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Cuil, Inc.

Legal Counsel: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Develops and operates an online search engine. The Company is developing a new approach in search architecture. Cuill has assembled a team from Google, IBM, eBay, AltaVista, Xerox PARC, the Internet Archive and Stanford University.

Geographic Region: Silicon Valley

Industry Sector: IT Services

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Greylock Partners	Individuals	Madrone Capital Partners
Tugboat Ventures

Investments - Tabular Analysis

	06/03/2008	05/19/2008
Round Number	2	1
Total Investment	25.00	8.25
Stage	Early Stage	Startup/Seed
Investors	Greylock Partners Madrone Capital Partners Tugboat Ventures	Greylock Partners Individuals Tugboat Ventures

Deal Terms - Tabular Analysis

	12/10/2007		03/13/2007
Post-Money Valuation (best-estimate based on regulatory filings)	$ 200,929,516 (© 2008 - 2009 VC Experts.com, Inc.)		$ 32,004,676 (© 2008 - 2009 VC Experts.com, Inc.)
Round of Financing	Series B		Series A
	Natl: 29%	Reg: 29%	Natl: 35%	Reg: 30%
Type of Preferred Stock	Conventional Convertible		Conventional Convertible
	Natl: 32%	Reg: 39%	Natl: 32%	Reg: 39%
Capped Participating Preferred

Liquidation Preference for the Current Round	Pari Passu		Not Applicable
	Natl: 32%	Reg: 43%	Natl: 31%	Reg: 25%
Multiple of the Liquidation Preference: 1x; 2x; 3x; > 3x.	0 - 1x		0 - 1x
	Natl: 92%	Reg: 91%	Natl: 92%	Reg: 91%
Round Direction	Up Round		Not Applicable
	Natl: 46%	Reg: 52%	Natl: 31%	Reg: 26%
Anti-Dilution Protection	Weighted Average		Weighted Average
	Natl: 90%	Reg: 95%	Natl: 90%	Reg: 95%
Redemption at Investor's Option	No		No
	Natl: 41%	Reg: 76%	Natl: 41%	Reg: 76%
Pay-to-Play Penalties

Cumulative Dividends	No		No
	Natl: 64%	Reg: 94%	Natl: 64%	Reg: 94%
Reorganization or Recapitalization	No		No
	Natl: 93%	Reg: 93%	Natl: 93%	Reg: 93%

Last Updated: November 19, 2008

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