Local venture investments

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ MoneyTree Report lists 19 Western Pennsylvania companies that received a total of $161 million in venture-backed funding during the first quarter of 2000. The companies are:

AcceLight Networks Inc.

Allegheny Child Care Inc.

Axicon Technologies

Blood Cell Storage Inc.

Broad Street Communications

Carson Industries

Cellomics Inc.

Demegen Bio Technologies Ltd.

Dormont Technologies

Entigo

InfoSage Inc.

Laurel Networks Inc.

NeoLinear Inc.

Printcafe

Quantapoint Inc.

Spinnaker Networks

Stargate Industries

TechRx Incorporated

Webmedx

Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ MoneyTree Report, www.pwcmoneytree.com