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Investment Banks R-Z
| Ryan,
Beck & Co. |
| 220 South Orange Avenue |
| Livingston, NJ 07039 |
| Phone: (973) 325-3000 |
| Fax: (973) 325-1672 |
| Web Site: http://www.rbeck.com |
Ben A. Plotkin
Chairman, President & CEO |
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| Investment banking
firm, specialist in municipal finance and financial institutions,
subsidiary since 1998 of BankAtlantic Bancorp, financial services and bank
holding company based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with Ryan Beck maintaining
own identity and operations> Headquarters in
Livingston, with branch offices in Shrewsbury, suburban
Philadelphia, West Palm Beach, and Chicago> Engages in underwriting,
market-making, trading of tax-exempt securities and bank and thrift equity
and debt securities> Also provides consulting, research and financial
services to banks and thrifts and general securities brokerage service>
Also acquired 1998 Cumberland Advisors, Vineland-based money management
firm operated by with approximately $500 million under management>
Dominant NJ adviser to banking, thrift industries in public offerings,
conversion from mutual to stock ownership, mergers and acquisitions>
Served as consultant in many NJ bank acquisitions, mergers, offerings. |
| Sycamore
Ventures |
| 989 Lenox Drive |
| Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 |
| Phone: (609) 219-0900 |
| Fax: (609) 219-0101 |
John Whitman
Managing Partner |
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| Venture capital and
leveraged buyout firm established 1995, manages over $300 million in
capital> Focus principally on companies based in US and Asia, with
special interest in companies founded or managed by Asian Americans and/or
companies serving Asian markets> Managing partners formerly with
Citicorp Venture Capital Ltd.> Investments include Pseudo Programs
('Net-Television' entertainment network, produces and netcasts interactive
shows); Juno Online Services (provider of Internet-related services and
e-mail to millions of computer users throughout US); Acta Technology
(develops software for extracting and analyzing data from enterprise
resource planning applications); FloNetwork, (e-marketing application
service provider specializing in permission-based online direct marketing
and communications)> Partners include JOHN WHITMAN, husband of Governor
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, previously with CitiCorp, started career with
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. |
| Tappan
Zee Capital Corporation |
| 201 Lower Notch
Road |
| PO Box 416 |
| Little Falls, NJ
07424 |
| Phone: (973)
256-8280 |
| Fax: (973)
256-2841 |
Jack Birnberg
Chairman |
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| Small Business
Investment Company providing loans, equity investment to companies with
sales between $300,000 and $10 million> Secured loans offered at fixed
rate for minimum five years; loan or equity investment partially secured
with option for minority interest, with equity repurchasable; acceptable
collateral includes accounts receivable, real estate (both corporate and
personal), equipment and machinery> Funding range $75,000 to $1.5
million> Industry interests include manufacturing, distribution,
retail, service, franchise and restaurant> Chairman Jack Birnberg
former president of Northeast Regional Association of Small Business
Investment Companies. |
| The 6800 Capital
Group |
| Suite 530 |
| 1 Palmer Square |
| Princeton, NJ 08542 |
| Phone: (609) 921-6595 |
| Fax: (609) 683-1397 |
| Web Site: http://www.6800capital.com |
Robert T. Keck
President & CEO |
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| Founded in 1988, investment
manager specializing in control of risk through investment in alternative
investments and strategies, one of 10 largest Trading Managers in US>
Investments include domestic and international equity, fixed income,
options, foreign currencies, commodity and financial futures markets>
Services wealthy individuals, families, endowments, foundations, and
institutions> According to Managed Account Reports industry newsletter,
two of its flagship funds, Rembrandt Partners and Southwind Partners,
ranked as two of top 10 risk adjusted fund of funds for 36-month period
ending November 30, 1999> Also operates single-advisor investment
partnerships> Comprised of three companies: 6800 Capital, L.L.C.,
registered commodity pool operator and acts as investment advisor and
general partner; 6800 Capital Securities, Inc., registered
broker-dealer; and Westcott Futures, Inc., registered introducing broker. |
| The Telmarc
Group |
| 24 Woodbine Road |
| Florham Park, NJ 07932 |
| Phone: (973) 377-6269 |
| Fax: (973) 377-2143 |
| Terrence P. McGarty
President |
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| Founded in 1984, invests in
and manages high technology and communications start up and mid-stage
ventures, over $200 million under management> Founder and president
Terrence P. McGarty also president of NPC SC, LLC., managing principal
in joint effort with such companies as American Management Systems,
Brown & Root, DTS, and MDSI, wireless industry support firm
providing billing, customer services, network management, engineering and
construction services and backbone network capabilities> McGarty also
founder and first CEO of Telmarc Telecommunications, personal
communications services operator, holding experimental license for Boston,
first national experimental network license for PCS; until 1992, senior
vice president at NYNEX and Chief Operating Officer of NYNEX Mobile
cellular carrier, previously first Head of R&D for NYNEX, also spent
five years in CATV business as Group President at Warner Communications,
and six years in satellite communications business as Division Director
and General Manager of COMSAT's first non-regulated businesses, early
career as faculty member and research staff member at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; Ph.D., M.S., B.S. from MIT in Electrical
Engineering, also studied medicine in joint Harvard/MIT program. |
| Tucker
Capital Corporation |
| 1 Palmer Square |
| Suite 315 |
| Princeton, NJ 08542 |
| Phone: (609) 924-5710 |
| e-mail: cbattle@tuckercapital.com |
| Web Site: http://www.tuckercapital.com |
Craig L. Battle
President |
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| Founded 1982, investment
banking firm and consultants to middle market companies in acquisitions,
divestitures, capital raising, valuations> Industries include consumer
goods, computers, publishing, communications, industrial products, health
care, energy> Recent transactions include acquisitions, sales of
brewery; medical products; specialty toy company; resource recovery
company; catalog marketer> Founder Craig L. Battle formerly with
Warburg Paribas Becker in New York City, WILLIAM SWORD & CO. in
Princeton, graduate of Wharton Management Program, B.A. St. Lawrence
University; David A. Baxendale formerly with Tower Hill in New York City,
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, M.B.A., B.A. Harvard University; Kemp P. Battle
formerly with Republic National Bank, co-founder of specialty publishing
firm, B.A. Harvard University; James R. Alexander, former independent
direct mail catalog consultant since 1980 and former General Manager
of Dunham's of Maine and Merchandise Manager of Carroll Reed, Inc., formed
alliance with Tucker in 1989 to provide investment-banking services to
direct mail companies, B.A. University of Notre Dame, M.B.A. Michigan
State University. |
| University
Ventures |
| 180 University
Avenue |
| Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: (973)
648-5627 |
Oscar Figueroa
President |
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| Former Rutgers
Minority Investment Co.> Licensed Federal specialized Small Business
Investment Corporation, restricted to investments in minority-owned small
business start-ups, expansions> Total capital $2.4 million> Total of
250 investments $5 million over 23 years> Only investment company in US
affiliated with graduate business school, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Graduate
School of Management. |
| Updata
Capital |
| 960 Holmdel Road # 2 |
| Holmdel, NJ 07733 |
| Phone: (732)
946-2000 |
| Web Site: http://www.updatacapital.com |
Barry Goldsmith
Managing Director |
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| Investment banking firm
ranked as one of top three leading advisors in US for information
technology mergers and acquisitions and among top ten worldwide>
Participated in 31 transactions ranging in value between $10M and $500M
since 1987 founding, managed over 220 merger and acquisition transactions
for software, e-commerce, internet, and information technology
professional services firms with aggregate value exceeding $9
billion> Principals include Barry M. Goldsmith, founder of CGA Computer
and subsequent software firms, sits on several boards, including DENDRITE
INTERNATIONAL; Ira Cohen, began financial career as certified public
accountant with accounting firm, Laventhol & Horwath, then
joined MetPath, now QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, as financial executive, later chief
financial officer at Tridex Corporation. |
| Venture
Management Services |
| Room 3354B3 |
| 295 North Maple Avenue |
| Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 |
| Phone: (908) 221-7061 |
| Fax: (908) 630-1455 |
| Web Site: http://www.vmsgroup.com |
R. Bradford Burnham
Partner |
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| Also known as AT&T
Ventures, largest telecommunications venture capital firm, manages three
funds> Established 1991 by AT&T, initially to create enterprises
based on company technology not fully explored by other AT&T units,
subsequently broadened to provide seed and later-stage equity capital for
outside firms, entrepreneurs> Now includes AT&T, LUCENT
TECHNOLOGIES and J.P. Morgan among its limited partners> Since 1992,
raised over $350 million to invest in information technology and service
enabling companies in emerging growth markets, investing in wireless
communications, Internet, value added networking services, content and
local service> Invests primarily in early stage companies, but also
considers selected opportunities in later stage companies, initial
investments typically between $1-5 million, expects to exit investment
within five to seven years> Portfolio companies include E-Stamp
Corporation (Internet-based postage solutions); Eureka
Broadband (broadband telecom services to building occupants
over proprietary in-building network); iPrint (Internet
print shop); Knology (residential communications service
provider)> Partner R. Bradford Burnham previously founder and CEO of
Echo Logic, an AT&T venture, earlier held variety of sales and
marketing positions at AT&T, most recently as Director of Business
Development for AT&T Computer Systems. |
| Westford
Technology Ventures |
| 17 Academy Street |
| Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: (973) 624-2131 |
Jeffrey T. Hamilton
General Partner |
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| Functions either as deal
originator or investor in deals created by others in startup, first or
second-stage financing> Minimum investment $50,000, preferred
investment $250,000-$500,000 in telecommunications; computer hardware,
software and services; electronic components and instruments; industrial
machinery, equipment and products> Founded 1987, $10 million in capital
under management. |
| William E. Simon
& Sons |
| 310 South Street |
| PO Box 1913 |
| Morristown, NJ
07962-1913 |
| e-mail: info@wesandsons.com |
| Web Site: http://www.wesandsons.com |
| William E. Simon Jr.
Co-Chairman; J. Peter Simon Co-Chairman |
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| Merchant and
investment bank founded 1988 by late William E. Simon, Sr., former US
Treasury Secretary in Nixon-Ford Administrations, now headed by sons since
father's death in 2000> Three core principal investment businesses:
Private Equity, Real Estate and Special Situations> Controls or major
interests in companies with sales exceeding $2 billion and real estate
projects with aggregate value of more than $1 billion> William E.
Simon, Jr., former US Attorney in NY City, worked under current Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani; Peter Simon started career at Kidder Peabody in NY City
in 1975, became Managing Director of Convertibles Marketing, serves or
served on boards of directors of several portfolio companies, including
Magic Cinemas, Corporate Staffing Resources, and Stonebridge Technologies,
community and philanthropic affiliations include boards of Gladney Center
and National Council for Adoption, The Peck School Endowment Committee,
MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Health Foundation Board of Trustees, Newark
Academy Endowment Committee, Covenant House NJ Capital Campaign, Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation Investment Committee, NJ Seeds
Advisory Committee |
| William Sword
& Co. |
| 34 Chambers Street |
| Princeton, NJ 08542 |
| Phone: (609) 924-6710 |
| Fax: (609) 924-3890 |
| William Sword, Sr.
Chairman, CEO & Managing Director |
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| Investment banking firm
founded 1976> Founder William Sword former managing director Morgan
Stanley & Co., started career on staff of PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
endowment fund after receiving B.A. 1948, serves as director, Roadway
Services Inc.; NJ HISTORICAL SOCIETY; NJ Health Care Facilities Financing
Authority; NJ SUPREME COURT Committee on Court-held-Funds> Financing,
consulting services include merger and acquisition; leveraged or
management buyouts; public and private finance; financial evaluations;
investment management and securities brokerage. |
JOSHUA
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Communications, Inc.
- Telephone
- 609-924-6310
- FAX
- 609-924-6380
- Postal address
- PO Box 7183, Princeton, NJ 08543
- Electronic mail
- General Information: info@njinsider.com
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