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Saints is a leading direct secondary acquirer of venture capital and private equity investments in emerging growth companies around the globe. We also make traditional direct venture capital investments on a primary basis and in special situations in technology, healthcare, consumer and industrial companies in the United States. Founded in 2000, Saints provides liquidity for private investors in such markets as investment and commercial banks, buyouts, corporate venture capital and hedge funds. We have more than $1 billion of committed capital under management, over 50 completed portfolio transactions and investments in more than 200 companies.

Mr. Benoit Habert is Managing Director of Habert Dassault Finance SARL, a venture capital firm focused on technology companies. He also serves as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (GIMD). Mr. Habert serves as a Director of Dassault Développement, a Member of the Supervisory Board of Aden classifieds SA, Member of the Board of the Group Figaro, Transgene, bioMerieux and Chapitre.com. Mr. Habert is a Member of the Strategic Committee of Newfund Management S.A.

As CEO of Qualys, Philippe has worked with thousands of companies to improve their network security. Philippe received the SC Magazine Editor's Award for bringing on demand technology to the network security industry and for co-founding the CSO Interchange to provide a forum for sharing information in the security industry.

Before joining Qualys, Philippe was the Chairman and CEO of Signio, an electronic payment start-up that VeriSign acquired for more than $1 billion in 2000. Prior to Signio, Philippe was President and CEO of Verity, where he re-engineered the company to become the leader in enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions. Under Philippe's direction, the company completed its initial public offering in November 1995. Before Verity Philippe turned cc:Mail into a leading e-mail platform provider. IBM's Lotus acquired the company in 1991. In 1986, as CEO of Thomson CGR Medical, a medical imaging company, Philippe received the Benjamin Franklin award for his role in the creation of a nationwide advertising campaign promoting the life-saving benefits of mammography.

Philippe served on the Board of Trustees for The Internet Society, an international non-profit organization that fosters global cooperation and coordination on the development of the Internet. French and Basque born, he holds a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of Paris, came to the US in 1981 and has lived in the Silicon Valley since 1987.