Ledgent is a staffing company that specializes in hiring finance and accounting professionals for contract and full-time positions at accounting firms and F&A corporate departments.
FieldCentrix specializes in mobile field service automation solutions that enhance service lifecycle management. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Irvine, California, the company provides its FieldCentrix Enterprise management solution to streamline manual processes and integrate various applications related to field service. Its offerings cater to diverse sectors, including manufacturing, industrial equipment, medical devices, high technology, and real estate services. FieldCentrix's application suite connects processes, personnel, parts, and data, leveraging wireless communications, handheld devices, and internet technology to deliver efficient workflows and real-time information. As of 2005, FieldCentrix operates as a subsidiary of Astea International Inc.
Creative Planet is the leading provider of business-to-business Internet services and resources for creative professionals. With its suite of project management applications, production databases, information services and Internet resources, Creative Planet offers a powerful, comprehensive service enabling the creative process. Creative Planet has focused significant resources on improving efficiencies in the film, television, music video and commercial production process. The company is leveraging its industry-standard applications to create an end-to-end Internet-based production management solution and marketplace.
In late 1998, StoreRunner.com launched as one of the first online shopping sites on the Web, offering a wide selection of products and services from the most trusted retailers, with technologies enabling users to shop online or in their own neighborhoods. In early 1999, CBS committed over $100 million in promotional support to StoreRunner in exchange for an equity stake in the business. This investment allowed StoreRunner to promote its brand across all CBS' television, radio, outdoor and interactive media properties, rapidly accelerating StoreRunner's appeal to shoppers and merchants. In May of 2000, after months of consumer research and testing, StoreRunner re-launched its own branded site with an entirely new look and feel, improved navigation, advanced search functionality, enhanced data feed capabilities for large retailers and catalogers, a suite of e-Commerce-enabling tools for small-to-mid size businesses, and an expanded database of over 1 million products in over 8,000 different categories.
Need2Buy.com is a leading business-to-business online marketplace for buyers and sellers of electronic components. Their marketplace solution leverages their proven Internet technology and their extensive industry expertise to streamline the traditionally inefficient electronic components supply chain. Their distributor-neutral approach creates an open and scalable marketplace that is more attractive to OEM buyers, distributors and component manufacturers. Their marketplace enables OEM buyers to post Requests for Quotations (RFQs) and uses their proprietary "expert system" to solicit competitive bids from multiple qualified distributors and component manufacturers who meet the criteria specified by the buyer. This model allows buyers to make more cost effective purchasing decisions and sellers to expand their market reach while reducing their customer acquisition costs. Their marketplace also enables OEMs, distributors and component manufacturers to upload a list of their excess inventory into the Need2Buy Marketplace and to search the aggregated "virtual warehouse" for desired products. This allows participants to obtain optimum pricing when disposing of and purchasing excess inventory.
Amber Networks is a telecommunications technology provider that specializes in enabling service providers to deploy various communications services over next-generation Optical Internet networks. The company focuses on developing carrier infrastructure products, including an innovative infrastructure router known as the Aggregation Service Router. This router effectively consolidates thousands of traditional service feeds, such as TDM, frame relay, and ATM, alongside native IP traffic, facilitating efficient management and delivery of services within a provider's core network. Additionally, Amber Networks offers fault-tolerant routing platforms that enhance the reliability and performance of communication network infrastructure.
IdeaForest
Series B in 2000
IdeaForest is a total web solution provider that offers hosting services that follows trends in self-service technology and a mail server that employs the latest technologies in eliminating e-mail spam and viruses. Its objective is to make web presence for our clients as complete and hassle-free as possible. IdeaForest also provides Manila hosting services and Apache private domain hosting plan for its users. Its servers are located in a facility boasting redundant connections to the internet, redundant power backup and generators, controlled climate, on-call technicians, and full security with camera surveillance. IdeaForest was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in El Segundo, I.L.
eHome is an online platform that enables the buying and selling of residential real estate. It is based in Mission Viejo, California.
SupplyAccess, Inc.sm is a privately held company providing software solutions that enable business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce in the IT and operating resource markets. Through the SupplyAccess Commerce Platformsm- a suite of integrated and web-based, hosted software solutions - SupplyAccess provides strategic eProcurement, supplier integration, and marketplace solutions to various corporate, government and educational organizations. Powering B2B solutions for hundreds of customers, SupplyAccess enables more efficient trade and collaboration between buyers, suppliers, and market makers.
eBay Enterprise is a leading provider of commerce technologies, omnichannel operations and marketing solutions. Our comprehensive and modular solution suite enables the world’s premier brands and retailers to deliver connected consumer experiences across all touchpoints of the entire purchase lifecycle to win with today’s digitally connected consumer.
eHobbies is an online retail store that offers a range of remote control toys and hobby products. eHobbies offers radio-controlled vehicles, plastic models, slot cars, model railroading, educational science kits, model rocketry, diecast collectibles, and more. It also provides its users with information about up-to-date digital technology advances in radio-controlled hobby products, trains, and slot cars as well as the latest model kit releases. Launched in 1999, eHobbies is based in Blue Ridge, Texas.
PeopleSupport, Inc., an offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) company, provides customer management, transcription and captioning, and additional BPO services through its centers in the Philippines, Costa Rica, and the United States. It offers customer service support services that are initiated by inbound calls and email from its clients' customers and address a range of questions regarding their account billing, changes in services, reservation changes, delivery updates on goods or services, complaint and issue resolution, and general product or service inquiries. The company also handles inbound calls from customers purchasing products and services from its clients, including travel reservations, financial transactions, telecommunications services, Internet services, and consumer products and services; collects consumer receivables in the financial services, telecommunications, and utilities industries; and handles troubleshooting calls and inbound telephone orders or inquiries. PeopleSupport's transcription and captioning services include both real-time and offline captioning of television, and film and classroom content for the healthcare and insurance, entertainment and education, and law enforcement markets. It also provides a range of additional BPO services, including credit application processing, mortgage processing, title searches, and data verification; conducts product and fraud detection; manages refunds, warranties, and applications; and conducts preparations for serving legal papers. The company serves primarily U.S.-based clients that operate within the travel and consumer, financial services, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance, and media industries. PeopleSupport was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
The Patent & License Exchange ("pl-x.com") is the first e-business marketplace for intellectual property rights - patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and know how. By applying financial market technology and discipline to the intellectual property market, pl-x.com is bringing the 200-year-old system of intellectual property exchange into the 21st century and creating the safest marketplace in the world.
SupplyAccess, Inc.sm is a privately held company providing software solutions that enable business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce in the IT and operating resource markets. Through the SupplyAccess Commerce Platformsm- a suite of integrated and web-based, hosted software solutions - SupplyAccess provides strategic eProcurement, supplier integration, and marketplace solutions to various corporate, government and educational organizations. Powering B2B solutions for hundreds of customers, SupplyAccess enables more efficient trade and collaboration between buyers, suppliers, and market makers.
AllAdvantage
Venture Round in 2000
As of January 2001, AllAdvantage Inc. went out of business. AllAdvantage.com, Inc. operates as an Internet advertising company. It pays its users/members a portion of the advertising revenue generated by their online viewing habits. The company also allows members to receive membership benefits that include sponsor discounts and rebates for surfing the Web. In addition, it provides incentives for advertisers to build one-on-one relationships with its members. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Hayward, California with additional offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Hayward, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Sydney, and Washington DC.
HomeGain.com is a prominent online platform based in Walnut Creek, California, that connects real estate agents and brokers with home buyers and sellers. Established in 1999, it offers a variety of free services, including tools to find and compare real estate agents, research home values, and view property listings. The platform provides resources and guidance for homeowners and real estate professionals, featuring customized valuation tools, articles, consumer guides, and financing tools. By utilizing HomeGain's marketing programs, REALTORS® can effectively promote their services and enhance their business reach, making it a key resource in the real estate market.
ValueStar is the nation’s leading rating organization of local service businesses and professionals. ValueStar sets the rating standards, administers the rating process and posts the rating levels for 2 million service businesses in over 300 industry categories. The ValueStar rated company listings are distributed through the ValueStar Web site, affiliated partnership sites, and The ValueStar Report print directory. ValueStar ratings help consumers make better buying decisions and help local service companies differentiate themselves using the ValueStar symbol of trust and quality. ValueStar invites consumers to become ValueStar Rating Partners and participate in rating their satisfaction with local service providers through ValueStar’s proprietary Real-Time Ratings on the ValueStar Web site. ValueStar invites Top-Rated and Verified service companies to participate in the ValueStar Authorized program which provides businesses with valuable benefits and incentives to ValueStar Rating Partners to purchase from ValueStar Authorized service providers. ValueStar was founded in 1992 by Jim Stein, ValueStar’s CEO. Jim is an expert in customer satisfaction, small business marketing, and service business management. He also founded and grew the Asian and Hispanic Yellow Pages and saw first-hand the limitations for traditional yellow page listings. Jim recognized the need for a ‘service’ rating to match qualified buyers with quality service businesses and professionals. Today, ValueStar is led by a strong executive team with extensive rating, service industry, media, customer satisfaction, and technical experience. ValueStar is a public company (OTCBB: VLST) with 185 employees based in offices across the country, including their headquarters in Oakland, CA.
Bizbuyer.com is a business-to-business e-commerce platform designed for small to mid-size enterprises. It operates an online marketplace where these businesses can purchase a wide range of products and services. The platform allows companies to submit bids for their desired items, facilitating a competitive purchasing environment. By connecting buyers and suppliers, Bizbuyer.com streamlines the procurement process for smaller businesses, enhancing their ability to access essential resources efficiently.
PeopleSupport, Inc., an offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) company, provides customer management, transcription and captioning, and additional BPO services through its centers in the Philippines, Costa Rica, and the United States. It offers customer service support services that are initiated by inbound calls and email from its clients' customers and address a range of questions regarding their account billing, changes in services, reservation changes, delivery updates on goods or services, complaint and issue resolution, and general product or service inquiries. The company also handles inbound calls from customers purchasing products and services from its clients, including travel reservations, financial transactions, telecommunications services, Internet services, and consumer products and services; collects consumer receivables in the financial services, telecommunications, and utilities industries; and handles troubleshooting calls and inbound telephone orders or inquiries. PeopleSupport's transcription and captioning services include both real-time and offline captioning of television, and film and classroom content for the healthcare and insurance, entertainment and education, and law enforcement markets. It also provides a range of additional BPO services, including credit application processing, mortgage processing, title searches, and data verification; conducts product and fraud detection; manages refunds, warranties, and applications; and conducts preparations for serving legal papers. The company serves primarily U.S.-based clients that operate within the travel and consumer, financial services, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, insurance, and media industries. PeopleSupport was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
CarsDirect.com, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of new and used automobiles in the United States. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in El Segundo, California, the company offers a wide range of vehicles, including passenger cars, luxury vehicles, sports utility vehicles, trucks, and vans. In addition to vehicle sales, CarsDirect.com provides various related services such as auto loans, vehicle service contracts, anti-theft products, credit reports, and VIN checks. The platform also features an auto repair directory and audio guide services, making it a comprehensive resource for consumers looking to purchase or maintain their vehicles. CarsDirect.com operates as a subsidiary of Internet Brands, Inc.