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Published on: 3/22/2006
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We recently had a chance to talk with John Huntz, executive director, Tom Hawkins, director, and Ramsay Battin, principal, Arcapita Ventures.
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Prior to joining Arcapita, Tom Hawkins was a managing director and Investment Partner in the Corporate Fund of Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), the $700 million venture capital arm of Siemens AG, where he managed investment activity in the areas of information technology, communications and industrial automation & control.Prior to SVC, Tom was a general partner with Cordova Ventures, a $250 million venture capital firm in Atlanta, where he focused on enterprise and infrastructure software, communications and industrial technology.
Prior to joining Arcapita, Ramsay Battin was a partner with Southeastern Technology Fund, a $120 million early and growth stage venture capital firm, where he focused on enterprise and infrastructure software, financial technology, healthcare technology and internet security.
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Tom Hawkins: John's experience and my previous experience at Siemens Venture Capital, coupled with our strong relationships with many other strategic partners will prove to be very beneficial.
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Hawkins: We are in active due diligence, including several term sheet discussions, with seven different companies, two of which are based in California, one in New Jersey, one in New York, one in Virginia and two in Atlanta.