UPSIDE's Hot 100 Private Companies
by Upside Editors
May 15, 2000

Too hot to touch? Movers and shakers?

The companies that will fuel the Nasdaq's eventual run over the 6,000 level? The pain in Alan Greenspan's... planning? No matter what you call them, our hot 100 companies are going to make a difference in the U.S. economy.

For the fifth year, UPSIDE's editors are putting their reputations on the line, predicting which companies are among the hottest in an already hot marketplace. Big deal, you say: Turn loose a hundred monkeys in a room full of market research and they can do the same thing with enough time.

Given today's market for public offerings, we'll admit that the demands of our task would be less difficult, if predicting were our only goal. But identifying companies likely to succeed in reaching public equity markets is but one of the criteria that we set for ourselves in picking what we consider to be the "best of breed" companies from among hundreds of potential winners.

We, together with our 100-plus judges, also look for companies that are likely to withstand the test of time, not just their IPOs: Companies likely to become the blue-chip stocks of the new economy. Companies that have identified niches that they, and we, believe they will be able to exploit. Companies that have spent several years developing technologies that will bring useful innovation to business. And finally, companies with management teams capable of leading these fledgling firms for years to come.

We feel confident that the 100 we have identified are among the best young companies in the world and among the best from within their fields of endeavor. We hope our recognition of them will encourage their development and help them to become long-lasting members of the technology and business communities. We believe that they can play an important role in the ongoing evolution of America's economy, and we wish them luck.

Andale

URL: app.vendio.com
Founded: 1999
Key Executives: Munjal Shah, CEO; Stephanie Schwartz, CFO; Amit Gupta, CTO; Prashant Nedungadi, VP Engineering; Linda Hayes, CMO
Key Investors: Tarrant Venture Partners; Accel Partners; Mohr, Davidow Ventures; Oak Hill Venture Partners; Bowman Capital
Key Alliances: eBay, Intuit
Flagship Product/Service: Andale Auction Management Service
Rounds of Funding: 2

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