INVESTORS

Fortinet is a leading privately-held network security systems supplier that has received approximately $100 million in funding from the industry's leading venture capital firms and over 100 valuable, strategic angel investors.

Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures, with more than a combined 100+ years of operational, industry and technology investing experience, is a leading venture capital firm that funds innovative companies with the potential to lead and change industries. Currently, the firm is focused on investments in enterprise software, communications infrastructure, mobile and wireless, and storage and data center infrastructure and management. Redpoint has a total of $1.45 billion under management, with investments in more than 60 companies to date. The firm was founded in 1999 by partners including from Brentwood Venture Capital, co-founded by John Walecka, and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), two of the nation's leading venture firms. Redpoint has offices in Menlo Park, CA and West Los Angeles. For further information, please visit www.redpoint.com.

Meritech

Meritech is a late-stage venture capital firm dedicated to building technology companies of lasting value by providing efficient access to expansion stage capital for rapidly-growing companies with differentiated technology. Meritech leverages a broad network of individuals and the network of companies within our portfolio to create strategic and business opportunities for our investments. Since inception in 1999, Meritech has raised $2.3 billion in several funds, and has invested in more than 80 companies including Salesforce.com, Topspin Communications, IntraLase, Corvis, Vonage Holdings, 2Wire and many other category and technology sector leaders. For further information, please visit www.meritechcapital.com.

iD Ventures America

iD Ventures America, LLC (formerly Acer Technology Ventures) was founded by a group of senior management from Acer Group in January 1998. Through various venture funds, we identify and invest in North American companies with demonstrated innovation, intellectual property, and growth potential. Our team possesses years of leadership in manufacturing and operations, expertise in local and international markets, and strong ties to world-class business and consumer networks. For further information visit www.idsoftcapital.com.

Acorn Campus

Acorn Campus is a communications and network accelerator, managed by noted serial entrepreneurs including David Tsang, who founded Oak Technology, Data Technology Corp., and Xebec, and by Wufu Chen, founder of Cascade Communications and several other highly successful companies. The Acorn Campus approach is anchored by innovative methods, differentiated competitive strategies, and key corporate alliances. With access to a vast network of professional and personal connections, Acorn Campus principals bring expertise, diversity of experience, and exceptional insight to the process of developing a new business. For further information visit www.acorncampus.com.

DEFTA Partners

DEFTA Partners is a global venture capital firm which operates in the US, Israel, United Kingdom and Japan. Managed by George Hara, DEFTA focuses on investing in information technology start-ups and accelerates the development of its investment portfolio companies through forming strategic alliances with major IT companies and leveraging its extensive network in the three major markets of the US, Europe and Japan. Current and prior portfolio companies include Accelerated Networks (NASDAQ: ACCL), Borland (NASDAQ: BORL), BroadWare, Comgates CyberGold/MyPoints (Acquired by United Airlines), Oplus, Microcosm (Acquired by CONEXANT), Oren, PictureTel (Acquired by Polycom) Tradex (Acquired by Ariba) and Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN). For further information, please visit www.deftapartners.com.

DCM

DCM is an early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies. The firm's partners manage US$1.6 billion and have funded leading technology companies including 2Wire, 51job (Nasdaq: JOBS), @Motion (Openwave), About.com (The New York Times Co.), All About (Jasdaq: 2454), Arroyo (Cisco), Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), Dang Dang, Foundry Networks (Nasdaq: FDRY), HireRight, Internap (AMEX: IIP), IPivot (Intel), JCI (Nasdaq Japan - Hercules: 9424), Kabu.com (TSE Main:8703), PGP Corporation, Recourse Technologies (Symantec), Sigmatel (Nasdaq: SGTL), SMIC (NYSE: SMI), UUNet (MCI), and Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC). DCM offers hands-on operational guidance and access to an extensive network of resources, including close relationships with many of the Pacific Rim's leading companies and investors. For more information, please visit DCM's website at www.dcmvc.com.




QUICK FACTS
Year Founded
2000
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
Number of Employees
1,000+
First Product Release
May 2002
Units Shipped to Date
450,000+
Customers
25,000+ worldwide
Market Leadership
WW UTM Factory Revenue Leader
Top 4 Largest Network Security Appliance Vendor
Financial Highlights
FY08 Revenue: $212M
36% growth y/y
$129 M cash
Profitable
Patents
20+ patents
80+ patents pending
Industry Accolades
80+ awards, including:
Security Product of the Year
Best Integrated Security Appliance
Best IPS solution
Top Mid-market Solution
2006 Technology Pioneer
6 ICSA security certifications
NSS certified (UTM)
ISO 9001 certified
Corporate and Securities Counsel
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Palo Alto, California
Auditors
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
San Jose, California



With our entire business being done online, it is paramount for us to protect our employees and data from external and internal threats while, at the same time, making sure that our network throughput is not impacted. We chose Fortinet's chassis-based security systems because they proved to offer superior performance and security functions, IPS in particular.

Yuval Benjamin, CTO
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