News from FTVentures, April 11, 2006

FTVentures - Capitalize on Our
Connections

FTVentures Investment Targets

Investment Focus

We are a private equity firm investing in software and business services companies.


Private Company Funding
Objectives

• Fuel rapid organic growth
• Pursue one or more
  acquisitions
• Recapitalize to optimize
  capital structure or meet
  the liquidity needs
  of shareholders
• Spin-off operations from
  a parent corporation


Investment Stage

We fund businesses at all stages of development.


Investment Commitment

$10 million to $60 million


Investment Strategy

Typically lead or control investor.


Investment Geography

We will consider investments worldwide to support the needs of our global Limited Partners.


FTVentures Invests in Coremetrics

We are pleased to introduce our most recent investment, Coremetrics, a San Mateo, CA-based developer of an on-demand web analytics platform that enables organizations to understand prospect and customer behavior at their web sites and capitalize on that knowledge to create profitable customer relationships. The company's technology features a unique data warehousing approach that captures and stores all of the organization's web site traffic data. Coremetrics leverages this database of individual behavior by applying sophisticated analytics to deliver actionable results for optimizing customer interaction across all of an organization's online experience, including marketing and cross-selling activities. Coremetrics has built a suite of industry-specific applications for financial services, retail and travel verticals that offer tailored reporting, analysis and industry benchmarking tools, as well as the ability to optimize various types of online marketing campaigns. Offered as "software as a service", Coremetrics' solutions enable cost efficient access to comprehensive customer behavior data, creating a foundation for managing intelligent interactions with current and potential customers. Coremetrics services more than 600 brands and has delivered over $300 million in documented ROI in the past two years.

If you would like to learn more about FTVentures' latest investment, Coremetrics, please contact Eric Byunn at ebyunn@ftventures.com or 415-229-3052.

Please click this link to read the press release regarding this transaction. Read more


Investment Team

Contact Us

Please note our new addresses:

San Francisco
555 California Street
Suite 2900
San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone 415-229-3000
Fax     415-229-3005

info@ftventures.com

Media Contact:
Karen Derr Gilbert

New York
540 Madison Avenue
Suite 2600
New York, NY 10022

Phone 212-682-4800
Fax     212-682-4480

www.FTVentures.com

 


About FTVentures

FTVentures provides capital to growth companies to finance organic expansion, recapitalizations, buyouts and build-ups. We invest in software and business services companies that derive value from our unmatched Global Partner Network, which includes 38 of the world’s leading financial institutions. Our Global Partner Network provides us with a unique vantage point into the business driven IT and operating challenges of the global enterprise. Founded in 1998, FTVentures currently has $624 million under management with offices in San Francisco and New York. For more information, please visit www.ftventures.com