L.A.-Area Recipients of First-Quarter Venture Funding.

                 L.A.-Area Recipients of First-Quarter
                            Venture Funding
                A total of 33 local companies succeeded
                in obtaining venture capital investments
                during the quarter ended March 31, 2001.
Company/Headquarters                     1st-Qtr. Funding/Round
Archive Inc., Culver City                         N/A
B3 Corp., Burbank                           $15 million/1st
Boxo Inc.                                         N/A
CarParts Technologies, El Segundo           $18 million/3rd
Cyrano Sciences Inc., Pasadena              $23 million/2nd
Dynamics Direct Inc., West Hills           $12.5 million/4th
FiberSpace Inc., Culver City               $12.1 million/1st
IBoost Technology Inc., North Hollywood           N/A
IFILM, Hollywood                            $10 million/3rd
InnovICs, Los Angeles                        $7 million/2nd
In-Patient Consultants Mgmt., N. Hwd.       $9.2 million/N/A
Integrated Micromachines, Monrovia          $45 million/2nd
LowerMyBills.com, Los Angeles                $7 million/2nd
Lynx Photonic Networks, Woodland Hills   $30 million/mezzanine
MEMGen Corp., Torrance                      $11 million/3rd
Mysmart.com, Los Angeles                    $5.5 million/4th
Nanostream Inc., Pasadena                   $10 million/N/A
Natural HealthLink, Los Angeles              $3 million/2nd
Neogent Inc., Long Beach                          N/A
NeTune Communications Inc., Culver City           N/A
New.net, Pasadena                                 N/A
OEWaves.com, Pasadena                             N/A
Ondax, Monrovia                             $7.5 million/3rd
Photobit Corp., Pasadena                    $25 million/2nd
Pictage Inc., Hermosa Beach                 $1.2 million/1st
Sameday.com, City of Industry               $20 million/3rd
Sierra Monolithics Inc., Redondo Beach     $14.2 million/1st
Tornado Development Inc., El Segundo         $5 million/3rd
Umachines Inc., Pasadena                          N/A
VenServ Inc., Agoura Hills                  $6.2 million/2nd
VtoV Networks, Los Angeles                        N/A
WhatsHotNow.com, Marina del Rey             $18 million/4th
X-Laboratories, Los Angeles                 $1.5 million/1st
Company/Headquarters                Investors
Archive Inc., Culver City           EDS Ventures
B3 Corp., Burbank                   Zilkha Capital Partners,
                                    Wells Fargo, AOL Time Warner
Boxo Inc.                           Providential Holdings Inc.
CarParts Technologies, El Segundo   St. Paul Venture Cap.,
                                    @Ventures, Rho Mgmt.,
                                    Barnard & Co., Investor AB Grp.,
                                    Equity Vent.
Cyrano Sciences Inc., Pasadena      Rustic Canyon Group,
                                    Ridgestone Corp.,
                                    Oak Investment Partners
Dynamics Direct Inc., West Hills    Botticelli Venture Funds, Mofet
                                    Venture Cap. Fund, Poalim Capital
                                    Markets Tech, Polaris Venture
                                    Capital, Eucalyptus
                                    Ventures, Concord Ventures
FiberSpace Inc., Culver City        J.P. Morgan Capital,
                                    Morgenthaler Partners
IBoost Technology Inc., North       Softbank Venture Cap,
Hollywood
                                    Access Venture Partners,
                                    Quest Capital Partnership
IFILM, Hollywood                    Axiom Vent., Eastman Kodak
                                    Co., Sony Pictures Ent.,
                                    Vulcan Vent., Baroda Vent., Yahoo
InnovICs, Los Angeles               InterWest Partners
In-Patient Consultants Mgmt., N.    N/A
Hwd.
Integrated Micromachines, Monrovia  Invesco Private Cap.,
                                    Adams Capital
                                    Mgmt., SunAmerica Vent.,
                                    Venture TDF, Cisco Systems
LowerMyBills.com, Los Angeles       St. Paul Venture Capital,
                                    eCompanies Venture Group, others
Lynx Photonic Networks, Woodland    Van Wagoner Capital
Hills
                                    Management, ADC
                                    Telecommunications,
                                    Enron Broadband Services,
                                    Telesoft Partners, Infineon
                                    Ventures, Morgan Stanley
MEMGen Corp., Torrance              DynaFund Ventures, Atgherton
                                    Venture Partners, Chevron
                                    Technology Ventures, Draper
                                    Fisher Jurvetson, Zone Ventures
Mysmart.com, Los Angeles            Qwest Communications
                                    International Inc.,
                                    Hawk Holdings
Nanostream Inc., Pasadena           Techno Venture Management,
                                    AGTC Funds, Shamrock Capital
Natural HealthLink, Los Angeles     Burrill Nutraceuticals Capital
                                    Fund
Neogent Inc., Long Beach            Saber Capital
NeTune Communications Inc., Culver  IBM
City
New.net, Pasadena                   Santa Barbara Technology Group
OEWaves.com, Pasadena               TL Ventures
Ondax, Monrovia                     Mellon Ventures, Alcatel
                                    Ventures, Corning Innovation
                                    Ventures, Gabriel Venture
                                    Partners, AM Venture Partners
Photobit Corp., Pasadena            Basler AG, Hitachi, Intel
                                    Corp., Omron
Pictage Inc., Hermosa Beach         Tech Coast Angels, Allbrook
                                    & Co., others
Sameday.com, City of Industry       Ignite Group, Accel Partners,
                                    Idealab, Descartes Systems
                                    Group, Putnam Internet Partners
Sierra Monolithics Inc., Redondo    U.S. Venture Partners,
Beach
                                    Storm Ventures, IBM
Tornado Development Inc., El        GE Equity
Segundo
Umachines Inc., Pasadena            Palomar Ventures, Acer
                                    Technology Ventures, KLM
                                    Capital Group, Intel Capital Group
VenServ Inc., Agoura Hills          Warburg Pincus
VtoV Networks, Los Angeles          N/A
WhatsHotNow.com, Marina del Rey     Thomas H. Lee Putnam Internet
                                    Partners, Citibank
                                    Ventures., GE Equity
X-Laboratories, Los Angeles         Arcturus Capital, others
Company/Headquarters                Core Business
Archive Inc., Culver City           Provides information
                                    management services
B3 Corp., Burbank                   Markets a business-to-business
                                    e-commerce platform
Boxo Inc.                           Manufactures and distributes
                                    consumer electronic products
CarParts Technologies, El Segundo   A supplier for the automotive
                                    aftermarket
Cyrano Sciences Inc., Pasadena      An electronic nose and sensory
                                    information software company
Dynamics Direct Inc., West Hills    Produces custom technology for e-
                                    marketing campaigns
FiberSpace Inc., Culver City        Produces low noise laser
                                    transmitter technology
IBoost Technology Inc., North       Provides the tools and
Hollywood
                                    content to build,
                                    promote and manage Web sites
IFILM, Hollywood                    Film portal and directory
InnovICs, Los Angeles               Provides wireless data receivers
In-Patient Consultants Mgmt., N.    Designs hospital information
Hwd.                                systems
Integrated Micromachines, Monrovia  Manufacturers optical switches and
                                    cross-connect solutions
LowerMyBills.com, Los Angeles       Provides online bill paying
                                    services
Lynx Photonic Networks, Woodland    Develops optical
Hills
                                    communications switching
                                    modules and sub-systems
MEMGen Corp., Torrance              Develops technology for the
                                    manufacturing of
                                    microscale devices
Mysmart.com, Los Angeles            Produces mouse pads that features
                                    smart card as well as
                                    one-touch Internet buttons
Nanostream Inc., Pasadena           Designs prototypes and
                                    manufacturers
                                    microfludic systems
Natural HealthLink, Los Angeles     Online medical services company
Neogent Inc., Long Beach            Creates solutions for
                                    wide range of Internet
                                    and wireless applications
NeTune Communications Inc., Culver  Provider of broadband digital
City
                                    satellite services
New.net, Pasadena                   Domain name registry
OEWaves.com, Pasadena               Develops fiber-optics, wireless
                                    networks and highbandwith
                                    communications systems
Ondax, Monrovia                     Develops optical communication
                                    components
Photobit Corp., Pasadena            Supplier of CMOS image sensors
Pictage Inc., Hermosa Beach         Vertical service provider for
                                    photographers
Sameday.com, City of Industry       Designs and manufacturers
                                    software
Sierra Monolithics Inc., Redondo    Developer of integrated circuits
Beach
Tornado Development Inc., El        Develops products for the
Segundo
                                    unified messaging market
Umachines Inc., Pasadena            Provides applications for
                                    the optical networking field
VenServ Inc., Agoura Hills          Provider of web-based product
                                    financing solutions
VtoV Networks, Los Angeles          Provides equipment to monetize
                                    video content over the Internet
WhatsHotNow.com, Marina del Rey     Designs online stores
X-Laboratories, Los Angeles         Technology developer
N/A - Not Available
Source: GrowthInk Inc.