Although consumer e-commerce sites have fallen out of favor with investors, 
some venture capitalists are putting money into new consumer Net ventures.

COMPANY         MARKET                       INVESTOR

eyestorm.com    The London merchant sells    New Enterprise Associ-
                paintings, photography,      ates put more than $8
                sculpture, and other art     million into the company
                by established artists.      in September.

guggenheim.com  This yet-to-be-unveiled      Softbank Technology Part-
                site will bring the Guggen-  ners invested an undis-
                heim art collection online.  closed amount.

LivePlanet      The site, launched by Ben    Redpoint Ventures plunked
                Affleck and Matt Damon,      $10 million into the
                provides multimedia enter-   company in November.
                tainment on the Net.

Kick.com        The company offers persona-  Utah Ventures and Sony's
                lized content and commerce   550 Digital Media Ventures
                to users based on the digi-  invested $6 million in
                tal music they listen to.    November.