1.   After the offering, nine founding companies will be combined to compose HomeUSA, the filing said.

2.   HomeUSA said it will use the proceeds from the offering to pay the cash portion of the purchase of the founding companies.

3.   Many entrepreneurs who are founding companies are technologists who are moving here because they see the Internet boom here as real.

4.   The filing does not list any potential purchases beyond the founding companies.

5.   The founding companies are United Airlines, Burger King, Monsanto, Sprint and United Parcel Service.

6.   The other founding companies are Intel, IBM and Toshiba.

7.   Toyoda Loom is the founding company of the group which includes the automaker.