[2] OffRoad Capital and Pittsford Capital Group Create Alliance Allowing Investors Online Access to Private Securities Investing.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden & ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 OffRoad Capital (www.offroadcapital.com), the company that provides access to private securities investments, and Pittsford Capital Group (www.pittsfordcapital.com), a personal financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. provider, today announced a new strategic relationship. The alliance gives Pittsford Capital's clients expanded access Expanded access refers to the inclusion of patients in a clinical trial for a new therapeutic treatment or chemical entity, where those patients would not satisfy the enrolment criteria for the scientific study in progress. to private securities through OffRoad's marketplace. Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Pittsford clients with interest in adding private securities to their portfolio will now have access to both direct investments in private equities as well as diversified private securities funds through OffRoad. "This new alliance signifies our companies' shared commitment to provide investors with more access and greater choices in managing their investments," explained John A. Forlines, III, co-president of OffRoad Capital. "Along with our existing alliances that include Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , and now Pittsford Capital Group, we are broadening access to the private capital markets to a larger universe of accredited individuals, intermediaries and institutions." "The wave of entrepreneurship sweeping the globe is creating unprecedented investment opportunities in the private capital markets," said Mark J. Palazzo, president of Pittsford Capital Group. "We have a history of seeking private securities opportunities for our clients and supporting the development of new technology businesses. By partnering with OffRoad, we now can provide Pittsford clients with expanded entry into this asset class through investment opportunities in private companies across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and around the world." "By leveraging our Internet technology, the OffRoad marketplace provides information that is more convenient and accessible to more people than ever before," OffRoad's Forlines said. "The marketplace enables offering, pricing, ordering and allocation of private securities, all online." He added, "Beyond offering access to investments in individual private companies, OffRoad also provides investors greater diversification through private securities fund products." Forlines also noted that OffRoad Capital brings new efficiencies to the entire process of private securities offerings. Using web enabled technology, the issuing company's management meets with investors in a live web cast event, called the "OffRoad Show Live!," a TV-style interview format where investors can phone in or e-mail questions. In a matter of hours, this accomplishes what the traditional series of "road show" meetings did in a period lasting several weeks or longer. About OffRoad Capital Founded in 1997, OffRoad Capital has created an online private securities marketplace, using the Internet to bring together the issuers, intermediaries, and investors of private securities offerings. The OffRoad Capital marketplace features: information transparency; a unique, Web-enabled method for obtaining and sharing investment information; live, interactive senior management presentations; and a proprietary pricing, order and allocation mechanism. OffRoad Capital, headquartered at 50 Fremont Street Fremont Street is the second most famous street in Las Vegas, Nevada after the Las Vegas Strip. Located in the heart of the downtown casino corridor, it is (or was) the address for many famous casinos such as Binion's Horseshoe, Eldorado Club, Fremont Hotel and Casino, Golden Gate in San Francisco, also has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Cambridge, MA. OffRoad's Institutional Group toll-free number is 877/808-7623 and the general information number is 415/796-5000. All activities relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the purchase or sale of securities, including the qualification of and offerings to accredited investors, are conducted by a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of OffRoad Capital Corporation. About Pittsford Capital Group Pittsford Capital Group, Inc., provides personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. financial services and manages funds for over 2,000 individual, corporate, and institutional clients. The firm also provides merger and acquisition, investment banking, and consulting services for emerging growth companies. Pittsford Capital Group earned a place on the Rochester Top 100 in both 1998 and 1999, a distinction reserved for the fastest growing privately-held companies in the Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or , area. The firm's alliance with OffRoad brings additional investors into the OffRoad network, while expanding private investment opportunities for Pittsford Capital Group clients. |
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