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 We have an exclusive distribution agreement with Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and TD Waterhouse that gives us access to more than 10 million investors with a total of more than $1 trillion of investable assets.
Together, the customers of our online brokerage partners account for more than 50 percent of all online traded assets.
We believe that by leveraging this unique distribution platform we will offer corporate securities issuers unparalleled access to the rapidly growing class of online investors.
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Ameritrade, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., is the nation's fifth-largest
online brokerage firm, providing comprehensive services to customers who had approximately 1 million active accounts representing approximately $40 billion of investable assets on March 31, 2000. As of the latest financial quarter, Ameritrade handled an average of 150,000 commissioned trades per day through its website and other channels.
Charles Schwab, headquartered in San Francisco, is the nation's largest
online brokerage firms, providing comprehensive services to customers who had more than 6.9 million active accounts representing more than $823 billion of investable assets on March 31, 2000. As of the latest financial quarter, Schwab handled an average of 310,000 commissioned trades per day through its website and other channels.
TD Waterhouse, headquartered in New York, is the nation's third-largest
online brokerage firm, providing comprehensive services to customers who had more than 2.8 million active accounts representing more than $160 billion of investable assets on April 30, 2000. As of the latest financial quarter, TD Waterhouse handled an average of 240,000 commissioned trades per day through its website and other channels.
Benchmark was founded in 1995 and focuses on early-stage companies
in markets where the partners have direct relevant experience. Benchmark has funded leading technology companies, including Ariba, eBay, Juniper Networks, Equinix, Scient, and Webvan.
KPCB was founded in 1972 and its partners cumulatively have more than
100 years of industry experience in successful high-growth companies. KPCB has funded leading technology companies, including Amazon.com, America Online, Excite@Home and Sun Microsystems. www.kpcb.com
Trident was founded in 1993 and focuses on companies that capitalize
on the growing importance of information in today's fast-changing business world. Trident has funded leading technology companies, including Engage Technologies, FreeShop.com, Mapquest.com and Viant.
Epoch is a strategic part of the e-finance portfolio of the Reuters Greenhouse Fund. Across financial services,
Reuters invests in e-commerce, infrastructure, and content companies. Epoch represents a core holding amongst existing companies in the Reuters' portfolio, which include Yahoo, Intertrust, Verisign, ON24, Moai, @themoment, Forbes.com, and VentureOne. Reuters Venture Capital only invests in ventures that can benefit from a relationship with Reuters and its portfolio companies. Reuters creates relationships through board seats and ownership stakes that strengthen each of the companies in the Reuters Greenhouse Fund network.
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