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Top Stories:

o Ericsson, Merrill Lynch, Others Form $300 Million Tech Fund
o ECOutlook.com Gets $25 Million in First Institutional Round
o Former US West Execs. Lead Comstellar Expansion to Denver
o Optical Firm nLight Photonics Gets $7.2 Million First Round
o Enterprise Software Merges with Columbine JDS Systems
o Tech Service Provider Rapt Closes $25 Million Series B

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Also in This Issue:

     New Money:
o Commercial Loan Exchange Medici Raises $10 Million Round One
o ASP Cataligent Raises $3 Million in First Round Funding
o Net Services Firm Anota Raises $4 Million in First Round
o Software Developer Computrol Raises $1.5 Million Round One
o Surplus Site BargainBuilder Gets $2.4 Million in First Round
o GPU Invests In, Forms Partnership with Silicon Energy
o BurningTree Technologies Raises $1 Million in Funding
o FuelSpot.com Gets $7.8 Million from Internet Capital Group
o Logistics Firm Sensitech Closes Round with $16.5 Million
o Net Ad Firm AdFlight Raises $20 Million in Second Round
o Video Converter Teranex Secures $30 Million in Round Three
o Chip Firm Micro Photonix Closes $30 Million Third Round
o Online Marketing Firm Aprimo Closes $20 Million Third Round
o SpiderCache Receives $1.4 million From Itemus
o Jump.Net Ventures Invests in Community Systems
o Swedish VC Ledstiernan Invests $800,000 for 44% of CCNox

     New Products:
o CommerceFlow Launches First Product , AuctionFlow
o Venture Consulting Group Changes Name to Venture X Group

     New Deals:
o Zilo Networks Acquires Stake in Collegehumor.com
o Visible Markets Announces Strategic Alliance With eSpeed

     M&A:
o Informatica to Acquire Mobile App Firm Zimba for $25 Million
o EZsize Acquires Size and Fit Technology Company SizeMe.com
o HeadHunter.Net Buys MiracleWorkers.com For $8.4 Million

     New Directors:
o iSoChip Networks Appoints Medoptix CEO To Board
o PatchLink.com Elects New Member to Board of Directors

     New People:
o CRM Firm Parago Promotes President to CEO Post
o BioCata, Funding Marketplace for Biotech Industry, Hires CEO
o E-Commerce Catalog Firm PartsRiver Promotes VP to President

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======= Top Stories =======

o Ericsson, Merrill Lynch, Others Form $300 Million Tech Fund

STOCKHOLM -- Mobile phone developer Ericsson said
it has joined with Merrill Lynch and Swedish investment
firms Industrivarden and Investor AB to form Ericsson
Venture Partners, a $300 million venture capital
fund. The fund will invest in mobile Internet companies
and technologies and focus on  Europe and North
America. Each of the four partner institutions will
invest $75 million in the fund, which the company
expects to be in operation by September or October.
Ericsson Venture Partners will be run from Stockholm
and New York and will specialize in investment in
mobile Internet technology, including network infrastructure,
services, and applications.
http://www.industrivarden.se/
http://www.ericsson.com/
http://www.ml.com/
http://www.investorab.com/
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o ECOutlook.com Gets $25 Million in First Institutional Round

HOUSTON -- ECOutlook.com, an e-commerce services
company that provides a link between organizations
for automated business information exchange, said
it closed its first round of funding from institutional
investors at $25 million. In three previous rounds
of funding in the past year, ECOutlook.com raised
$11 million from individual investors, bringing
its total amount of financing to $35 million.The
latest round was led by Venrock Associates and included
ING Barings Latin America, New York-based iHatch
Ventures, Latin Rim of Madrid, SLI Investments of
Argentina, and Enron Net Works Ventures. The company
said it will use the funds to expand to European,
Latin American, and Pacific Rim markets, hire additional
employees, and invest in its technology.
http://www.ecoutlook.com/
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o Former US West Execs. Lead Comstellar Expansion to Denver

LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- Comstellar Technologies, which
develops communications companies and is backed
by more than $140 million, and its affiliated venture
capital fund Redwood Ventures said they opened a
new office in Denver for expanded investement operations.
The company named Ophyll D'Costa as its managing
director of Denver operations. Mr. D'Costa was most
recently senior vice president for business development
at US West/Qwest International. He also founded
US West Venture Partners. Three other former executives
from US West also joined the office to work for
Mr. D'Costa. The Denver office will focus on investments
in communications, multimedia, wireless infrastructure,
and platform companies. Redwood Ventures portfolio
companies include JEDI Technologies and Sigma Systems
Group. Comstellar is backed by Accel Partners and
New Enterprise Associates as well as Clarity Partners,
First Analysis Venture Capital, Goldman Sachs, J.P.
Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Mayfield Fund, Oak Investment
Partners, and Soros Private Equity Partners.
http://www.comstellar.com/
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o Optical Firm nLight Photonics Gets $7.2 Million First Round

SEATTLE -- Mohr, Davidow Ventures said it led the
$7.2 million first round of nLight Photonics, a
provider of optical fiber infrastructure products
and services. Mohr Davidow is the only insititutional
investor in the round, which also included individuals.
Mohr Davidow Ventures general partners Rob Chaplinsky
and Bill Ericson will sit on the company's board
of directors. The company will use the funding for
research and development and operations. nLight
Photonics develops products that extend the reach
and performance of optical networks.
http://www.nlightphotonics.com/
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o Enterprise Software Merges with Columbine JDS Systems

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Enterprise Software,
a developer of software systems for the broadcast
industry, and Columbine JDS Systems, which provides
technology for buying and selling advertising in
electronic media, said they have combined their
businesses in a stock-for-stock merger. The companies
would not disclose financial details of the deal.
Barry Goldsmith, the former CEO of Drake Automation,
which Columbine JDS recently acquired, will become
the chief executive officer of the combined entity.
Enterprise is controlled by LiveWire Media, whose
investors include Thomas H. Lee Partners, Blackstone
Capital Partners III, Alpine Equity Partners, Nassau
Capital Partners, and Waller-Sutton Media Partners.
Columbine JDS Systems, which was founded in 1964,
is backed by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Chancery Lane
Capital, and Evercore Capital Partners.
http://www.cjds.com/
http://www.ensw.com/
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o Tech Service Provider Rapt Closes $25 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rapt, a provider of technology
and services targeting companies that buy and sell
high volume of goods in fast-moving markets, said
it closed a $25 million Series B round of funding.
Summit Accelerator Fund led the round, which included
funding from existing investors Accel Partners and
Chase H&Q.  Octane Capital, Sun Microsystems, and
other individual investors also participated in
this round. The company said the funds will be used
to fuel sales, strategic partnership development,
product engineering, and marketing. As part of the
funding, Kip Sheeline, general partner of Summit
Accelerator Fund, will join Rapt's board, raising
membership to five.
http://www.rapt.com/

======= New Money =======

o Commercial Loan Exchange Medici Raises $10 Million Round One

NEW YORK -- Medici, a commercial loan exchange for
community banks, said it raised $10 million in its
first round of funding. Internet Finance Partners
led this round, which included funding from Thomson
Financial and Medici management. Previous investors
were individuals. Boston-based Medici said the funds
will be used to establish a commercial loan participation/
syndication exchange system. Telephone 617-535-3000.

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o ASP Cataligent Raises $3 Million in First Round Funding

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Cataligent, which provides
Web-enabled hosted business services, said it raised
$3 million in its first round of funding from Tiger
Capital, Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim's
investment group. The round also included Arthur
D. Little, a management company. Cataligent said
it will use the funds to develop its product. The
company said it hopes to seek second round funding
at the end of the year.
http://www.cataligent.com/
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o Net Services Firm Anota Raises $4 Million in First Round

YOQNEAM, Israel -- Anota, which provides services
and products that enable legacy systems, such as
mini-computers and mainframes, to connect to the
Internet, said it has secured $4 million in its
first round of funding. The round was led Koor Corporate
Venture Capital Fund, and included Israeli eXseed,
a previous investor, and individual investors. Anota
said it will use the funds to expand its international
marketing and enhance product offerings.
http://www.anota.com/
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o Software Developer Computrol Raises $1.5 Million Round One

ST. LOUIS -- Computrol, a software development and
services company founded in 1975, said it raised
$1.5 million in its first round of funding from
Open Prairie Ventures. The company said the funds
will be used to add marketing and support staff
for the initial deployment of its eBASE software.
Computrol said it is in the process of raising another
round of funding. Prior investments were provided
internally. Telephone 217-351-7000.
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o Surplus Site BargainBuilder Gets $2.4 Million in First Round

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- BargainBuilder.com,
an online exchange for excess building materials,
said it raised $2.4 million in its first funding
round. The financing was provided by individual
investors in the U.S. The company would not disclose
further details of the deal. BargainBuilder.com
sells distressed and idle inventories, including
overstocks, buy-backs, packaging changes, and discontinued
items.
http://www.bargainbuilder.com/
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o GPU Invests In, Forms Partnership with Silicon Energy

MORRISTOWN, NJ. -- GPU, a utility company, said
it has made an equity investment in Silicon Energy,
which develops energy management software. The two
companies have also entered into an agreement that
will make Alameda, Calif.-based Silicon Energy's
Internet-based load management and distributed generation
dispatching control software systems available to
residential, commercial and industrial customers
of GPU Energy, the unit of GPU that operates its
domestic electricity distribution business, and
to GPU Energy itself. GPU joins other investors
in Silicon Energy's latest $25 million round of
funding. Backers include Integral Capital Partners,
GE Capital, United Technologies, Carrier, Otis Elevator,
Hamilton Sundstrand, Sikorsky, International Fuel
Cell, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Energy Ventures
Group, RealEnergy, Peregrine Systems, Nth Power,
and Red Rock Ventures.
http://www.gpu.com/
http://www.siliconenergy.com/
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o BurningTree Technologies Raises $1 Million in Funding

HERNDON, Va. -- BurningTree Technologies, an network
infrastructure architecture firm that provides network
consulting services to telecom firms, said it raised
$1 million in early stage funding. Participants
in the round were not named. The funding will be
used to expand its Mid-Atlantic operations. The
company said it is seeking to raise up to $7M in
a Series A equity financing transaction.
http://www.burningtreetech.com/
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o FuelSpot.com Gets $7.8 Million from Internet Capital Group

WAYNE, Pa. -- Internet Capital Group (ICG), a business-to-business
e-commerce company, said it has acquired an interest
in FuelSpot.com, a developer of an independent trade,
exchange, and e-commerce portal for the crude and
refined petroleum industry, for $7.8 million with
the expectation of doubling the amount in the future.
As an ICG partner, FuelSpot will gain access to
strategic expertise and operational support across
ICG's collaborative network of business-to-business
e-commerce partner companies.
http://www.fuelspot.com/
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o Logistics Firm Sensitech Closes Round with $16.5 Million

BEVERLY, Mass. -- Sensitech, a logistics-based information
technology company that provides technology to manage
perishable products traveling throughout global
supply chains, said it has closed $16.5 million
in a round of financing. The funding will be used
for marketing and acquisitions, including the acquisition
of Ryan Instruments, a provider of in-transit monitoring
systems. The round was led by Citizens Capital,
with participation from GE Equity, Landmark Co-Investment
Partners, Penske Company, Ascent Venture Partners,
Massachusetts Technology Development, Prism Venture
Partners, and Tredegar Investments. The purchase
price of the Ryan acquisition was not disclosed.
http://www.sensitech.com/
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o Net Ad Firm AdFlight Raises $20 Million in Second Round

BELMONT, Calif. -- AdFlight, an online advertising
services company, said it has secured $20 million
in its second round of funding led by WorldView
Technology Partners. Previous investors Sierra Ventures
and Sienna Holdings also participated in the round.
Ajit Shah, a partner at WorldView, will join AdFlight's
board of directors as a result of this round. The
company said the funds will be used for expansion
into Europe and Asia and technology development.
AdFlight has also received funding from Cooley Godward,
Synergy Ventures, and other individual investors.
http://www.adflight.com/
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o Video Converter Teranex Secures $30 Million in Round Three

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Teranex, which provides film and
video conversion, compression and encoding tools
and services, said it has secured an additional
$30 million in third-round venture capital from
BancBoston Investments, Audax Ventures, Crest Communications
Holdings, and Time Warner. Other small-scale venture
capital firms who wished to remain anonymous also
participated. The funds will be used to fund the
launch of the company's new broadband Internet video
systems.
http://www.teranex.com/
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o Chip Firm Micro Photonix Closes $30 Million Third Round

PHOENIX -- Micro Photonix Integration, a designer,
manufacturer, and marketer of integrated optical
chip devices for fiber optic telecommunications
applications, said it has closed a $30 million third
round of financing. The round was led by J.P. Morgan
Securities, and included six  public crossover investors
and previous investors Valley Ventures II.
http://www.mpi-ioc.com/
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o Online Marketing Firm Aprimo Closes $20 Million Third Round

INDIANAPOLIS -- Aprimo, a provider of Internet-based
marketing management tools, said it closed its third
round of funding at $20 million with investments
from First Analysis Venture Capital, Sigma Partners,
and Frazier Technology Ventures. Aprimo, which has
raised $34 million to date, said it will use the
funds to expand its sales force and professional
services groups and to support product development
and international expansion. Mark Koulogeorge of
First Analysis and Robert Davoli of Sigma Partners
will join the company's board of directors as part
of the agreement.
http://www.aprimo.com/
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o SpiderCache Receives $1.4 million From Itemus

TORONTO -- SpiderCache, which develops technology
that speeds up the delivery of Internet content,
said it received a $1.4 million investment from
itemus, an Internet operating company. The funding
will be used for marketing and business development.
http://www.spidercache.com/
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o Jump.Net Ventures Invests in Community Systems

AUSTIN, Texas -- Web hosting and broadband provider
Jump.Net said its investment arm, Jump.Net Ventures,
purchased a minority stake in Community Systems,
an application services provider for small businesses
and organizations. Specific terms of the investment
were not disclosed.  Jump.Net will provide hosting
and site traffic services in exchange for the equity
stake.
http://www.communitysystems.com/
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o Swedish VC Ledstiernan Invests $800,000 for 44% of CCNox

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Swedish venture capital firm
Ledstiernan said it invested $800,000 for a 44%
stake in CCNox, an IT security consulting firm.
The company's founders hold the remaining 56%. CCNox
specializes in fixed and mobile Internet security.
Ledsteirnan also said it made an agreement with
Madrid-based incubator Pinta2. Details of the agreement
were not disclosed. Pinta2 focuses on mobile telecommunication
in the Spanish-speaking market.
http://www.ledstiernan.se/

======= New Products =======

o CommerceFlow Launches First Product , AuctionFlow

SAN FRANCISCO -- CommerceFlow, a provider of online
channel management services that enable businesses
to use dynamically priced marketplaces, announced
the launch of its first service, AuctionFlow. AuctionFlow
provides auction management services designed for
businesses that buy and sell on high-volume marketplaces
such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo!. The product guides
businesses through the auction process, automating
sales and purchasing through online auction channels.
CommerceFlow recently raised $2.5 million in its
Series A round of funding from Internet Capital
Partners and individual investors.
http://www.commerceflow.com/
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o Venture Consulting Group Changes Name to Venture X Group

ATLANTA -- Venture Consulting Group, which provides
management consulting services in exchange for equity
to high-growth technology companies, said it is
changing its name to Venture X Group. The firm in
the process of raising funds for expansion.  Backers
include 2M Ventures, Alliance Technology Ventures,
Warburg Pincus, and ITC Holdings.
http://www.venturexgroup.com/

======= New Deals =======

o Zilo Networks Acquires Stake in Collegehumor.com

NEW YORK -- ZILO Networks, an online and television
network, said it acquired a significant equity interest
in and established a strategic and financial partnership
with Collegehumor.com, a viral e-mail site aggregating
college student-contributed material. The deal links
the humor site's menu of user-generated comic movies,
e-mail attachments, pictures, audio clips, and essays
into Zilo's stream of live, online, and broadcast
programming targeted at the college market. Collegehumor.com
will still be available at its present Web address,
but will also be integrated into Zilo in the form
of links and special features. Zilo recently raised
$6 million in its Series A financing. Sutter Hill
Ventures led the round, which also included Red
Coat Capital. Greg Sands, of Sutter Hill Ventures,
and Richard Cooperstein, of Red Coat Capital, will
invest as individual investors.
http://www.collegehumor.com/
http://www.zilo.com/
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o Visible Markets Announces Strategic Alliance With eSpeed

BOSTON -- Visible Markets, a browser-based auction
marketplace for mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed
securities, and investment-grade corporates, said
it has entered into a strategic partnership with
eSpeed, which operates mulitple buyer/multiple seller
real-time business-to-business marketplaces. This
alliance is in conjunction with Visible Market's
recent Series C round of financing in which eSpeed
will provide the company with financial support
and access to its exchange platform. Other terms
of the investment and  Visible Markets' Series C
round were not disclosed. Visible Market is also
backed by Greylock Management and individual investors.
http://www.espeed.com/
http://www.visiblemarkets.com/

======= M&A =======

o Informatica to Acquire Mobile App Firm Zimba for $25 Million

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Informatica, which provides
e-business analytical applications and data integration
platforms, said it will acquire Zimba, a mobile
applications provider for approximately $25 million
in stock. The deal is expected to close in September.
All of Zimba's 21 employees will receive employment
offers from Informatica. Zimba's president and CEO,
Girish Pancha, will join Informatica as vice president
and general manager of the company's platform business
unit. Before he founded Zimba, Mr. Pancha served
as vice president of products at Informatica. Zimba,
a privately held company, is backed by individual
investors.
http://www.zimba.com/
http://www.informatica.com/
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o EZsize Acquires Size and Fit Technology Company SizeMe.com

NEW YORK -- EZsize said it has acquired its competitor
SizeMe.com, the developer of an online technology
that generates size and fit recommendations to customers
of online apparel retailers, for an undisclosed
amount. As part of the agreement, Peter Rothschild,
the co-founder of SizeMe.com, will join EZsize's
senior management team as vice president of business
development. EZsize is backed by Clayton, Dubilier
& Rice's Grosvenor Street Partners III, senior executives
of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Leucadia Investment.
SizeMe.com is backed by individual investors.
http://www.sizeme.com/
http://www.ezsize.com/
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o HeadHunter.Net Buys MiracleWorkers.com For $8.4 Million

ATLANTA -- HeadHunter.Net, a publicly traded online
recruiting network, said it acquired MiracleWorkers.com,
which operates Web-based recruiting and staffing
services for the healthcare industry, for 1.4 million
shares valued at approximately $8.4 million. MiracleWorkers.com
will retain its name and all of its employees and
will be run as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HeadHunter.Net.
MiracleWorkers.com is backed by Medical Doctor Associates,
Intelligent Systems, and individual investors.
http://www.miracleworkers.com/
http://www.headhunter.net/

======= New Directors =======

o iSoChip Networks Appoints Medoptix CEO To Board

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- iSoChip, which provides enterprise
design management technology that enables the re-use
and evaluation of silicon or software IP, said it
added Robert Blair as the fourth member on its board
of directors. Mr. Blair is the CEO of Medoptix,
a company that is developing non-invasive optical-based
technology for measuring blood chemistry.  ISoChip
is venture backed by Poseidon Ventures and individual
investors.
http://www.isochip.com/
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o PatchLink.com Elects New Member to Board of Directors

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- PatchLink.com, a provider of
e-business infrastructure management software focused
on remote, Internet-based, enterprise-wide network
and server management, said it elected Michael M.
Fisher to its board of directors. The number on
board now stands at five. PatchLink has raised funds
through OffRoad Capital. Mr. Fisher is president
of Power Quality Engineering. He previously spent
10 years in executive positions at Computer Associates.
http://www.patchlink.com/

======= New People =======

o CRM Firm Parago Promotes President to CEO Post

DALLAS -- Parago, an Internet-based customer relationship
management company focusing on promotional management,
said it promoted its president and COO Ken Johnsen
to president and CEO. Parago is a subsidiary of
CT Holdings, an early stage Internet services company
incubator. Founder and former CEO, Steve Solomon,
will remain chairman of Parago and CEO of CT Holdings.
Prior to joining Parago, Mr. Johnsen was president
and CEO of Metamor Worldwide. Investors in Parago
include TH Lee.Putnam Internet Partners, Dain Rauscher
Wessels Investors LLC, Watershed Capital, and Seaboard
Ventures.
http://www.ct-holdings.com/
http://www.parago.com/
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o BioCata, Funding Marketplace for Biotech Industry, Hires CEO

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- VentureWorx, a venture management
consulting firm, said BioCata, a funding marketplace
for the biotechnology industry, has hired Bill Garner,
M.D. as its chief executive officer. Dr. Garner
was co-founder and CEO of an online business-to-business
marketplace for pre-owned biotech and pharmaceutical
equipment. As the new CEO, Dr. Garner will be in
charge of completing BioCata's Series A funding.
BioCata matches available equity capital with biotech
startups seeking seed and first round investments
of $500,000 to $5 million. VentureWorx provided
BioCata with seed funding.
http://www.biocata.com/
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o E-Commerce Catalog Firm PartsRiver Promotes VP to President

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- PartsRiver, a provider
of e-commerce catalog services for the industrial
equipment market, said it has promoted its vice
president of business development, Elisa Parsons,
to the newly created position of president. Ms.
Parsons will be responsible for the expansion of
the company's sales, partnerships, and alliances.
Prior to joining PartsRiver, Ms. Parsons worked
as an associate at Zephyr Management, investing
in domestic and international companies. PartsRiver
raised seed funding in January from founder Vivek
Ranadiv,, founder and CEO of Tibco Software. Between
March and June of this year, PartsRiver raised a
further $4.5 million from individual and strategic
investors.
http://www.partsriver.com/

======= VW Corrections =======

o eBook-Keeper.com

NEW YORK -- A VentureWire story on Monday about
eBook-keeper.com's seed funding round incorrectly
listed the company's url as http://www.ebookkeeper.com.
The correct Web address is http://www.ebook-keeper.com.


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