Consumer - 2d Quarter, 1999
| Name |
City |
State |
Amount |
Financing |
Description |
Investors |
| Aquahealth Inc. |
Wrentham |
MA |
$960,000 |
Third |
Markets dispenser systems that produce quality bottled water and beverages for the food services industry. |
Corning Technology Ventures, The Food Fund |
| Fantasy Entertainment |
Hudson |
NH |
$7,500,000 |
Follow-on |
Interactive self-service photo booths, souvenir game machines and other entertainment products. |
Capital Resource Partners, and others |
| Furniture.com Inc. |
Worcester |
MA |
$35,000,000 |
Third |
Internet furniture sales. |
Bessemer Venture Partners, CMG @ Ventures |
| HomePortfolio Inc. (formerly BuildingBlocks Interactive) |
Newton |
MA |
$20,000,000 |
Second |
Internet-based home design product selection service that helps consumers find and buy home furnishings both on and off-line. |
Advent International Corp., Brand Equity Ventures, Home and Garden Television, Labrador Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Scripps Ventures |
| inntopia.com |
Stowe |
VT |
$500,000 |
First |
Real-time online leisure travel reservations network. |
Green Mountain Capital L.P., and others |
| IWant.com |
Burlington |
MA |
$3,300,000 |
First |
E-commerce service for buyers and sellers. |
Matrix Partners, and others |
| MotherNature.com |
Concord |
MA |
$42,000,000 |
Third |
Sells vitamins, food supplements, minerals, and other complementary health care products over the Internet. |
BancBoston Capital and Ventures, Barnard & Co., Bessemer Venture Partners, Blue Chip Venture Company, CMG @ Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures II L.P., Divine InterVentures Inc., GCC Investments, Group Arnault, Morgenthaler Venture Partners, Shad Run |
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$109,260,000 |
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Venture capital recipients in New England, by industry, canvassed as part of
the second-quarter 1999 Boston Globe/PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey
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