an excerpt from an article in smartmoney follows. full feature at the url.
February 10, 1999
Getting In on Those Hot IPOs
By Gerri Willis
SmartMoney
smartmoney.com
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Here's a list of some of the companies Safeguard may have a hand in taking public over the next several months:
Who? Vision: Yes, that's really the name of this Lake Forrest, Calif., company, which makes little black boxes that allow operators to immediately identify users by their fingerprints. Initial uses are for computers, network security and cell phones. The registration statement for this company was filed back in mid-July, just before a market meltdown shut the IPO market in the fall. You could expect to see this company come public in the first half of this year.
Pac-West Telecom: A Stockton, Calif., competitive local-exchange carrier serving business and Internet-service-provider markets. The company was on track to generate $40 million in revenue last year.
US Interactive: A professional-services firm offering clients, such as the National Football League, IBM (IBM) and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Internet and intranet-based applications. It is based in King of Prussia, Pa.
Integrated Visions: This company sells security software to the medical profession. The Sebastian, Fla., company's Privacy Curtain software enables secure and convenient access to computerized patient information on intranets and extranets.
Arista Knowledge Systems: This Alameda, Calif., company teaches courses over the Internet. |
