11.   Its investments include small private equity holdings in unlisted Irish companies.

12.   Its investments included the Guangzhou-Shantou railway, power plants in Dongguan and the Shenzhen Science and Technology Park.

13.   Its top investments include Starwood Lodging Trust, Crescent Real Estate, Security Capital Industry Trust, Excel Realty Trust, Beacon Properties and Bay Apartment Communities.

14.   Its Latin American gas transport investments include stakes in Argentine, Colombian and Bolivian pipeline companies and projects.

15.   Its most successful investments include Toronto-based software developer Certicom Corp.

16.   Langer said it was undecided whether the investment would include the building of a new plant or expansion of the current one.

17.   Other investments include oil and gas, timberland, and funds that lend money to companies in exchange for an equity stake in the future.

18.   Previous investments include stakes in British-based computer education and training firms aimed primarily at adults and older children, such as CRT Group Plc.

19.   Past investments included Vought Aircraft, Magnavox Electronic Systems and BDM International.

20.   Recent Venrock investments include Appian Communications, Crescent Networks and DoubleClick.