Online Equipment leasing company LeaseLoan.com Launches

Venture Wire Publication - April 17, 2000

Truckee, Calif -- LeaseLoan, a provider of business equipment leasing announced the launch of its site. The site puts online the company's off-line capability to offer guaranteed equipment leasing approval to over 98% of all businesses. Unlike online equipment leasing sites offering a referral source to providers of capital, LeaseLoan, through its unique technology directly underwrites leases and provides end-to-end documentation online. The Company is backed by the San Francisco office of EnterVentures, the international business accelerator. LeaseLoan.com has also opened a Series A investment round that will fund further development and expansion of its services.
http://www.enterventures.com/
http://www.leaseloan.com/

B2B Marketplace Media Group line56 Secures $4 million

Venture Wire April 13, 2000

LOS ANGELES -- line56, an online and print publisher focused on business-to-business e-commerce, said it raised $4-million in a first-round financing led by EnterVentures (www.enterventures.com) and Argos, a Swiss investment group. The company said its magazine, line56, is scheduled for publication July 1, and that Adrian Mello, former editor-in-chief of Upside, has joined the company as editor-in-chief. The company's Web site is in launch phase.
http://www.line56.com/

EnterVentures and VC Mentors Join Forces to Launch New $100 Million Fund

Venture Wire Publication - April 3, 2000

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- EnterVentures, a venture capital firm and Internet business accelerator, said it joined with incubator and IPO advisor VC Mentors to form the Accelerated Growth Partners I venture fund. The new fund is expected to close within 3-4 weeks for $100 million. The new fund will specialize in early stage and high growth companies working in the Internet and communications industries in the U.S. and in the Asia Pacific region. http://www.enterventures.com/
http://www.vcmentors.com/