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vWise Inc. Completes Series
B Funding;
Launches
Interactive Video Service for 401(k) Providers
SEPT 5, 2007 - ALISO VIEJO
CA - vWise, Inc. announced today
it has successfully completed a Series B funding, raising an
undisclosed amount from a group of private investors.
The company will use the proceeds to launch and promote SmartPlan
Enterprise.
SmartPlan Enterprise is designed to give 401(k) participants
an easy-to-use interface for plan enrollment and management. It's
interactive video-based interface is ideal for helping the average
investor better understand how a 401(k) works, and the various financial
products and services available through the plan.
"vWIse has enjoyed remarkable success in the past
year, including a successful partnership with Citistreet (now ING)
and Harrah's Entertainment," remarked
vWise CEO Tony Mingo. "Newman & Wells
has guided us the entire way, and with the fresh capital we look
forward to expanding on that success and growing our business significantly."
About vWise
vWise is a leading developer of rich-media internet applications
based upon its E3 (that's E-Cubed) architecture. Its SmartPlan suite,
which serves the defined contribution markets, and its SmartHealth
solution, which serves the employee benefits market, use a proprietary
mix of video and interactive technologies to help people better understand
complex information and make personalized choices. Learn
more about vWise at www.vwise.com.
About Newman & Wells
Newman & Wells offers early-stage and high-growth companies access to a unique
blend of professional services — including finance, marketing, legal, and
operations — to help them grow smarter. To learn more, contact managing
partner Gregory Newman.
This news release includes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of known and
unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual
results or outcomes to be materially different from those anticipated
and discussed herein. These include the company's historic lack of
profitability, end-use customers' acceptance and actual demand, which
may differ significantly from expectations, the need for the company
to manage its growth, the need to raise funds for operations, and
other risks associated with the regulation the Internet and the telecommunications
industry. Additional discussion of these and other factors affecting
the company's business and prospects is contained in the company's
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |