[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 70831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20613]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P. License No. 09/79-0454; 
Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business 
Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest

    Notice is hereby given that Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P., 
160 Bovet Road, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94402, a Federal Licensee 
under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (``the 
Act''), in connection with the financing of a small concern, has sought 
an exemption under section 312 of the Act and section 107.730, 
Financings Which Constitute Conflicts of Interest of the Small Business 
Administration (``SBA'') Rules and Regulations (13 CFR 107.730). 
Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P. proposes to provide equity/debt 
security financing to Ketera Technologies, Inc. (``Ketera''), 3965 
Freedom Circle, 16th Floor, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The financing is 
contemplated for working capital and general corporate purposes.
    The financing is brought within the purview of Sec.  107.730(a)(1) 
of the Regulations because Emergence Capital Partners, L.P. and 
Emergence Capital Associates, L.P., all Associates of Emergence Capital 
Partners SBIC, L.P., own more than ten percent of Ketera, and therefore 
Ketera is considered an Associate of Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, 
L.P. as detailed in Sec.  107.50 of the Regulations.
    Notice is hereby given that any interested person may submit 
written comments on the transaction to the Associate Administrator for 
Investment, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 Third Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20416.

    Dated: November 9, 2006.
Harry S. Haskins,
Acting Associate Administrator for Investment.
 [FR Doc. E6-20613 Filed 12-5-06; 8:45 am]
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