TVentures's product "zGraffiti" is financed by institutional investments from Steve Walker Associates, CBSI Inc. (Nasdaq: CBSI), Avatar Capital Partners and Dr. C.K.Prahalad.


Potomac Ventures is a venture fund focused on Internet and related technology businesses in the Washington, DC area. Potomac Ventures offers a "high touch" approach to investing, working closely with its portfolio companies to set strategic direction, recruit talent, establish networks and partnerships and secure later round financing. Other investments include SafeRent, Away.com, FindLaw and FreightDesk.


Steve Walker & Associates, based in Glenwood, Md., is a private investment fund that invests seed capital and business consulting services to technology companies, primarily in the mid-Atlantic region. Some of its portfolio companies include BioNetrix, Brainbench, Ultraprise and ZonaFinanciera.


Complete Business Solutions, Inc. is a worldwide provider of information-technology (IT) services to large and mid-size organizations. The Company offers its customers a broad range of IT services, from advising customers on strategic technology plans to developing and implementing appropriate IT applications solutions. CBSI offers custom-tailored solutions based on an assessment of each client's needs. The Company's services include: e-business transformation services; consulting; large systems applications development and maintenance; packaged software implementation, such as ERP; and contract programming services.


C.K. Prahalad, Ph.D., is a Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Administration, Ann Arbor. Dr. Prahalad is also Chairman of Praja, Inc. Dr. Prahalad specializes in corporate strategy and the role and value of top management in large, diversified, multinational corporations. Among his many articles and books is Competing for the Future (1994), co-authored with Gary Hamel. Dr. Prahalad has consulted with the top management of AT&T, Cargill, Eastman Kodak, Honeywell, ICL, Philips, TRW, Quantum, NCR, and Oracle.


Avatar Capital Partners (ACP), LLC is a Bethesda, MD-based venture capital firm with a focus on investing in network infrastructure, IT services and software companies. Avatar Capital Partners takes a hands-on approach with its portfolio companies to ensure their success. ACP leverages its top-tier technology, business development, and marketing relationships to develop and nurture its portfolio. Avatar's many leading-edge investments have included InfoCruiser, Webversant, iPing, eWanted, Navic Systems, BrainGEM, zBox, IAOL, Surface Exchange, SkyFlow, and SNAZ.com.