Founded in 1999, Yo's investors include Macromedia, XL Ventures, Grand Central Holdings and Silicon Alley Venture Partners.

Macromedia's mission is to add life to the Web. Their award-winning products empower developers to provide the most engaging experience on the Web and enable more effective e-business. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) has more than 800 employees worldwide.

XL Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm focused on early to mid-stage investments in companies that provide services, applications and technology to the digital media industry, including the Internet, mobile applications, convergence media, and broadband services. XL Ventures facilitates relationships and sharing of expertise and resources among the members of its network of portfolio companies. XL Ventures has enhanced 20 companies to date. Representative investments include 24/7 Media, Inc., About.com, Inc., Promotions.com, Inc., and Naviant, Inc.

Grand Central Holdings is a New York City based internet operating company that partners with leading early stage internet-related businesses, providing them with capital, operational support, and strategic synergies in order to accelerate their progress and increase their chances of success. Yo! is one of Grand Central's six partner companies along with Online Benefits (www.online-benefits.com), the leading provider of extranet solutions for human resource departments; iPing (www.iping.com), a wireless notification services provider; USLaw.com, the leading online provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses; peanutpress.com which was acquired by netLibrary and is the leading publisher of electronic books on Palm Pilot and other handheld computers; and Japan Internet Ventures (www.japaninternetventures.com) which transfers successful internet ventures from the US to Japan.

Founded in March 1998, Silicon Alley Venture Partners (SAVP) is New York's first venture capital fund dedicated to seed and early stage investment in the Internet space. SAVP has had remarkable success, and counts a "hat trick" of three leading e-commerce startups in its portfolio. These include LivePerson, Inc., a provider of real-time sales and customer service technology; Flooz.com, Inc., an online gift currency company; and Bla-Bla.com, Inc., a next generation Web publishing tools provider. The SAVP portfolio also includes the cutting edge online game show site, Boxerjam, Inc. SAVP is backed by TL Ventures (an investor in ICG and an affiliate of Safeguard), TD Capital, and the principals of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, among others, collectively representing $2 billion in follow-on capital.