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Woodside Capital Leverages Expertise in the Digital Media, Semiconductor, and Alternative Energy Sectors to Provide M&A and Capital Raising Financial Advisory Services

March 12, 2008, Palo Alto, CA: Woodside Capital Partners LLC is pleased to announce its role as financial advisor in two recently completed transactions.

Woodside Capital Partners acted as financial advisor to FotoNation, in its sale to Tessera Technologies, Inc. The transaction is valued at $29 million in net cash with up to $10 million of additional consideration, contingent upon certain milestones over one year.

Powervation, a digital energy fabless semiconductor company, was advised by Woodside Capital Partners during a Series 'A' funding round that raised $10M in venture capital for the company.

About FotoNation

FotoNation develops innovative embedded solutions to improve image quality and enhance, extend and simplify picture taking for digital still cameras and mobile devices. FotoNation's technology is embedded in more than two out of three digital still cameras sold today. More information is available at www.fotonation.com

About Powervation

Powervation's digital energy controllers are used for delivering power to microprocessors in high performance information processing applications in computing, networking, telecommunications, storage and industrial markets. The advanced digital control technology displaces incumbent analog based solutions by providing higher levels of energy efficiency, performance, reliability, ease of use and lower total cost of ownership for customers. More information is available at www.powervation.ie

About Woodside Capital

Woodside Capital Partners LLC is a boutique investment banking firm, with offices in Silicon Valley and London, specializing in transatlantic M&A and capital raising financial advisory services for emerging growth companies in the digital media, semiconductor, and alternative energy sectors. All securities activities are conducted exclusively through 3C-WC Partners LLC, an affiliate of Woodside Capital Partners, member SIPC and FINRA. More information is available at www.woodsidecap.com or by calling 1.650.980.5006.