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WTI was a great, dependable partner to Plaxo, from the early days of our build out through our successful sale to Comcast. Through multiple stages of debt financing, we found them to be level-headed, flexible and responsive. Not only was their venture debt model a terrific fit - their people have all the right characteristics for a dynamic industry such as ours.

Ben Golub
CEO, Plaxo (acquired by Comcast)

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WTI's capital came at a critical juncture for the company as we began our initial product launch. The runway the facility provided gave us additional time to demonstrate our technology, culminating in our acquisition by AOL.

Eric Engstrom
CEO, Wildseed

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WTI's growth capital gave us extra time to assemble the best possible investors in our Series B financing.

Keegan Harper
CEO, Cameron Health (Acquired by Boston Scientific)

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WTI is a terrific and exceptionally responsive partner. Throughout the relationship I dealt with a decision-maker who provided me quick and candid feedback, which enabled me to maximize the time I devoted to running my business. Given my positive experience with the firm, I highly recommend WTI to any company seeking the highest quality capital partner.

Victor Jablokov
President & COO, Yap

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WTI committed meaningful capital to Polyserve at a time when our business was nearing an inflection point and we were also outgrowing our incumbent debt source. The additional time allowed us to benefit from the solid progress we were making in the business by raising our final round at a significantly increased valuation. The firm's stability and scalability make them a strong partner for venture backed companies of all sizes.

Michael Stankey
Former CEO & President, PolyServe, Inc. (acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company)

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As Skystream entered the critical expansion phase of its growth as a private company, WTI provided us the capital cushion we needed to maximize our market opportunity

Joseph Geesman
CFO and Vice President of Operations, SkyStream Networks (acquired by Tandberg Television)

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WTI's capital came into IronPort at an important time early in the company's development - we really enjoyed working with the WTI team.

Scott Weiss
CEO, IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco Systems)

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WTI has provided funding to more than ten Founders Fund companies. We consider them to be a valuable partner and love working with them.

Luke Nosek
Managing Partner, Founders Fund

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WTI's $25 million commitment was a key component of our financing strategy on the runway to an IPO. The strength of the firm's history and reliability of its capital were keys to selecting WTI as our debt partner.

William Moffitt
President and CEO, Nanosphere [NSPH]

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This is the third company that I have founded, and in each case, I have worked with WTI because of their integrity and flexibility.

Christopher McCleary
Chairman & CEO, Evergreen Assurance

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Our long-standing relationship with WTI has given us first-hand experience with how consistent and valuable they are as a partner, especially in challenging macroeconomic times.  WTI has been a strategic source of capital that we have relied on to help grow our business.

Jim Imbler
CEO, ZeaChem

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We chose to work with WTI rather than a bank because their deal structure was more flexible and it really allowed us to use the money.

Vivek Ragavan
CEO, Atrica

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WTI has been a valuable partner to Youku as we have grown over the years.  They really took the time to understand our business, which was important to us since we are a China-based company.

Victor Koo
CEO, Youku.com (NYSE: YOKU)

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I have worked with WTI in two of my companies, and their capital works as advertised; it is truly usable and provides real value. The WTI team is used to the challenges of operating in a start-up environment, so they have steady hands. I would be pleased to work with them again.

Bernard Harguindeguy
CEO, Atlantis Computing and GreenBorder Technologies

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Given the strong trajectory of our business, we were fortunate to have a number of firms interested in working with us.  After a fair amount of referencing with our existing investors and other entrepreneurs, we chose to work with WTI given their long history as a firm with the patience and risk tolerance for long-term value creation.  WTI understands our business at a fundamental level and has been terrific to work with from first meeting to funding.

Jasper Malcolmson
CEO, Bloomspot

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I have had a positive experience working with WTI at three different companies. WTI consistently delivered as promised and showed considerable flexibility to meet our unique business requirements. After 25-years of working in Silicon Valley, I can attest to the importance of smart money.

Steve Wong
CFO, Rainfinity (acquired by EMC)

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WTI appreciates how businesses change over time. Their flexibility was important to our initial relationship together. As Molecular Imprints has grown, WTI has scaled with us and provided substantial follow-on financing to meet our evolving needs.

Norman E. Schumaker
President and CEO, Molecular Imprints

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It can be challenging as a first time CEO to navigate venture waters, and WTI has consistently provided strong support and seasoned guidance at each stage of our growth. WTI has been an excellent partner and integral part of the FanBridge story.

Spencer Richardson
CEO & Co-founder, FanBridge.com

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We chose WTI over other lenders because they had great local references in the New York City metro area and are well known for their ability to scale with companies over time.  We always dealt with a highly responsive decision maker from first engagement through funding, and would highly recommend them to any of our business partners.

Gauthereau Guillaume
CEO, Totsy

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This is my second start-up and my second time working with WTI.  WTI certainly provides capital that is helpful in growing a business. But even more so, being able to do business with people you can trust is critical to us.  We work with WTI because of the value of our relationship.

Brent Dusing
Founder & CEO, Hexify

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As a public company, we had many financing options available to us. We were very impressed with how WTI worked with us on the $15 million debt instrument that we announced in conjunction with our recent follow-on offering.

Tim Lynch
CFO, Tercica

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WTI played a pivotal role in working with our team and investors. Without their assistance, we would not be the successful, publicly traded company we are today.

William (B.J.) Lehmann
President and COO, Athersys (NASDAQ: ATHX)

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WTI's growth capital has been an important part of the capital structure, and strategic planning, of several of our portfolio companies.

Beckie Robertson
Partner, Versant Ventures

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WTI provided $11 million to WWP at a critical inflection point for the company. We had a new product we were bringing to market which became the foundation of our successful acquisition by Ciena. The debt capital and support from our existing investors allowed us more time to win large carrier contracts and improve our position with potential acquirers.

Matt Frey
COO, World Wide Packets (acquired by Ciena)

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During Juniper's earliest days, it was comforting to know we were working with a debt partner of the same caliber and mindset as our VC investors.

Scott Kriens
President & CEO, Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR)

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WTI provided valuable capital to Sierra Logic as our company continued to grow. Their three commitments (totaling $7.8 million) provided the additional runway we needed to get to profitability without having to raise additional equity.

Bob Whitson
CEO, Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex)

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WTI played an integral role in financing the early development at Ablation Frontiers in conjunction with our Series A equity. They are a great partner.

Keegan Harper
CEO, Ablation Frontiers

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It was important for Neutral Tandem to choose a reliable financing partner who could scale with us.  WTI provided us with financing early in our development, and has continually been able to meet our funding needs as our business grew.

Rob Junkroski
CFO, Neutral Tandem (NASDAQ: TNDM)

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Over the past 4 years we have worked with WTI on 3 separate lending transactions totaling $15.5 million. They have proven to be strong financial partners and particularly responsive at critical times when we most needed their support.

Michael Maulick
CEO, Platform Solutions

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In every company I've started or been a part of, I come across a subset of folks that I know I'll call without hesitation in my next company, and WTI is one of those companies.

Doug Camplejohn
CEO, Mi5 Networks

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WTI made a commitment to Brocade when the company was still unproven; their capital had a meaningful impact on growing the business.

Bruce Bergman
Former CEO, Brocade Communications (NASDAQ: BRCD)

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Quepasa and myYearbook Announce Merger Agreement - Accretive Combination Creates Leading Global Platform for Social Discovery With 70+ Million Registered Users, 2.2 Million Mobile App Installs, 11.5 Million Mobile Game Installs, and 2.1 Million Social Game Installs



WEST PALM BEACH, FL--(Marketwire - Jul 20, 2011) - Today Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA), owner of popular Latino social network Quepasa.com and cross-platform social game development studio Quepasa Games, announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to merge with Insider Guides, Inc., DBA myYearbook, the best place to meet new people on the web or mobile device, for $100 million, comprised of approximately $82 million in Quepasa common stock and approximately $18 million in cash. For further information on the merger consideration, see the Form 8-K filed by Quepasa with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.

"With this merger, we intend to create nothing less than the public market leader in social discovery," noted Quepasa CEO, John Abbott. "Combination with myYearbook nearly doubles the size of Quepasa's existing user base while positioning the new company for significantly higher growth in mobile and social games, advertising, and virtual currency. The myYearbook team is product-oriented and hungry to continue building innovative products at the convergence of social and mobile. We expect the scale of this combination to enable a new class of investor in Quepasa. We believe myYearbook's proven track record in monetization and engagement will fuel significant future growth."

Over the past 12 months, myYearbook has experienced rapid growth in users and in mobile traffic. With over 1 billion page views on mobile platforms and 1.2 billion page views on the web each month, myYearbook is one of the largest media properties in the US. It is also the #1 web site in the comScore Teens category with more visits, minutes, and pageviews than any other site in the category. By emphasizing social discovery, focusing on the people users want to know rather than the people they already know, the service has built a large and growing user base, especially in the teen and young adult demographic. In 2010, myYearbook generated $23.7 million in revenue, up 53% year-over-year, and EBITDA of $4.9 million, up 315% year-over-year.

"We are thrilled to bring our vision of social discovery to a global audience through combination with Quepasa," noted Geoff Cook, CEO of myYearbook. "Meeting new people is now -- and has always been -- one of the Internet's core activities. This combination creates the scale needed to build the #1 player in social discovery. What excites me most about this opportunity is applying myYearbook's platform for monetization and engagement to Quepasa's fast-growing markets while also doubling the size of our development team to execute against an aggressive product pipeline focused on social, mobile, and virtual currency."

Key highlights of the combined business include:

  • Consolidated TTM Revenues and EBITDA of $33.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively, as of the twelve months ended March 31, 2011;
  • 4 billion monthly advertising impressions with 1 billion on mobile and 3 billion on the web as of June, 2011;
  • Total registered web users of 70.9 million, 2.2 million mobile installs (1.4 million on Android and 800 thousand on iPhone), 11.5 million mobile game installs, 2.1 million social game installs and monthly page views of 2.4 billion in June, 2011;
  • Dramatic mobile growth from 2% of daily myYearbook users logging in on a mobile device in January, 2010 to 40% of daily users logging in on a mobile device in June, 2011;
  • Successful mobile platform to be leveraged across Latin America, the United States, and other geographies;
  • Experienced social media team of 200+ people with 100+ engineers/product and 23 in Sales group;
  • Quepasa Games' social game IP creates vertically integrated, high-margin social gaming revenue stream for myYearbook;
  • Vibrant virtual currency which accounts for one-quarter of myYearbook revenue;
  • Highly complementary mix of cross-platform advertising products, including Quepasa Social Contests and myYearbook Social Theater

Following the completion of the merger, which is expected in the fourth quarter of 2011, subject to certain closing considerations described in the Merger Agreement, Geoff Cook will serve as Chief Operating Officer of Quepasa Corporation and President of its Consumer Internet Division while joining the company's Board of Directors. Current myYearbook Board members, Rick Lewis, a Partner at myYearbook investor U.S. Venture Partners, and Terry Herndon, angel investor, will also join the Quepasa Board. Together with Geoff Cook, the myYearbook designees to the Quepasa Board represent the three largest shareholders in myYearbook.

Merger Conference Call

Quepasa will hold a conference call today at 9:00 am ET to discuss the merger. Listeners may access the conference call live through the following numbers: TOLL-FREE at 1-888-846-5003 or TOLL/ INTERNATIONAL at 1-480-629-9856, or via webcast at http://www.talkpoint.com/viewer/starthere.asp?Pres=136212. A slide presentation will accompany the call and can also be viewed at http://www.talkpoint.com/viewer/starthere.asp?Pres=136212.

A replay will be available at TOLL-FREE 1-877-870-5176 or TOLL/INTERNATIONAL at 1-858-384-5517 from: 07/20/2011 @ 12:00 pm Eastern Time To: 08/20/2011 @ 11:59 pm Eastern Time, Replay Pin Number: 4458363.

About Insider Guides and myYearbook.com

myYearbook makes meeting new people fun and easy online and on your mobile phone. myYearbook combines innovative social games, virtual goods, social applications, and a robust virtual currency called "Lunch Money" to facilitate introductions and break the ice. myYearbook started in a single high school in 2005 and has grown to over 32.7 million members worldwide. For more information please visit www.myYearbook.com or install the myYearbook app on iPhone or Android.

About Quepasa Corporation

Quepasa Corporation (NYSE Amex: QPSA) is a social media technology company which owns Quepasa.com, the leading online social network and game platform for the Latino community, Quepasa Games, a cross platform social game development studio, and Quepasa DSM, a cross platform social advertising and contest platform. Quepasa.com provides fun, interactive, and easy to use social tools, and rich multimedia content in English, Spanish and Portuguese to embrace Latinos everywhere, and empower them to connect online, compete in contests and games and share their interests, ideas, and activities. Quepasa is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida with offices in Miami, Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Hermosillo, Mexico, and Curitiba, Brazil. For more information about the company, go to www.quepasacorp.com, or join for free at www.Quepasa.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including statements regarding the proposed merger with myYearbook, the benefits of the merger, creating the public market leader in social discovery, Quepasa's future growth, our having the scale to build the #1 player in social discovery and the closing of the merger, our future financial performance, our liquidity, our business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "could," "target," "potential," "is likely," "will," "expect" and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include: the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the merger will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period; the possibility that the merger does not close, including, but not limited to, due to the failure to satisfy the closing conditions including the failure of Quepasa shareholders to approve the issuance of the shares pursuant to the merger and the failure of the shareholders of Insider Guides to approve the merger; the risk that the Quepasa and myYearbook businesses will not be integrated successfully; and disruption from the merger making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships. Further information on our risk factors is contained in our filings with the SEC, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Any forward-looking statement made by us herein speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

Additional Information

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Quepasa's securities or the solicitation of any shareholder vote or approval. This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transaction involving Quepasa and Insider Guides. In connection with the proposed transaction, Quepasa will be filing documents with the SEC, including a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement and prospectus of Quepasa. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and stockholders are urged to read carefully the proxy statement and prospectus regarding the proposed transaction and any other relevant documents filed by Quepasa with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. You may obtain copies of all documents filed with the SEC regarding this transaction, free of charge, at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov), by accessing Quepasa's website at www.quepasacorp.com under the heading "Investors" and then under the link "SEC Filings" and from Quepasa by directing a request to Quepasa at Quepasa Corporation, 324 Datura Street, Suite 114, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, Attention: Investor Relations.

Quepasa and its directors and executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. You can find information about Quepasa's directors and executive officers in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 14, 2011. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available. You can obtain free copies of these documents from Quepasa using the contact information above.

Company Contacts:

Atomic PR for myYearbook
Nina Velasquez
212-699-3647
nina@atomicpr.com

E. Brian Harvey Vice President of Capital Markets and Investor Relations
Quepasa Corporation
Tel (310) 801-1719
brian.harvey@quepasacorp.com