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To: M. Dion who wrote (10)	7/4/1999 12:36:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41

A couple companies offering similar services: VCapital: vcapital.com VentureOne: ventureone.com Data links from VentureOne: ventureone.com There is no lack of venture funding if you have the right 1) management team, preferably with experience 2) business model and 3) personal connections/references. Nearly every major telecommunications vendor, for example, has a division devoted solely to seeding and taking equity positions in start-ups and early-stage private companies. TI works with Hambrecht and Quist, Siemens has Mustang Venture Funds, Lucent, Thomson, Newbridge Networks, SAIC --- all have investment arms, some more than one. Another great way to connect with VC funding is to attend conferences devoted to private companies. AEA (American Electronics Assoc.) has one every year, as do many investment banks. Organizations like Business Communications Review and Gartner Group host similar events. Universities have organizations set up to bring young entrepreneurs together with funding. Here in San Diego, UCSD Connect recently hosted a one-day event that was a huge success. I know the University of British Columbia has a similar organization but I don't recall the name. (A friend was just asked to sit on their board.) Trade shows are another means of meeting VC managers. Very often they'll include seminars or industry panels with CEOs from Silicon Valley and other high-tech areas. Of course the most obvious is investment banks, themselves. Find a way to attend any of their investment conferences. They nearly always have sections devoted to private companies and VCs scout them out like hawks do carrion. Are we headed in the right direction? Pat