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The Internet is loaded with sites offering you help in locatinginvestors, but few pack the punch of http://www.nvst.com, a private equitynetwork with roughly $72 billion in investor capital. And thatnumber is still growing.
According to the company's CEO Lori King, some 2 millionvisitors have checked out the site over the past two years. Withmore than 3,000 investment opportunities and contact informationfor 28,000 investors, and 22,000 advisors, accountants, investmentattorneys and experts, the site's popularity is no wonder.
"We have venture capital investors, investment bankers andangel investors who state what they're looking for and how muchthey have to invest," says King. "Basically, we haveanything that has to do with private equity."
A three-month membership, which costs $59, allows investors toaccess the database and search for investment opportunities byindustry, region and other parameters (14 percent of listings areinternational). Companies seeking capital enter a description oftheir business and can access the database of investors andadvisors for free. The rest is up to them.
"We believe in due diligence," says King. "Thisis just a starting point. Users search our network and make contactthemselves. They e-mail each other, and that breaks downbarriers."
Kurt Samson is a freelance business writer and publicrelations consultant in Annapolis, Maryland.
