TokBox Appoints Software Expert and Technology Veteran Nick Triantos as CEO

Triantos Charged with Building the TokBox Executive Team and Setting the
Company's Strategic and Operational Goals

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- TokBox, a first-of-its-kind web-
based video communication product that makes it effortless for anyone to make
a video call for free, today announced the appointment of Nick Triantos to
Chief Executive Officer and board member. In his role as CEO, Triantos is
responsible for expanding the company's executive team and setting the
company's strategic and operational goals as TokBox's user base continues to
soar.
"Nick's background in software engineering and technology start-ups makes
him the ideal person to lead TokBox as the company sets out to revolutionize
the video communication experience," said Roelof Botha, General Partner at
Sequoia Capital and Board Director at TokBox. "I'm confident that Nick's
insight and drive will propel TokBox as the primary video calling and
messaging service of choice worldwide, and we are very excited to have him as
a part of our team."
Nick joined TokBox as Vice President of Engineering in Fall of 2007.
Prior to joining TokBox, Nick was a Partner at Quantum Technology Partners, a
technology-focused venture capital firm. Before that, Nick spent 8 years in
software engineering and engineering management roles at NVIDIA, where he
helped grow the company from fewer than 50 people to more than 3,500. Nick
also previously worked as a software engineer at Navio Communications, The 3DO
Company, and Apple Computer. He has been actively involved in startups since
the mid-90s as an engineer, and as an investor since 2004. Triantos holds MBA
degrees from Columbia University and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business,
and a B.S. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at
Buffalo.
"I'm very excited about the opportunity to play a key role in delivering
the best video communication experience on the web at a time when it has
really started to take off," said Nick Triantos. "TokBox's unique offerings
clearly set us apart from competitors. Our cutting edge innovation and growth
trajectory in the video communication category make TokBox well positioned to
win in this marketplace and I am looking forward to helping accelerate the
company's success."
TokBox is a free, web-based video communication service that requires no
download, no registration and no configurations -- all that is needed is an
internet connection and a webcam. Aside from live video calling TokBox also
enables users to conduct video conference calls with multiple users and leave
video messages to anyone with an email address. In addition TokBox provides
users the tools to add a video communication element to their blog, social
networking or commerce and community sites profile by embedding TokBox
directly into the page. TokBox also recently released a Firefox add-on that
provides live video calling from directly within Facebook chat and a new
optional downloadable application (TokBox Air) that allows users to leverage
all of TokBox's great features even without being logged into the company's
site.
Since launch in October 2007, TokBox has grown rapidly and is already
being used in a variety of interesting ways: from online dating, to job search
and professional networking, to people communicating face-to-face with family
and friends from around the world. TokBox is in use in over 200 countries and
has been embedded within thousands of blogs and other personal pages.
For more information about TokBox, please visit http://www.tokbox.com.
About TokBox
TokBox is a first-of-its-kind consumer video communication service that
helps people talk face-to-face with a single click. To use the TokBox service
at Tokbox.com, there's no registration, download, installation, configuration
or any other hassle. TokBox also lets users send videomails to anyone with an
email address, and embed video communication into any website (e.g. blogs,
social networks or dating sites). Located in San Francisco, California, TokBox
is privately held and currently recruiting skilled professionals who like to
create great products and have fun. For more information, visit
http://www.tokbox.com or follow product updates at http://www.tokbox.com/blog.
About Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital provides venture capital funding to founders of startups
who want to turn business ideas into companies. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind
the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with innovators
such as Steve Jobs of Apple Computer, Larry Ellison of Oracle, Bob Swanson of
Linear Technology, Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Dan
Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Jen-
Hsun Huang of NVIDIA, Michael Marks of Flextronics, Larry Page and Sergey Brin
of Google, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen of YouTube and Dominic Orr and Keerti
Melkote of Aruba Wireless Networks. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit
http://www.sequoiacap.com.
SOURCE TokBox

Tomica Divic of SutherlandGold Group, +1-415-848-7166,
tomica@sutherlandgold.com, for TokBox