1.   And at Polaris Venture Partners, general partner James Brown has elected to join a portfolio company, InvisibleHand Networks.

2.   And their portfolio companies enjoy the significant reduction in the cost of recruiting.

3.   As venture groups retrench in this more difficult environment, many are improving their systems to keep better track of the progress and setbacks at their portfolio companies.

4.   Attention to profit is being jettisoned in favor of fast growth for their portfolio companies.

5.   Battery deserves respect for the sober attention it has been paying to its portfolio companies since early this year.

6.   CMGI portfolio companies that could go public over the next two years run the full gamut of venture funds and majority interests.

7.   Early stage funding had fallen out of favor as VCs focused their financial resources on existing portfolio companies.

8.   Even after a portfolio company goes public, Greylock stays interested.

9.   Financial partners also can be helpful in raising later venture rounds for portfolio companies.

10.   Gallivan, who lives outside Philadelphia, will spend his time helping Mediphase portfolio companies, he said.