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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2000

vFinance.com, the web's Financial Opportunity Exchange(TM), has
announced the launch of AngelSearch(TM), an online wealth
identification tool designed to help growing businesses pinpoint
America's wealthiest individuals as potential sources for
investment. The tool also represents a new era in lead generation for
direct marketers. How does it work?

Unlike other angel search sites where searches can cost over $400,
AngelSearch(TM) is inexpensive and requires no bothersome
registration.  For as little as 50 cents per record, AngelSearch(TM)
delivers contact information on wealthy individuals by industry
experience, net worth and geography. . . drilled down to zip code
level. The tool is built around sophisticated prospecting technology
which identifies high net worth individuals through advanced data
mining technology.

"With access to over 80,000 Angels, entrepreneurs can now pinpoint
potential investors by prior investments in similar companies and then
cross-reference by geography," according to Tim Mahoney, Chairman of
vFinance.com. "With the addition of AngelSearch we now offer
entrepreneurs and CEO's unrestricted online access to the industry's
most powerful financing tools, including databases of America's
wealthy investors, leading VC firms and private lenders."

As a complementary feature, vFinance.com also gives high net worth
investors the ability to be preferentially listed, thereby enabling
them (on a confidential basis) to receive deals directly from
entrepreneurs and start-up companies.

AngelSearch(TM)can be found on the web at: www.vfinance.com