Bentley Kinetics Receives $2 Million Financing; Kodiak Venture Partners Funds Series A Round for Body Motion and Analysis Technology Company.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Bentley Kinetics, a body motion and analysis technology company targeting the sports and rehabilitation industries, announced today that it has received a $2 million Series A round of financing from Kodiak Venture Partners.

"Our ability to successfully complete the development of our revolutionary biokinetic technology and instruction system for the sports and rehabilitation industries will be significantly enhanced by this endorsement and financial support, as well as our access to Kodiak Venture Partners' technology network," said Ron Borelli, Chairman and CEO of Bentley Kinetics. "This financing will enable us to achieve our goal of building the world's leading technology company focused on maximizing body performance while minimizing injury through the use of applied biokinetic science."

Bentley Kinetics offers athletic trainers and rehabilitation professionals, as well as athletes and sports enthusiasts of all levels, the opportunity to improve performance and avoid injury by measuring their performance in real-time and then providing virtual instruction by the world's leading instructors, in their respective sport, via the Internet. The first application of this technology will focus on golf. The company also has plans to apply its body motion and analysis technology to address the needs of the rehabilitation industry--specifically in the areas of physical therapy and worker training/retraining--as well as to additional sports applications.

"The combination of our body motion and analysis technology--based on more than 15 years of research and development--together with the financial resources of Kodiak and a seasoned management team will enable us to revolutionize the instructional and technological resources available to the burgeoning physical activity field," said founder and CTO Mike Bentley. "Our goal is to not only improve sports performance but to minimize the injury-producing forces on the body by teaching efficient body movement patterns. It is exciting to be able to offer sports and rehabilitation professionals a sophisticated biomechanical technology that is both portable and user friendly at an affordable cost. What previously required a team of biomechanists to measure and analyze body motion and a room full of computers can now be done in real time using wireless motion tracking sensors, kinetic analysis software and a laptop."

A certified biomechanist, Bentley has worked closely with leading specialists in the field of human motion--including physicists, biomechanists, NASA engineers, athletic trainers, physical therapists, sports optometrists, podiatrists, sport physiologists and strength & conditioning coaches--throughout his career. He has also competed as a tour player throughout Asia, Australia, and the United States, and has instructed many of the World Ranked PGA, EPGA, SPGA, & LPGA Tour players. For the past 15 years, Bentley has led a team of professional athletes, human motion specialists, and the nation's top mechanical and software engineers to develop the latest in body motion and analysis technology for use by athletic and rehabilitation professionals.

"The combination of Bentley Kinetics' vision to anticipate the information and technology needs of the exploding physical activity field and its technology leadership attest to the company's outstanding potential," said Lou Volpe, Managing General Partner at Kodiak Venture Partners. "We are looking forward to the opportunity to play a key role in building Bentley's leadership position in the dynamic body motion and analysis technology industry."

Volpe will join Bentley Kinetics' Ron Borelli and Mike Bentley on the company's Board of Directors.

About Bentley Kinetics

Bentley Kinetics, headquartered in Manchester, NH, specializes in developing and designing technology and educational training programs to enhance biomechanical performance and sports specific skills. Bentley Kinetic's initial focus on golf has revolutionized the swing through the first completely wireless motion analysis system. The system was designed to help golfers deliver maximum efficiency at the point of impact, while reducing injury potential. It consists of two new products - The K-Vest and K-Lab. Each product leverages kinetic research through Bentley Kinetics' proprietary technologies, which analyze 3-D human motion to evaluate movement patterns. In addition to its groundbreaking products, Bentley Kinetics offers The Bentley Kinetics Certification Program. The program is being used to train and educate PGA professionals, physical therapists, industry partners and the country's top college and high school coaches. For more information about Bentley Kinetics, please visit www.bentleykinetics.com or call [phone].

About Kodiak Venture Partners

Kodiak Venture Partners is a Waltham, Mass.-based venture capital firm focused on seed and early stage investments in emerging communications/IT, semiconductor and software companies. With a focus in the eastern regions of the U.S. and Canada, Kodiak Venture Partners builds relationships with entrepreneurs seeking accelerated market success. Kodiak's investment partners are successful high-technology business entrepreneurs who take a high-impact, hands-on approach to forming, operating, building and funding market leaders. For more information, visit www.kodiakvp.com.