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Palo Alto, CA - JAFCO Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm specializing in communications, Internet and software investments, today announced the closing of its $425 million JAFCO America Technology Fund Series III (JATF Series III). JATF Series III continues JAFCO`s balanced investment strategy, targeting the IT industry across sectors. In addition to providing funding resources, JAFCO Ventures uses its international network to provide strategy and tactical assistance to its portfolio companies as they expand globally.

"Our portfolio companies capitalize on JAFCO Ventures` operational experience, technical understanding and executive network," said Barry Schiffman, JAFCO Venture`s Executive Managing Director. Our combined years of global and technical experience provide a key asset for the success of our start-ups."

"Access to JATF Series III is a significant opportunity for a start-up company to expand globally," said Andrew Goldfarb, JAFCO Ventures` Managing Director in Boston. "In a highly competitive market, we are helping many businesses take a global outlook and realize their full potential."

"Our investors realize some of the strongest returns through our balanced approach," said Stephen Hill, JAFCO Ventures` Managing Director in Palo Alto. "The quality of investors in JATF Series III is testimony to both our past success and the potential of our new fund."

Investors in JATF Series III include both institutional and highly successful entrepreneurs from the Far East, the U.S. and Europe. A brief list includes: Bear Stearns Venture Partners, Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, David Wetherell of CMGI, Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems, NTT Data Corporation, the State of Michigan, Ken Novack of AOL, Richard J. Egan of EMC, and K.B. Chandrasekhar of Jamcracker.

ABOUT JAFCO VENTURES

JAFCO Ventures is a leading early stage technology firm that targets the IT industry using a balanced investment strategy across sectors, stages and geographies. JAFCO Ventures` management team has 78 years of collective private equity investing, entrepreneurial, and IT experience. JAFCO Ventures has incubated such leading communications companies as Avanex and Monterey Networks and has made early stage investments in companies such as Aptis Communications, Brocade Communications, Digital Island, Airgate PCS, Netrail and Oresis Communications. In the world of Internet infrastructure, JAFCO Ventures has made significant investments in such firms as eDocs, Idiom, Lightspan Partnership, Net Perceptions, Peakstone and Silknet Software. JAFCO Ventures manages combined funds of $750 million and has offices in Palo Alto, California and Boston, Massachusetts. JAFCO Ventures was listed as one of the most successful venture capital firms in 1999 by Forbes magazine and was 5th overall in terms of total return based post IPO performance in 1999.


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[LuckyLucke]

Kannst du mir das auch in kurzen Zügen übersetzen. Bin in Englisch nämlich nicht sehr Kompetent.
Würde mich scharf interressieren da ich in Jafco investiert bin!
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