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Those that returned < 1X.

(the good news is that just two of my winners on the previous page exceeded the sum total of all of the losers below. The bad news is that I already know that some of the ones on the previous page will be joining this list.)

In chronological order.

  • Net2TV (7/12) (www.net2television.com)
  • TrickPlay (1/11) (Smart TV software) (www.trickplay.com)
  • Aereo, Inc., (f.k.a. Bamboom, f.k.a. Bamboo Entertainment) (10/10) (www.Aereo.com)
  • CeLight (10/09) (Incubating telecommunication & homeland security technologies)(www.celight.com)
  • Mr. Number (7/08) (f.k.a. SkyDeck)(Caller ID, reverse lookup and contact backup for mobile phones)(www.mrnumber.com)
  • LiveScribe, Inc. (10/07) (Innovative note-taking pen/system) (www.livescribe.com)
  • CalStar (8/07) (Eco-friendly cement) (www.calstarproducts.com)
  • Blip Networks, Inc. (5/07) (Internet video distribution Site) (www.Blip.tv)
  • Intelligent Medical Devices (4/07) (Disease diagnostics) (www.IntelligentMD.com)
  • Network Physics ('00) (Telecom equipment) (www.NetworkPhysics.com) (Sold to OPNET Technologies 10/07)
  • New.net, Inc. ('01) (Anything.anything, other domain resolution functions) (Merged w/Vendare, Connexus, NetBlue then Epic Advertising) (www.epicdirectnetwork.com)
  • LookLike.com ('00)
  • Smartshop ('00) (Bought by CNET)
  • IdeaLab ('00) (World's most successful incubator) (Sold stake back to co in 2004)
  • DotCast ('99) (Data delivery via broadcast analog. Used by Disney/ABC for MovieBeam) (www.dotcast.com)1
  • PayTrust/Secure Commerce Services Inc. ('99) (Online bill presentment) bought by Metavante, a sub of Marshall & Isley Corp. (symbol: MI)
  • Jovial Test Equipment ('99) (Cheap Electronic Time Domain Reflectometry (ETDR) test equipment)2
  • VM Labs/Nuon ('99) (Technology licensor enabling DVD players to play games)1
  • Into Networks ('99) (fka Arepa) (Enables game play over cable modems and xDSL)2
  • Frontera ('99) (fka Homepage.com Inc.)
  • Myhome.com ('99)
  • Paymybills.com ('99) (Online bill presentment) (Merged with Paytrust)
  • SameDay.com ('99) (fka Shipper.com)
  • ClickRadio ('99)
  • Utility.com ('99)
  • SendMail ('98) (E-mail server software) (www.SendMail.com)
  • MaMaMedia (5/98) (Children's web content)
  • Axicon Technologies, LLC ('97) (Gear design research & licensing) (shut down 2004. Over-reliance on $80M contract from Segway that was not performed on.)
  • eCall (spun off from Peoplelink in '97) (Telephone chat svc. for online chatters)
  • Broadband Innovations ('97) (fka MCSI) (Upconverters and modulators for HFC) (was on BoD) (Sold to Motorola 12/05)2
  • tvCompass (f.k.a. Evolve Products) ('97) (Advanced remote controls) (Sold to Logitech 11/09)1
  • Geobiotics ('96) (Gold ore refining using microbes) (www.Geobiotics.com)
  • Peoplelink ('96) (Web-based buddy list) (Shut down 2004)
  • OneMultimedia ('95) (VoD vendor run by Pat Antaki)
  • Memorex/Telex ('89) (Former employer's LBO)
  • Concept Communications ('88) (Video teleconferencing system)
  • Travelmation ('87) (Online travel agency)
  • Censtor ('86) (Perpendicular magnetic disk drive media and heads)
1 Interactive TV or VoD-related
2 Cable, but not ITV/VoD