ENTERPRISE PARTNERS HIRES SAN DIEGO INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL

September 13, 2004

(LA JOLLA, Calif., September 13, 2004) - Enterprise Partners Venture Capital announced today that Benjamin Myers has joined the firm as a principal.  Enterprise Partners, founded in 1985, is the largest venture capital firm in Southern California with $1.0B under management
       
Myers will assist Enterprise’s entrepreneurs and portfolio companies with capital structuring and business support.  "Ben’s experience with venture-backed technology and life science investments, combined with his hands-on experience working with management teams in operating companies will contribute to the support we offer our entrepreneurs, " said Carl Eibl, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Enterprise Partners. Myers served as senior associate with San Diego’s Hamilton Apex Technology Ventures for three years prior to joining Enterprise Partners.  He assisted with many of Hamilton’s life science investments, including the sale of Q3DM to Beckman Coulter.  Prior to joining Hamilton, Myers worked with Anthem Venture Partners, an early-stage technology fund in Los Angeles, where he focused on opportunities in telecommunications and IT.  His operating experience includes roles in business development with Google, as well as consumer goods marketing with the wine and spirits division of UST In. Myers holds an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a B.A. in English and History from Stanford University.
   
Enterprise Partners Venture Capital is currently investing its sixth venture fund with a focus on early stage investments in life sciences, networking and telecom, computers and semiconductors, and enterprise software.  The Enterprise website is www.epvc.com