December 1999

November 1999
  • DoughNET launches major TV campaign.
  • MyPoints.com's Web Reach jumps 25% in November to become Number One among top shopping sites for visitor frequency.
  • iSyndicate holds Syndication Summit in New York City.
October 1999 September 1999
  • iSyndicate launches $5 million print, radio and Internet advertising campaign.
  • Access Media raises Series B Preferred financing which added General Atlantic Partners and Sequoia Capital to the investor group.
August 1999
  • Labrador announces intention to raise Labrador Ventures IV, LP targeted at $60 million.
  • MyPoints.com goes public with a successful IPO raising $40 million.
  • DoughNET appears in "Cyberscope" section of Newsweek's April 9th issue.
  • FamilyPoint acquired by iVillage.
  • Labrador leads a $3.0 million first round financing in StartSmart.
  • DoughNet was profiled in a favorable write-up in Technologic Partners' ComputerLetter's August 2nd issue.
  • Infogear's iPhone featured in a favorable write-up in Wired Magazine's September issue.
July 1999
  • Digital Impact completes $10.2 million Series C Preferred financing.
  • Modulus Software changes its name to The eCompany Network.
  • Sonic Innovations raises $5.4 million in new capital.
  • Infogear wins the Best New Hardware and Best New Technology awards at the Retail Xchange show.
June 1999
  • Labrador holds its annual meeting for its limited partners at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in San Francisco.
  • Abuzz, Inc. acquired by the New York Times.
  • Citizen 1 Software merged with publicly traded MediRisk for a combination of cash and stock to form Caredata.com (NASDAQ: CDCM)
  • Convoy Corporation was acquired by New Era Networks (NASDAQ: NEON).
  • InfoGear raises $12.8 million in a Series B Preferred financing which added Cisco and Intel to the investor group.
  • Internet Devices acquired by Alcatel for $180 million.
  • ISyndicate raises $14 million in a Series E Preferred round which added Vignette, Hambrecht & Quist and InfoSpace.com to the investor group.
  • Labrador leads a $1.8 million Series B Preferred financing in FamilyPoint.
  • Visto raises $31 million in a Series D Preferred financing which added Compaq Computer and Network Associates to the investor group.
May 1999
  • Labrador co-sponsors Wilson Sonsini’s Silicon Valley Entrepreneur’s Conference.
  • DoughNET raises $7.3 million in a Series C Preferred financing which added Mayfield and Maveron to the investor group.
  • Philippe Kahn invests in and becomes Chairman of Ensemble Solutions.
  • Labrador makes its first investment in HomePortfolio when it joins the $20 million Series C Preferred round.
  • MyPoints.com registers for its Initial Public Offering.
  • Labrador leads a $1.0 million first round investment in SavingsTime.
April 1999
  • Labrador leads a $1.5 million first round investment in Eba Systems.
  • ISyndicate raises $1.5 million in a Series D Preferred financing from Labrador and Scripps Ventures.
  • MyPoints.com raises $10 million in a Series E Preferred financing which added Technology Crossover Ventures to the investor group.
  • Labrador joins Internet Capital Group in a $5.5 million first round investment in United Messaging.
March 1999
  • DoughNET raises $1.5 million in a Series B Preferred financing.
  • Labrador leads a $2.0 million first round investment in iVendor.

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