Investing in Early stage
mainly investing in Sweden or Scandinavian
SEED Capital
From Seed Capital website:
"- The newly developed product must be in an attractive market segment that is potentially large, rapidly increasing, or undergoing major restructuring, making new markets for the mentioned product possible.
- - The product is highly innovative and has a remarkable and continuing competitiveness.
- - The technology is an epoch-making discovery, and the company has preferably patented the discovery.
- - The company is highly scalable and the model of income has a significant chance of generating extensive growth and, in time, obtaining considerable profitability.
- - The investment has potential for a full exit. 45256155.
- - There should always be more than one exit option.
- - The evaluation of the company looks favorable compared to the existing market conditions.
- - In each aspect of the investment, the key persons in the company and other stakeholders must have a strong win-win attitude, even under stressed conditions.
- If you would like to know more about our investment criteria, you are welcome to contact us by phone"
Emano
Emano is a venture capital company. We invest in early development stages and work very actively with the company for typically 4-7 years.
We focus on two areas where Emano has a strong competence and experience and where there is internationally recognized competence in academia and industry in North Sweden:
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Communications technology and software
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Green industry and energy high-technology""""
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
""Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers are passionately committed to helping our portfolio companies succeed. We know that it takes more than solid financial support to get a company off the ground - we help make things happen. We deeply believe that teams win.""
""We invest in early-stage and breakthrough ventures that have the promise to create new market opportunities.""
Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investment program, is one of the largest worldwide corporate venture programs investing in the technology segment.
DFJ Gotham Ventures
"DFJ Gotham Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City focused primarily on investments in information technology startups based in the Northeast U.S. and Israel.
RRE Ventures
Information technology venture capital, New York based. Also Financial services venture capital.
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY:
From RRE website:
"RRE generally invests between $5-10 million in early to mid-stage privately held information technology companies. We typically seek U.S. domiciled enterprises that are completing product development and beginning to offer their products or services to a rapidly expanding and quantifiably large market. Of particular interest are companies that serve or partner with the Fortune 500."
Crossbar Capital
From Crossbar Capital website:
"Crossbar Capital in a venture capital fund investing in Software, Internet and Technology Enabled Services companies.
We look for companies with the potential to seize market leading positions through technical innovation that establishes new market segments, or by implementing business models that fundamentally disrupt the competitive dynamic within existing large markets."
Creandum
Venrock
From Venrok's website:
" The Venrock Investment Focus Venrock investments span information technology, healthcare, media and energy sectors. While opportunities are viewed individually, elements common to all of our investments include:
- - Capable management teams with an entrepreneurial vision, drive, and pertinent experience
- - Products which address dynamic markets with high growth rates and substantial size
- - Leading edge or breakthrough technology with a proprietary and/or a leadership position
- - Thoughtful assessment of the risks of the target market sector and those inherent in early stage companies
We prefer to work with entrepreneurs and their enterprises in their earliest form. The majority of Venrock investments are seed or first round, and range from investments of a couple hundred thousand to $10 million or more. Second round investments are considered where there is demonstrated progress toward market leadership."
New York Angels, Inc.
Angels typically invest between $25,000 and $100,000 per transaction individually, and from $250,000 to $750,000 as a group. They invest in one to four transactions per year. On average, angels are patient, with an average term for holding an investment of eight years. For the risk and added value they provide, angels seek returns of at least ten times their investment.
Atomico
Atomico is a risk capital group.
We are entrepreneurs with a global perspective who invest our own capital in passionate entrepreneurs with powerful ideas.
Through our experience building Skype, Joost and Kazaa, we understand the value of game-changing business models and have created a worldwide ecosystem to help accelerate the growth of the companies in which we invest.http://www.atomico.com/
Litorina Kapital
Litorina Kapital is a Swedish private equity firm that since 1998 invests in Nordic, primarily Swedish, privately held companies in the lower end of the mid-market. Investments are not limited to specific industries.
Focus was initially on providing expansion capital to growth companies but since 2002 Litorina is focused on acquiring and growing small and mid sized companies.
SAC Capital
one of the world's leading public/private investment funds;
SAC is a multi-strategy, private asset management firm founded by Steven A. Cohen in 1992 with 9 employees and $25 million in assets under management. As of September 2007, the firm has grown to over 800 employees with approximately $14 billion in assets under management.
MDV - Mohr Davidow Ventures
the venture firm behind such leading companies as Rambus, Epigram, FormFactor, and Agile Software
MDV is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in innovative entrepreneurs with deep expertise in energy and materials, Internet services;
Meritech Capital
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later stage information and medical technology companies
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later stage information and medical technology companies
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Shasta Ventures
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$250,000 to $6 million
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Trident Capital
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- Early stage
- Expansion stage
- Buyout
- Spinout
- Recapitalization
Norwest Venture Partners
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- Semiconductor & Components
- Systems
- Communications
- Enterprise
- Software
- Application Software
- Infrastructure Software
- Services
- Communications
- Infrastructure
- Business Services
- Consumer Internet and Media
- Internet Services
- Consumer Technology
- Media
Mayfield Fund
khosla ventures
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from seed to late stage
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from $100,000 to $20MM
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Castile Ventures
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Capital Resource Partners
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growth companies with proven business model
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Canaan Partners
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technology and healthcare
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CambridgeLight Partners
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seed and early stage
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Boston Millennia Partners
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healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, and information technology industries
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Early Stage
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Boston Capital Ventures
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Bessemer Venture Partners
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Boston Ventures
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Battery Ventures
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across the U.S. and in Canada, Israel, India, China, and Europe.
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Internet & Digital Media; Financial Services & Tech-Enabled Businesses; Clean Tech & Advanced Materials; Software; Semiconductors & Components; Infrastructure Technologies; and Communication Services.
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from seed to later stage
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Seaport Capital
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Axiom Venture Partners
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United States in early or late stage companies.
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High Technology which includes Communications, Software, Internet Infrastructure and Information Technology. Biotechnology constitutes the second area.
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Axiom Venture Partners
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United States in early or late stage companies.
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High Technology which includes Communications, Software, Internet Infrastructure and Information Technology. Biotechnology constitutes the second area.
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Atlas Venture
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U.S. and Europe
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technology and life sciences
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Early Stage
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Ascent Venture Partners
Industry: Targeted high-growth IT
Stage: Early
Geography: Eastern United States
Capital needs: $2M to $8M initial round
Arete Corporation
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Early Stage
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$500,000 to $3,000,000
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Ampersand Ventures
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SMC
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Alta Communications
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media and telecommunications industries
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Target later-stage opportunities, but will consider early-stage investments (particularly across media segments).
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$8 MM to $40 MM
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Advent International Corporation
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* Business Services & Financial Services
* Retail & Consumer
* Technology | Media | Telecoms
* Healthcare & Life Sciences
* Industrial
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later-stage investments (buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity)
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Advanced Technology Ventures
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3i
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The Carlyle Group
Carlyle engages in buyout, technology, real estate and leveraged finance transactions.
NEVN
http://www.nevnweb.com
Founded in 1999, NEVN is an organization dedicated to fostering relationships among young Venture Capitalists in New England.
list of VC
- 3i
- Advanced Technology Ventures
- Advent International Corporation
- Alta Communications
- Ampersand Ventures
- Arete Corporation
- Ascent Venture Partners
- Atlas Venture
- Axiom Venture Partners, L.P.
- BancBoston Ventures
- Battery Ventures
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- Boston Capital Ventures
- Boston Millennia Partners
- CambridgeLight Partners
- Canaan Partners
- Capital Resource Partners
- Castile Ventures
- CB Health Ventures, L.L.C.
- CEI Ventures, Inc./Coastal Ventures, L.P.
- Charles River Ventures
- Citizens Capital, Inc.
- Claflin Capital Management, Inc.
- Collinson Howe & Lennox L.L.C.
- Comdisco Ventures
- Commonwealth Capital Ventures
- Community Technology Fund
- Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
- Conning Capital Partners
- e.Lilly Venture Fund
- Endeavor Capital Management
- Fidelity Ventures
- Grace Internet Capital, L.L.C.
- Great Hill Equity Partners
- Greylock
- The Grosvenor Funds
- Grove Street Advisors
- HarbourVest Partners, LLC
- HealthCare Ventures, L.L.C.
- Highland Capital Partners
- HLM Management Company
- Housatonic Partners
- Infineon Ventures
- Inflection Point Ventures
- JAFCO Ventures
- Lancet Capital
- Landmark Partners Inc.
- Lee Munder Venture Partners
- Lighthouse Capital Partners
- Longworth Venture Partners, L.P.
- Matrix Partners
- MDT Advisers, Inc.
- Mediphase Venture Partners
- Morgenthaler
- MPM Capital
- Needham Capital Partners
- North Bridge Venture Partners
- North Hill Ventures, L.P.
- Oak Investment Partners
- OneLiberty Ventures
- Oxford Bioscience Partners
- POD Holding
- Polaris Venture Partners
- Prism Venture Partners
- Salix Ventures
- Saugatuck Capital Company
- Schroder Ventures Life Sciences
- Seaflower Ventures
- SI Ventures
- Sigma Partners
- Silicon Valley BancVentures
- Solstice Capital
- Spray Venture Partners
- St. Paul Venture Capital
- Summit Partners
- TA Associates, Inc.
- Thomas Weisel Partners
- Ticonderoga Capital
- Trident Capital
- TSG Equity Partners, L.L.C.
- Tullis-Dickerson & Co., Inc.
- TVM Techno Venture Management
- U.S. Trust Private Equity
- Venrock Associates
- The Venture Capital Fund of New England
- Venture Investment Management Company, L.L.C.
- Weston Presidio
- YankeeTek Ventures
TIME Vision
Website: http://www.timevision.nu/
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Commonwealth Capital Ventures
Website: http://www.ccvlp.com/
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USA
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Software, Communications and Instrumentation
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early-stage
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NEA
Website: http://www.nea.com/
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"We invest in great companies around the world and have a specific focus in China and India. "
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Information Technology, Healthcare and Energy Technology
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SoftBank Capital
Website: http://www.softbank.com
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Brummer & Partners
Website: http://www.brummer.se/
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Wellington Partners
Website: http://www.wellington-partners.com
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Europe
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Technology and Life Sciences
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"up to € 500k in seed, up to €10 million in early stage and up to € 20 million for expansion. "
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"up to € 500k in seed, up to €10 million in early stage and up to € 20 million for expansion. "
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Pod Venture Partners
Website: http://www.podholding.com/
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Northzone
Website: http://www.northzone.com
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Nordic Capital
Website: http://www.nordiccapital.com/
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Nomura
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http://www.nomura.com/europe/services/private_equity/index.shtml
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NAXS
Website: http://www.naxs.se/private-equity/
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Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP")
Website: http://www.mdcp.com
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Innovacom Venture Capital
Website: http://www.innovacom.com/
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Industri Kapital
Website: http://www.industrikapital.com
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"€50-150 million and we seek majority control in the businesses we acquire."
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Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Benelux countries, France and Germany.
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"€50-150 million and we seek majority control in the businesses we acquire."
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Index Ventures
Website: http://www.indexventures.com/
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information technology and the life sciences
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Eqvitec Partners
Website: http://www.eqvitec.fi/
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EQT
Website: http://www.eqt.se
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CIMON
Website: http://www.cimon.se/
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biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical equipment and technology.
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seed and early-stage
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Centrecourt
Website: http://www.centrecourt.se
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Brainspark
Website: http://www.brainspark.com/
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"Geographic location is not important insofar it doesn’t prevent the ability to manage the investment and implement an effective exit strategies."
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Information & Communication Technology (I&CT)
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"early stage, but also consider first rounds together with other Institutional investors"
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Blackstone
Website: http://www.blackstone.com/private_equity
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Benchmark Capital
Website: http://www.benchmark.com/
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early-stage investing
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"as little as $100,000 to as much as $10 or $15 million."
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Argnor Wireless Ventures
Website: http://www.argnor.com/
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Amymone
Website: http://www.amymone.se/
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Amadeus Capital Partners
Website: http://www.amadeuscapital.com/
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UK
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seed stage technology companies
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seed stage technology companies
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Altor
Website: http://www.altor.com/
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Alta Berkeley
Website: http://www.altaberkeley.com/
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communications and computing technology
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Affärsstrategerna
Website:
http://www.astrateg.se
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Life Science
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Early Stage
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ACCEL
Website: http://www.accel.com
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Småföretagsinvest - SFI
Website:
http://www.smafi.se/
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SFI invests in small and medium sized enterprises. Essential investment criteria include growth potential, stability, profitability and market position.
Geographic Focus
Sweden
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Focused companies with established markets that are introducing a new technique or are in a phase of change of ownership
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Companies with a proven business idea and a turn-over on 2 M€ to 25 M€
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Sequoia Capital
Website: http://www.sequoiacap.com/
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| Seed Stage | $100K - $1M |
| Early Stage | $1M - $10M |
| Growth Stage | $10M - $50M |
Index Ventures
Website: http://www.indexventures.com
Investment Focus
Geographic Focus
Europe.
Outside of Europe, they co-invest with proven, local venture capitalists with whom they have long-standing working relationships and in companies seeking a value-added European investor to complement their local investor base.
Sectors
They focus on investing in information technology and life sciences.
Preferred Stage of Investment
Their initial investment focus is on series A and B rounds. They also like to participate in follow-on investments at later stages for companies that successfully execute their business plans.
Investment Size
typical investment size: $3 to $10 million although they sometimes invest as little as $500,000 in seed rounds.
Number of Investments
Currently they are investing at a rate of between 6 and 10 new investments a year. They also make follow-on investments in companies already within our portfolio.
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