Financial Times Sponsors Upcoming Garage.com Bootcamp for Startups Europe

Business Wire, August 17, 2000

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

PALO ALTO, Calif. and LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 17, 2000

Leading European business paper joins Forbes magazine, Goldman

Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, and marchFIRST as co-hosts of Garage.com's

first European Bootcamp for Startups conference

Garage.com, a venture capital investment bank that provides funding services for high tech startups, announced today that the Financial Times, one of the world's leading English language newspapers, will co-host Garage.com's Bootcamp for Startups Europe. The Financial Times joins Forbes magazine, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, and marchFIRST as co-hosts for Garage.com's first European event, which will take place September 4-5 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park, London.

Garage.com's Bootcamp for Startups Europe is the latest in a series of two-day conferences designed to prepare entrepreneurs to start and grow high tech businesses. At Garage.com's Bootcamp for Startups, experts from the venture capital and high tech industries provide entrepreneurs valuable information about raising capital, hiring top talent, and building buzz for their startups.

"Garage.com is proud to have the Financial Times join the ranks of our outstanding Bootcamp for Startups Europe sponsors. For years the famous pink paper has been educating entrepreneurs and investors worldwide with the latest breaking financial news," said Guy Kawasaki, CEO of Garage.com.

Registration

The admission fee for Bootcamp for Startups Europe is U.S. $995, until August 29, 2000. Space is limited; tickets sold on a first-come, first-served basis. To find out more information and to register to attend, visit http://www.garage.com/bootcamp/.> Members of the press who wish to attend should email press@garage.com.

About the Financial Times

The Financial Times, recognized worldwide for its authoritative, accurate, and analytical reporting, is firmly established as one of the world@s leading English language newspapers. With a daily circulation of over 460,000 and a readership of more than one million people, the Financial Times is available in 140 countries throughout the world. Its clearly focused and comprehensive global coverage makes it an indispensable read for the international business community.

About Garage.com

Garage.com is a venture capital investment bank that provides funding services for high tech startups. Since 1999, Garage.com has helped over 50 technology startup companies raise more than $130 million in venture capital through its wholly-owned broker/dealer subsidiary Garage.com Securities. Garage.com has headquarters in Silicon Valley, and U.S. offices in Austin, Boston, and Seattle, and international offices in Israel and London to serve the Israeli and European high tech startup communities.

Important Notice: Garage.com, the Garage.com logo, Bootcamp for Startups and the Bootcamp for Startups logo are trademarks of Garage.com. Additional Company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the individual companies and are respectfully acknowledged. All securities and securities-related services are offered by Garage.com Securities Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Garage.com, member SIPC/NASD.