S. Ramesh Becomes Advisor for GKM Venture Fund
January 28, 2002, Redondo Beach, CA - Mr. S. Ramesh, President
and Chief Software Architect of Philosopher's Stone Ventures,
was invited to become an advisor for GKM Venture Fund, a
new exciting venture fund supported by the highly respected
GKM investment bank.
GKM Venture Partners is a limited partnership that will
provide accredited investors with an opportunity to invest
in entertainment/new media convergence plays, communications
infrastructure companies, and Internet-related technologies.
The target capitalization of the venture capital fund is
$60 million, with $20 million set to close in the fourth
quarter of 2000. Attracting institutional investors and
high net worth individuals with minimum investments of $500,000,
the fund will leverage GKM's investment banking and research
strengths as well as the firm's wealth of industry relationships.
John Morris, senior vice president at GKM, said, "Ramesh
will be of great value to GKM Venture Fund. Both because
of the advice he can provide in enterprise and Internet
technology, and the bridges that can be built between GKM
and TiE and the Tech Coast Angeles."
Mr. Ramesh is an experienced Chief Technology Officer,
Software Architect and entrepreneur. He has experience in
early stage venture capital, technology incubation, distributed
enterprise computing, biotechnology, telecommunications
and financial software platforms. He currently sits on the
board of five companies in the Internet infrastructure and
enterprise software spaces. He is also a frequent speaker
and panelist on technology investment and early stage funding
in entrepreneurial conferences in southern California.
"The GKM Venture Fund is a new and exciting fund that
has all the support and resources of a well established
technology focused investment bank. I am very honored to
be assisting them in their ventures." stated Mr. Ramesh.
Mr. Ramesh brings over 15 years of technical and business
expertise to the GKM Venture Fund.
For additional information, contact:
Belinda Racasa
Philosopher's Stone Ventures
Telephone: (310) 316-3100
Fax: (310) 316-9500
media@philstone.com
http://www.philstone.com
The Philosopher's Stone is a mythical substance that can
transform lead into gold, and produce the Elixir of Life
that makes the drinker immortal. Philosopher's Stone Ventures,
as a technology incubator, has similar transformative powers:
turning the innovative ideas of our entrepreneurs into successful,
groundbreaking, money-making businesses.
