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Bank
Vontobel Private Equity Holding AG is an investment company managed by Vontobel Group, a Zurich based financial services group. Private Equity Holding currently has commitments of over $1.5 billions to private equity funds in Western Europe, Israel and the U.S. The company also invests directly in later-stage private technology companies. From the direct portfolio more than 20 companies have gone public or have been sold. Notable successful investments include Corvis, Floware Wireless, Gretag Imaging, Intershop Communications and United Internet. Vontobel, listed on the Swiss
Stock Exchange, has over $40 billion of assets under management.
Its activities include private banking, asset managment, brokerage
and corporate finance. Vontobel also is an active IPO lead manager
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BNP
Paribas BNP Paribas is France’s largest listed banking group and has the second-largest stock market capitalisation of all Euro-zone banks. It ranks first in France in terms of net income. With assets of almost 700 billion Euros as of December 31, 1999, it is one of the world’s largest financial institutions. The Group has offices in 83 countries, a staff of over 77,000 employees, and operates in the world’s seven largest financial centres. BNP Paribas is divided into six core businesses: corporate and investment banking; domestic retail banking; international retail banking; specialised financial services; private banking, asset management, securities services, insurance and real estate; and Paribas Capital. BNP Paribas is one of the world’s leading investment
banking players in the Technology sector. In a recent Internet survey
IFR ranked BNP Paribas 4th in international Internet-related equity
issuance for 2000 year to 18th October with a total market share
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Schroder
Salomon Smith Barney Schroder Salomon Smith Barney is the new division of Citigroup formed by the May 2000 purchase of Schroders investment banking business by Salomon Smith Barney (SSB). The Schroder Salomon Smith Barney name now encompasses a full investment banking and securities brokerage business, primarily in Europe. The Firm employs around 3,500 professionals in Europe, who are based in the Firm’s European headquarters in London and offices in Amsterdam, Budapest, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Warsaw and Zurich. (“Schroder” is a trademark of Schroder Holdings PLC and is used under licence by Salomon Smith Barney.) |
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3i Deutschland 3i Group plc, London, is Europe’s leading venture capital company. The current portfolio has investments in nearly 3,000 businesses with a combined valuation of DM 18 billion and almost 1,000 3i-backed companies have been listed on stock exchanges. In Germany, 3i Group plc and its co-investment funds are advised by 3i Deutschland Gesellschaft für Industriebeteiligungen mbH. 3i has five regional offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart. The acquisition of Technologieholding in February 2000, added further offices in Berlin. In June 2000, 3i also opened an office in Zürich. In the 12 months to 31 March 2000, 3i invested £656
million in 364 technology businesses. 3i makes technology investments
in a broad range of sectors including telecommunications, life sciences
and healthcare, computer services, e-businesses and electronics.
On 31st March, 2000, 3i’s technology portfolio was valued at
over £2 billion and comprised around 750 businesses world-wide,
representing 40% of 3i’¹s total portfolio value. To date 40
portfolio companies of 3i Germany have been listed on stock exchanges
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Ad_Astra Erste Beteiligungs
GmbH Ad_Astra Erste Beteiligungs GmbH, established in July
2000, is a Private Equity / Venture Capital Fund targeting high-growth,
technology-oriented companies in the Telecommunication, IT, Media,
Life Science and general High-Tech industries. With a committed
capital of €100 million it is a mid-sized fund focussing primarily
on the German speaking markets. Lead Investor is HypoVereinsbank,
Germany’s second largest bank. Investments include Asknet,
Trados, IHB Internationale Holzboerse and QBEO. |
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Carlyle Internet Partners
Europe , The Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group Internet Europe [CIPE] is one of the largest venture capital funds focused on Europe. Europe will experience unprecedented opportunities. The UK and the continent are already beginning to enjoy the benefits of regulatory liberalization, the emergence of common standards and the growth and mobility of capital. CIPE is investing in this next generation internet. The fund was created to provide entrepreneurs the means to build companies along the entire internet value chain. CIPE’s investment strategy concentrates on four broad areas: Communications & Networking Technology, Communications Services, Applications Services and Information Technology, and New Media and Online Services. CIPE makes investments in all stages of growth with a typical investment range of €3-€20 million. www.ecarlyle.com |
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The quoted firm of DEWB (Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungs-gesellschaft) AG is one of the fastest growing venture capital companies on the German market and simultaneously the largest bank-independent venture capital company in the new federal states. The DEWB supports innovative companies with focus on the growth areas of telecommunications/IT, biotechnology and opto-eletronics by providing technological know-how, comprehensive advice and equity capital from establishment to the initial public offering. The company can revert to the international technology-network from the Jenoptik-Group. With 4MBO, Analytik, Asclepion, Caatoosee, CyBio, I-D Media and Tepla DEWB has brought seven high growth stocks to the Neuer Markt in the 1999 fiscal year. The company currently has investments in over 25 companies with a total volume of more than €75 million. www.dewb-vc.com |
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Ernst & Young AG
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FinansInvest In 1997, FinansInvest was spun off from Finansbank, one of Turkey’s leading commercial banks. Finansinvest has 35 offices in Istanbul and throughout Turkey, and has been one of Turkey’s leading investment banks since inception. It has regularly placed amongst the top three in Turkey’s highly competitive equity and fixed income markets, as well as being the leading local houses for new offerings, concentrating lately on the technology and IT sectors. Finansinvest is also proud to have one of the most active online services for both Turkish and international investors. www.finansinvest.com / www.finansonline.com |
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Gilde Investment Management
Gilde IT Fund, part of Gilde Investment Management, is a leading global venture capital firm with €1 billion under management. The IT Fund focuses on high growth companies in the Software, Internet and Communications Industry. With over 15 years of experience it is one of the few continental VC’s with a successful track-record in supporting the international expansion of high-tech companies. Their investments range in size from as little as $100.000 to as much as $10 or $15 million. Typically, they invest $3 to $5 million initially and expect to invest $5 to $10 million over the life of a company. Gilde invests more than money in a company and provides a wide range of programs to her rapidly expanding technology companies, to help them become world-class. Gilde has an excellent international network and is supported by an actively involved Advisory Board, chaired by John Sculley. www.gilde.nl |
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Giza Venture Capital Giza Venture Capital is a prominent Israeli venture capital management company with offices in Tel Aviv, San Francisco, and Singapore. Active since 1992, Giza has over $250 million under management. Giza invests in Israeli-related technology companies in the fields of Communications, Internet-enabling Technology, Software, and Healthcare. Among the major investors in Giza’s funds are GE Capital, Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown, and NIB Capital of the Netherlands. Representative portfolio investments include Precise Software Solutions (Nasdaq: PRSE), M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH), Compugen (Nasdaq: CGEN), Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN), Oridion Systems (traded on SWX New Market in Switzerland), Libit Signal Processing (acquired by Texas Instruments), Telegate (acquired by Terayon), and MoreCom (acquired by Liberate Technologies) . www.giza.co.il |
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IBM IBM Net Generation is focused on delivering customised, flexible and scalable Internet solutions for companies of all sizes. Drawing on resources from across IBM and 90,000 IBM Business Partners, IBM’s Net Generation business helps Internet Service Providers, Web hosting companies, portals and born-on-the-Web companies establish their businesses and become profitable in Internet time. IBM Net Generation has already helped hundreds of Internet-based companies onto the path of success. These companies chose IBM because they sought two things. First, an established e-business partner that could give instant credibility to their own innovations. Secondly, a partner that could provide the business and technology infrastructure that would take them to market and then to profit quickly and sustainably. IBM’s recipe is straightforward - it provides the four fundamental services that Net Generation companies need to succeed: technology, strategic consulting, business innovation and e-hosting services and financing. www.ibm.com |
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Kirchhoff Consult consists of a team of financial analysts, IR experts, issuing consultants, business journalists and communication designers. Our aim is to create a lively, convincing and sustained dialog between businesses and investors at each stage of a company’s development. We advise startups during the entire capital procurement process. We organize and design corporate communication both in terms of content and visual aspects. All our staff members consider themselves to be dedicated consultants and partners of their clients at any particular time. We have both long-term mandates with significant corporations listed on the DAX and innovative, successful start-up companies. www.kirchhoff.de |
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
LLP Founded in 1873, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (“Morgan
Lewis”) is one of the largest law firms in the US and has developed
into a leading international firm with a total of over 1,000 fee-earners,
based at 12 offices in the US, Europe and the Far East. The firm’s
German practice group consists of lawyers located in Frankfurt,
Philadelphia, New York and London, all of whom speak fluent German.
Morgan Lewis’ Frankfurt Office: The Frankfurt office is staffed
by German and American lawyers, primarily assisting corporate clients
in cross-border transactions involving Germany, the United States
and the EU. The firm also acts as outside general counsel on US
law to European companies and their US subsidiaries. The clients
of the Frankfurt office range from some of the largest multinationals
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Pino Venture Partners • Pino Venture Partners S.r.l., Milan, is Advisor to Kiwi I, a Euro 110 million European venture capital initiative launched in October, 1998. • Pino Partecipazioni S.p.A. (wholly owned by Pino Venture) is Advisor to Kiwi II, a Euro 500 million initiative launched in April 2000. Kiwi I and Kiwi II investors include Deutsche Bank, IMI, Invesco, Microsoft, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, UBS Capital and Unicredito Italiano.
Kiwi II has made 32 investments as of September 2000. Kiwi II is focused on telecommunications, HW and SW infrastructure, Internet (particularly B2B) and new emerging technologies. Kiwi II initial investments include 2Net, Bizmatica, Breakingviews and Mover. |
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TVM Techno Venture Management TVM Techno Venture Management is a German-U.S. venture capital firm that creates transnational businesses that enjoy access to science, management talent and capital on both sides of the Atlantic. TVM is focused on two technology-based high growth industries: Information & Communications Technology and Life Science. Since its formation in 1983 TVM has been operating for over 17 years. In fact, it was one of the first venture capital firms founded in Germany . www.tvmvc.de |
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