 2005 with a CAGR of 30%.

The sector is expected to create 781780 jobs in 2015.From the present 74850 in 2005.

MindTree Consulting is an international IT services company with development centers in India and the U.S. The Company provides end-to-end project execution through a hybrid delivery model called OneShore™. With clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to enterprise software organizations, MindTree delivers global technology solutions and outsourced R&D services to innovative technology leaders around the world.

Reliance Infocomm is the outcome of late Dhirubhai Ambani’s dream of bringing about a digital revolution in India that will bring to every Indian’s doorstep an affordable means of information and communication. It was with this belief that Reliance Infocomm began laying its 60,000 route kilometres of pan-India fibre optic backbone in 1999. The backbone was commissioned on December 28, 2002, Dhirubhai’s 70th birth anniversary, first since his sad demise on July 6, 2002. Reliance Infocomm’s network is a high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline), and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network. The network is designed to offer services that span the entire Infocomm value chain - infrastructure, services, both for enterprises and individuals, applications, and consulting. The network is designed to deliver services and applications that will change the way we Indians live. It will harbinger a New India.

SVB Financial Group provides diversified financial services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine markets. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, SVB Financial Group provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients' success.

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