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ECP is a venture firm focused on early — to expansion stage software, technology, and services businesses serving principally the energy and communications sectors. These trillion dollar industries are in the throes of a massive transformation. Fundamental changes driven by technology, regulation, and customer requirements are fueling the introduction of new products and services. Both the energy and communications industries require new and innovative capabilities to deliver their product and service offerings in more profitable ways. ECP exists to help entrepreneurs make those product and service offerings a reality. Visit www.enertechcapital.com. |
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Energy Central is the leading professional portal for the electrical power industry. Founded in 1995, we deliver news, information, reports, data and more to energy professionals worldwide through e-mail services and on the Web (www.energycentral.com). As the industry leader in content aggregation, we are the direct conduit to more energy professionals on a daily basis than any other portal. We provide a powerful marketing channel for companies that create and distribute electric power information and a valuable resource for energy professionals in search of mission-critical news, events and information. |
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UtiliPoint International, Inc. is a leader in providing consulting services to the energy industry. Our 69-year history and over 50 utility clients worldwide has led us to currently operate as an energy consulting and issues analysis firm. Our staff is comprised of leading energy experts with diverse backgrounds in utility generation, transmission & distribution, retail markets, mergers and acquisitions, emerging technologies, investment capital, information technology, renewable energy, regulatory affairs, and international issues. With origins that date back to 1933, Albuquerque, N.M. based UtiliPoint is a prominent consulting firm dedicated to helping energy companies, investors, regulators, and governments maximize the value of unfolding markets. The firm is also the publisher of IssueAlert™, the leading source for daily in-depth analysis on the energy sector. Visit www.utilipoint.com. |
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Comerica's Technology and Life Sciences Division is one of the nation's leading technology banking practices, offering a wide range of financial services tailored to corporate customers, entrepreneurs and professionals. Veteran bankers provide credit and financial services and products to young, growing, professionally backed technology and life sciences companies, as well as their more mature counterparts. The Technology and Life Sciences Division serves all major U.S. technology centers from offices coast-to-coast. Comerica is among the 20 largest banking companies in the nation, with $59 billion in assets as of June 30, 2003. For more information, visit www.comerica.com. |
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Hale and Dorr is nationally and internationally recognized for its experience in venture capital, initial public offerings, intellectual property and securities and intellectual property litigation. Our Princeton office helps client companies at any stage of development, from formation to growth to IPO and beyond. Our lawyers bring extensive experience to all aspects of corporate and business law. Should a dispute arise, our litigation attorneys provide proven courtroom skills and the formidable resources of an exemplary support staff of legal, scientific and technological experts. Visit www.haledorr.com. |
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Technology Partners teams with visionary entrepreneurs to build successful new companies. We serve principally as a lead investor and business adviser to technology-based ventures in our focus areas of next generation energy technology and enterprise software. Founded in 1980 as a private venture capital firm, Technology Partners manages a total of more than $400 million of investment capital. Investments are being made currently from Technology Partners Fund VII, L.P., formed in 2000 with approximately $250 million of capital. Visit www.technologypartners.com. |
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Media Partners
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American Venture and AVCE.com have been an important resource for those looking to create or fund great new businesses. With in-depth articles on alternative ways of finding financing, features on successful entrepreneurs, and spotlights on hot new investment fields, American Venture gives you the knowledge it takes to launch a profitable business venture. American Venture offers useable information to take your business idea from plan to success. Visit www.avce.com to subscribe to American Venture at 40% off the cover price. |
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Electric Light & Power, published by PennWell Corporation, is the authoritative source of electric industry business news for electric utility executives and management. Each month, Electric Light & Power provides insight into industry news, financial and regulatory issues and reviews T&D, technology, information systems and electric and gas trading trends. This single source provides a broad view of the electric utility industry, with in-depth analysis of key business issues and regular interviews with industry leaders. Visit www.elp.com for daily industry news updates, conference information and access to archived issues, 1999 to current, of Electric Light and Power. |
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Power Finance & Risk (PFR) provides breaking news stories on corporate finance, M&A and risk management activity in the power sector. Every week, investment bankers, investors and key power industry executives look to PFR for exclusive information from our investigative reporting staff to get a leg up on their competitors. |
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RPI provides readers with results-oriented executive briefings on the key political and business events affecting the oil and gas industry in Central Asia, Russia, the Caspian, and the Baltics. Prepared by a network of specialized researchers, expert analysts and correspondents located throughout the former Soviet Union, each issue provides readers with the most comprehensive and reliable coverage of the FSU oil & gas industry available. http://www.wtexec.com/rpi.html |
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vFinance, Inc. is a rapidly growing financial services company that provides personalized investment banking and brokerage services to more than 10,000 corporate and private clients worldwide. The firm has offices in New York, Chicago, Houston, Boca Raton and 26 other cities. The Company is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and is a member of the NASD. vfinance.com, our web site, is also the leading destination on the internet for companies seeking capital, as well as institutional and high net-worth investors seeking dynamic high-growth companies. Each year, the site hosts more than one million investors and CEOs from over 50 countries. This huge audience creates a perpetual, global deal stream for our bricks-and-mortar financial service units and enables us to identify emerging opportunities for our clients. For more information, please visit our website at www.vfinance.com. |
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