Beagle Research Offers New Service to Clients; ThirdEye Subscription Service Takes WizKids a Step Further - Tracks Emerging Companies, Advises Venture Firms.STOUGHTON Stoughton (stō`tən), town (1990 pop. 26,777), Norfolk co., E Mass.; founded 1637, inc. 1726. A largely residential town, it was the site of shoe and textile industries in the 1800s. , Mass. -- Beagle Research Group today announced a new service designed to track and evaluate emerging software companies in the customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) market. The new research service offers venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] analysis and advice about emerging technologies and business solutions as well as the innovative companies that build them. "Venture firms have a lot of in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. expertise for evaluating companies as investments," said Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Pombriant, founder and managing principal of Beagle Research. "Our value add is that in many cases we become aware of emerging companies before the venture capital community because we take a more functional view of these companies. We believe our ThirdEye service can spot trends and enable us to advise our clients ahead of the usual discovery process," he said. As an example of Beagle's commitment to emerging enterprises, the company also announced today the recipients of its 2005 CRM WizKids WizKids, Inc. is an American Seattle-based company that first made its mark in the non-electronic game industry producing collectible miniatures wargames. The company was founded in 2000 by Jordan Weisman, a veteran of the game company FASA. award which identifies emerging companies with innovative solutions for the CRM market. Most of the eleven recipients of the 2005 CRM WizKids award are emerging companies that already serve major early adopter enterprises. In the companion report CRM WizKids -- Taking CRM to the Next Level published today, Beagle provided case studies of each company and one of its major customers. For more information or to acquire a copy of the CRM WizKids report contact Beagle Research Group or visit www.beagleresearch.com. About Beagle Research Group Beagle Research Group was founded in 2003 by Denis Pombriant, a well known CRM market analyst and thought leader, to serve the research and analysis needs of emerging companies in the CRM market. The company researches trends, emerging technologies and companies that will have an important impact on the way business is conducted in the years ahead. Beagle Research Group offers strategy and market analysis both to emerging companies and to investors interested in understanding evolving trends in the CRM market. |
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