11.   In other venture funds, it would be a weakness because they rely on each other for deal flow.

12.   Internet keiretsus often sprung up around a venture fund or funding company that was investing in a slew of start-ups in quick sucession.

13.   Kevin Fong, a general partner at Mayfield Fund, said Lucent might use its venture fund to promote commercial development of technology dreamed up at Bell Labs.

14.   Last year he started a new venture fund, Scientia Health Group.

15.   Meanwhile, capital has collected in a small group of Atlanta venture funds even while outside investors have grown more willing to invest here.

16.   Merck Capital Ventures set up a venture fund that, instead of looking for the next big product, will invest in technologies that can help increase productivity.

17.   MPM Capital, the largest biotech venture fund in the world, has offices in Boston and San Francisco.

18.   Most companies receiving venture funds last year were in software, telecommunications or in a technology service for health care.

19.   NeoCarta, a Boston-based venture fund, led the funding.

20.   New venture funds, like I-Hatch, now play the role of an angel investor.