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Dexia is a European bank which concentrates its activity in public sector banking, offering complete banking and financial solutions to local public sector operators, and in retail and commercial banking. Dexia plays a major role in the financing of local authority equipment and infrastructure, the health and social housing sectors and the social economy. Today the Group operates principally in France, Belgium, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula.
Dexia also offers a complete range of retail, commercial and private banking services as well as insurance products to more than six million clients, principally in Belgium, Luxembourg and Turkey.
Eastman Chemical Company ((NYSE:EMN) - a leading international chemical company with headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee - produces more than 400 chemicals, fibers, and plastics. Eastman, an e-business leader within the chemical industry, is the world's largest supplier of polyester plastics for packaging; a leading supplier of coatings, raw materials, specialty chemicals, and plastics; and a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers and basic chemicals. The company is one of the top 10 global suppliers of custom-manufactured fine chemicals for pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, and other markets.
MERCATOR VENTURES is a management consulting and investment services firm offering a broad range of business advisory services to start-up and emerging growth companies. Mercator Ventures has advised and led companies through start-up, initial and mezzanine financing rounds, IPO, and sale. Mercator Ventures also has a broad base of experience in mergers and acquisitions, sales, marketing, operations, finance, information systems, legal, and human resources. Their clients include FairMarket (NASDAQ:FAIM); beFree (NASDAQ:BFRE), and Elcom (NASDAQ:ELCO). Companies that they have funded include FairMarket, Color Kinetics, FitLinxx, and EquipNet, Inc.
NETInvest - An investment company, that provides institutional and private investors with access to marketable securities and private equity investments in the fields of the Internet, multimedia, electronic commerce, communications, and computers.
Orchard Capital Fund is an $11 million angel venture capital fund established in 1997. Orchard's investors are mainly successful Toronto-based IT entrepreneurs who contribute capital, their expertise, networks, and operational & strategic insights to Orchard's portfolio companies. Orchard focuses on IT companies with service-oriented business models which have a large component of recurring revenues. Orchard's portfolio includes EquipNet (outsourcer of capital asset disposal services), Cimtek Automation Systems Inc. (test engineering), Orillion Inc. (telecom software), Fitability Systems Inc. (human resources software), and PaylinX Corporation (payment processing software), which was acquired by Cybersource Corporation in September 2000. Peter Tolnai has 20 years of venture capital investing experience with Helix Investments, Clairvest Inc., and Citicorp Venture Capital. He is Chairman of Cimtek, and on the board of directors of EquipNet, Butterfield & Company, International Survey Research and The Outsourcing Institute.
ProSeed Capital Holdings CVA is a leading international investment institution for which no development stage is too early. The company is incorporated in Belgium with offices in Brussels, Boston and Tel-Aviv. ProSeed primarily invests in very early stage technology and life sciences startups in Europe, the US, and Israel. ProSeed was founded in April 1999 upon the common vision of two Harvard graduates and currently involves a complete management team, distinguished advisory committee members, and an extensive and fast-growing network of analysts and alliances. ProSeed currently has 29 companies in its portfolio. To learn more, please visit: www.proseedcapital.com.
