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TradingScreen Raises $12 Million in a Series C Funding Round Led by Net Partners Ventures

NEW YORK (June 27, 2005): TradingScreen Inc., the leading provider of multi-product trading platforms with straight-through-processing, today announced that it has secured an additional $12 million in a series C funding round led by top European technology investor Net Partners Ventures.

As a result of a rapidly growing regional and international client base, increased revenues, and the swift development and launch of new service platforms, such as its TS TradeSmart v2.0, TradingScreen has succeeded in inking additional venture capital. Lead investor, Net Partners, has directly financed some of the most successful European and US technology companies, and was one of the first venture funds in Europe to focus on commerce and transaction services companies.

"TradingScreen provides a unique cooperative platform for both the Buy-Side and Sell-Side which brings unprecedented distribution, efficiency, simplicity and transparency to the execution and clearing process for financial transactions," says Phillipe Buhannic, CEO of TradingScreen. "By simplifying the execution of buy-side trading and providing more effective connections to sell-side networks, we offer a value-added solution that will increase share-holder value. TradingScreen's system is designed to provide the infrastructure that enables institutional investors to trade major financial products, around the clock, on any market, with a wide range of counter parties."

"We are enthusiastic about TradingScreen's international success with their TradeSmart platform," says Francois Tison, Managing Director of Net Partners Ventures. "Tradingscreen is currently servicing over 300 hedge funds as well as numerous very large traditional asset managers and private banks with more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management, and we look forward to observing and being part of their continued global expansion."

Michele Appendino, co-founder of Net Partners Ventures added, "The investment in Tradingscreen marks the end of the investment period of our 2000 fund and we are proud to close this fund with such an outstanding company."

With the rising complexity of global trading (e.g., multi-asset trading, multi-broker access, etc), a number of top Wall Street Technology firms are competing to simplify international markets by offering the best user interface for global trading and complete integration into back office systems. TradingScreen has become the system of choice to equip the hedge fund desks and other proprietary trading groups with direct access trading, allowing them to achieve the complex execution management capabilities of large traditional asset managers. TradingScreen's customers include a large proportion of the world's leading hedge funds, traditional asset managers and private bankers, combining more than US$1.65 trillion under management.

The additional capital will be used to fund research and development, increased sales and marketing efforts, and international office expansion to accommodate TradingScreen's remarkable escalation.

ABOUT TRADINGSCREEN
TradingScreen Inc. is accelerating the technical evolution of the financial markets by providing a fully integrated, customer-oriented trading service platform to institutional investors. The proprietary TradingScreen platform links institutional investors and sell side firms together to facilitate order routing, execution management, clearing, and additional value added services, such as real straight through processing and prime brokerage enabling across all asset classes. TradingScreen provides global coverage from offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

ABOUT NET PARTNERS VENTURES
Founded in 1997, Net Partners Ventures was one of the earliest venture capital funds in Europe to begin operations with an exclusive focus on financing seed and early stage Internet, commerce and transaction services companies. Direct venture investments include some of the best known European Internet companies such as BFinance, Yoox, Adomos and Mutui Online.

Net Partners Ventures is known for its hands on and highly entrepreneurial approach to building companies and working closely with entrepreneurs. The firm has emphasized and helped implement both Pan-European and local initiatives in Europe. For more information, please go to www.net-partners.com.

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