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In 2004 Keiretsu Forum members funded 30 companies throughout our network of chapters. Below is the list of the 2004 Keiretsu Forum portfolio with a total of $20MM invested. The Northern California chapter participated with $17.25MM. Since September 2000, our members have now funded 66 companies, providing capital and resources to the entrepreneurs. The companies marked with * received multi-chapter and/or multiple fundings.

2004 Keiretsu Forum Portfolio Companies:

1.	Mentura, Inc. * ¹ (follow on investment)	www.mentura.com
2.	Rivet North America, Inc.	www.rivetequipped.com
3.	Giant Mobile	www.mobilegreetings.com
4.	Next Sport/Quadcarver	www.quadcarver.com
5.	McDowell Corporation * ² Somerset Apts. & Terra del Sol (2 funding events)	n/a
6.	Job Ranch, Inc.	www.jobranch.com
7.	Equipment Leasing Company (name not disclosed)	not disclosed
8.	Vapore, Inc.	www.vapore.com
9.	Hydration Technologies, Inc.	www. hydration tech.com
10.	Access Medical Card Providers	www.AccessMedicalCard.com
11.	Airtrax	www.airtrax.com
12.	Zoom Systems	www.zoomsystems.com
13.	Genesis Electronics	www.genesiselectronics.net
14.	Cannuflow * ³	www.cannuflow.com
15.	Airtreks * ⁴	www.airtreks.com
16.	Digital Map Products * ⁵	www.DigitalMapProducts.com
17.	Voice Genesis, Inc. * ⁶	www.voicegenesis.com
18.	Investor Mortgage Holdings (IMH) * ⁷	www.mortgageholdings.com
19.	ScanlanKemperBard (5 funding events) * ⁸	www.scanlankemperbard.com
20.	Chronix Biomedical * ⁹	www.chronixbiomedical.com
21.	Chasma Interactive Publishing	www.chasma.com
22.	Nano C	www.Nano-C.com
23.	B*tweens	www.beaconstreetgirls.com
24.	SmartCells, Inc. * ¹⁰	www.smartinsulin.com
25.	Vasc-Alert	www. vasc - alert .com
26.	CalbaTech	www.calbatech.com
27.	SaskAlta	www.saskalta.com
28.	Eric Technologies	www.ericcorp.ca
29.	Broadband iTV, Inc.	www.BBiTV.com
30.	Fortesque	n/a

Summary:
35 funding events in 2004
30 companies (SKB: 5 fundings and McDowell Properties: 2 fundings)
10 multi-chapter and/or multiple fundings

Northern California : 20
Westlake : 6
Boston : 6
Calgary : 4

Chicago : 3
Long Beach : 2
Hawaii : 1

2004 Company Fundings per Chapter

Northern California
1. Mentura
2. Rivet North America
3. Giant Mobile
4. NextSport
5. McDowell Corporation
6. Job Ranch
7. Aquarius Equipment Finance, Inc.
8. Vapore, Inc.
9. Hydration Technologies
10. Access Medical Card Providers
11. Airtrax
12. Zoom Systems
13. Cannuflow ( East Bay & Silicon Valley )
14. Airtreks
15. Digital Map Products
16. Voice Genesis
17. IMH
18. SKB
19. Chronix
20. Genesis Electronics

Westlake
1. Airtreks
2. Digital Map Products
3. Voice Genesis
4. IMH
5. SKB
6. Chronix

Boston
1. Chronix
2. Chasma Interactive Publishing
3. Nano C
4. B*tweens
5. SmartCells
6. Fortesque

Calgary
1. Airtreks
2. Chronix
3. SaskAlta
4. Eric Technologies

Chicago
1. IMH
2. SmartCells
3. Vasc-Alert

Long Beach
1. Digital Map Products
2. CalbaTech

Hawaii
1.Broadband iTV