Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth
We are proud to announce the launch of our tenth chapter. Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth held it inaugural meeting on April 13, 2005 in Richardson, TX and is off to a great start.

Keiretsu Forum has chapters in Northern California (East Bay and Silicon Valley), Southern California (Westlake Village, Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach), Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago/Midwest, Boston/New England and Calgary, Canada.

Our network of chapters enables:

1. Support of our portfolio companies and presenting entrepreneurs with equity and resources in different capital markets,
2. Building additional quality deal flow for our members in different geographical locations,
3. Our members enjoy collaborative business and social relationships between chapters,
4. Our chapters contribute towards the economic growth of their geographical location.

In Dallas, we have twenty charter members in the first month of operations. There have been two Keiretsu Forum meetings with nine deals presented. Six deals received investor interest.

We have had two company presentations from the San Francisco Bay Area (one that had raised capital in the East Bay and one that had raised capital in multiple chapters). Three chapters have requested a peep at three of the deals with a view to offering them in those chapters.

The diversity of the deal flow is:
   - Three Medical Devices;
   - One Real Estate Financing;
   - One Healthcare Software;
   - One Consumer Product;
   - One Wine Marketing Company;
   - One Feminine Product; and
   - One Corporate Healthcare.

Referrals have come from Comerica, Bank of America, Silicon Valley Bank, Wells Fargo, The InvestIN Group, Haynes & Boone and several of the local law firms. We would like to thank them for all their support.

Our Keiretsu Forum investment community is strengthened through its involvement in charitable activities. At our second Dallas meeting held on May 11th, we introduced the charitable giving aspect. One guest, Dave Smith of Dallas Laser Dentistry, www.dallaslaserdentistry.com offered a Tooth Whitening session of $870 value that was auctioned off and the proceeds will be sent to the charity of his choice, The American Cancer Society.

Meetings Calendar

All Keiretsu Forum meetings are by invitation only. For more information, please contact Cindy Bailey, Executive Assistant, Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth.

Team

Laurence D. Briggs
Chapter President, Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth
Contact: laurence@keiretsuforum.com

Laurence Briggs is Chapter President of Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth. His industry knowledge includes: financial services, robotics, anti-terrorist devices, metal transformation, medical devices, oil & gas, and staffing services. Mr. Briggs has negotiated 28 acquisitions and raised capital many times. He has founded several companies in Egypt, France and the US. Mr. Briggs is co-founder of the InvestIN Group and has been the CEO since 1995.

Mr. Briggs has advised, among others, Mobil Oil, Colgate-Palmolive Co. and a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. on overseas transactions.

Since 1992 Mr. Briggs is a permanent resident of the US making his home in Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Briggs qualified as a professional accountant at the London School of Accountancy (London University) in the '70s and he is a Fellow of the Sloan Fellowship program - London Business School (London University) 1982/3.

Laurence is an avid supporter and member of the Dallas chapter of The Association for Corporate Growth, the Dallas chapter of TexChange, the Executive Committee of the Dallas chapter of the Dallas Business Forum of Houlihan Lokey, and the Board of Directors of the Matrix Society.

Mr. Briggs speaks English and French fluently.

Mr. Briggs holds the NASD series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses.

Mario Maselli
Entrepreneur Director, Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth
Contact: mario@keiretsuforum.com

Mario Maselli is Entrepreneur Director for Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth. Mr. Maselli is interacting with the entrepreneurs applying for funding, guiding them through the application and qualification process. Mr. Maselli has experience with Momentum Equity Group, LLC a boutique technology investment bank and private equity firm. Previously, Mr. Maselli worked for JP Morgan in London, New York, and Dallas on the fixed income trading floor and later in investment management, specializing in fixed income securities, alternative investments and other technology initiatives. Prior thereto, he also worked for the BMW - Rover Group in Italy.

Mr. Maselli holds a Masters in Economics and Business Law from L.U.I.S.S. University of Rome, Italy, a Master in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University, and attended the Technischen Universitaet Berlin, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and a course at Harvard Business School.

In addition, Mr. Maselli worked on a research paper for STMicroelectronics NV's Lab-on-Chip for DNA amplification and detection, participated in the SMU-COX Venture Capital Practicum with Chisholm Private Capital Partners and is a member of the Dallas chapter of The Association for Corporate Growth.

Mr. Maselli speaks English, Italian and German fluently.

Mr. Maselli holds NASD Series 7, Series 66 (Series 65 & Series 63 combined) securities licenses.

Cindy Bailey
Executive Assistant, Keiretsu Forum Dallas/Fort Worth
Contact: cindy@keiretsuforum.com