1.   Angel sites, incubators, accelerators, and new venture groups are springing up everywhere, in hopes of making a buck helping new companies get off the ground.

2.   A spokeswoman for the bank says the venture group is not planning to replace George at this point.

3.   Compaq Computer disbanded its venture group and shifted investment decisions to its individual business units.

4.   Fleet recently announced it was trimming back the VC portfolio, particularly in the realm of direct investing, while continuing to invest in outside venture groups.

5.   He predicts more unseasoned venture groups will fail.

6.   John Taylor, director of research at NVCA, the venture trade group that paid for the study, has a hunch about the gap in Massachusetts.

7.   Net-Worker is backed by the Powershift Group, a venture development group whose principals are Papermaster and Guengerich.

8.   Newer venture groups, in particular, have seen investors lose their taste for putting money into start-ups.

9.   Reuters spun off its venture group.

10.   Sales estimates for the new services expected from the venture group were not available Wednesday, Blaylock said.