***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2001
"THE WIRELESS INTERNET: HOW TO PLAY 'THE NEXT BIG THING'"
By Mr. Greg Galanos, Managing Director, SOFTBANK Venture Capital
5:00 - 7:00p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00p.m. Open to the Public

Greg Galanos, Principal Managing Director at SOFTBANK Venture Capital, will focus his Pub Talk on upcoming trends in the wireless space. In the U.S., less than 500,000 people use wireless web capabilities on their phones or PDAs. In comparison, over 7 million European and Japanese users go online using their web-enabled phones. What is holding Americans, supposably the forefront of technology, back? Mr. Galanos will also brief Pub attendees on what VCs are looking for in terms of metrics for in this area.

ABOUT SOFTBANK VENTURE CAPITAL SOFTBANK

Venture Capital (http://www.sbvc.com) is a $1.5 billion venture capital fund focused primarily on early-stage Internet companies. SOFTBANK VC's managing directors are all experienced technology leaders with prior operating experience as founders of early-stage companies, senior managers of major technology corporations, and leaders in investment banking. SOFTBANK VC's past and current portfolios include public Internet companies such as Critical Path, E*TRADE, E-LOAN, GeoCities, Interliant, MessageMedia, Net2Phone, Support.com and Buy.com.