BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 22, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY Online Matchmakers Web site (WWW.) & description offroadcapital.com Investors bid on private equity deals; $25,000 minimum investment; access free, but site plans eventually to charge $1,000 for first year and $250 a year after that wrhambrecht.com Online investment bank WR Hambrecht lets you buy into private stock deals with institutional investors; minimum investment starts at $5,000 garage.com Brings entrepreneurs and potential investors together; you pay $495 a year for list of companies, then negotiate deals on your own vcapital.com For professional venture capitalists, but recently began letting individuals review companies seeking funding; you hammer out your own deals angeltips.com Site introduces entrepreneurs and prospective investors; access free for now but eventually will cost $1,000 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Being a Venture Capitalist Is Getting Easier TABLE: Online Matchmakers INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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