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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
[Application No. 99000129]

 

Novus Ventures, L.P.; Filing of an Application for a License To 
Operate as a Small Business Investment Company

    Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with the 
Small Business Administration (SBA) pursuant to Section 107.102 of the 
Regulations governing small business investment companies (13 CFR 
107.102 (1994)) by Novus Ventures, L.P., 20111 Stevens Creek Boulevard, 
Suite 130, Cupertino, California 95014 for a license to operate as a 
small business investment company (SBIC) under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, as amended, (15 U.S.C. et. seq.), and the Rules 
and Regulations promulgated thereunder. Novus Ventures, L.P. is a 
limited partnership formed under Delaware law. Its principal area of 
operation is in the San Francisco Bay area cities such as, San 
Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, 
San Jose, Milpitas, and Fremont. The Applicant also expects to explore 
business opportunities in Southern California, and may occasionally 
make investments outside the state of California. Novus Ventures, L.P. 
will be managed by DT Associates, a Delaware limited partnership, 
located at 20111 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 130, Cupertino, 
California 95014. The following limited partners will own 10 percent or 
more of the proposed SBIC:

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                                                              Percentage
                            Name                                  of    
                                                              ownership 
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Dan Tompkins...............................................         29.8
Stephen Sheafor/Cindy Lindsay..............................         10.9
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    The Applicant will begin operations with an initial capitalization 
of approximately $5.1 million. The Applicant will make investments in 
the field of information technology. Most investments will be in 
relatively early stage companies. The Applicant may occasionally 
finance start-up businesses, but generally will look for companies that 
have completed the development of a product and are engaged in the 
early marketing phase of the product. The Applicant will typically be 
involved in the company's first round of formal venture capital 
financing and will obtain a major voice in issues such as financing 
terms and the makeup of the company's Board of Directors. The Applicant 
will usually co-invest with other venture capital funds.
    Matters involved in SBA's consideration of the application include 
the general business reputation and character of the proposed owners 
and management, and the probability of successful operations of the new 
SBIC under their management, including profitability and financial 
soundness in accordance with the Act and Regulations.
    Notice is hereby given that any person may, not later than 15 days 
from the date of publication of this Notice, submit written comments on 
the proposed SBIC to the Associate Administrator for Investment, Small 
Business Administration, 409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.
    A copy of this Notice will be published in a newspaper of general 
circulation in San Francisco Bay Area of California.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs No. 59.011, Small 
Business Investment Companies)

    Dated: September 7, 1994.
Robert D. Stillman,
Associate Administrator for Investment.
[FR Doc. 94-22678 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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