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Trinity Ventures Promotes Patricia Nakache to General Partner, Jim Tybur to Principal

Representatives of Trinity Ventures, a leading investor in early-stage information technology companies, announced the promotions of Patricia Nakache to General Partner and Jim Tybur to Principal. Nakache joined Trinity Ventures in 1999 and has helped lead the firm's Internet Services practice. She currently sits on the boards of directors of three Trinity Ventures portfolio companies, including Jobster, an online recruiting service, and PayScale, an online compensation information service. She has also been an active board observer at LoopNet, which launched a $42 million IPO in June, and MyNewPlace.

Prior to joining Trinity, Nakache worked in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and was a freelance writer for Fortune Magazine. She holds an AB in Physics and Chemistry from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Tybur joined Trinity Ventures in November 2004 as an Associate. He focuses on investments in Trinity's Internet and Software sectors. He is actively involved as a board observer on three Trinity Ventures portfolio companies: Bix.com, ScanR, and Tippit.

Tybur came to Trinity from Symantec where he worked on the corporate strategy and business development team. Prior to Symantec, Jim held operating roles at PolyServe, a venture backed infrastructure software company. He also worked at About.com and with the Boston Consulting Group in Singapore where he helped launch several ecommerce companies. He holds a BS in Systems Engineering from University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Aggregator Television Attracts ₤9 Million From 3i, Amadeus and Intel Capital

3i, Amadeus Capital Partners and Intel Capital are co-leading a ₤9 million (US$16.6 million) Series A financing round for London-based digital TV operator Aggregator Limited. The funding will be used to roll out a series of products over the next two years.

Aggregator, founded in 2005, with seed investment from Amadeus Capital Partners, has since its inception developed some innovative TV propositions and secured a substantial content portfolio. The company now plans to launch a range of TV-over-broadband (TVoBB) services to the PC, which will target specific, underserved audiences in Autumn 2006. Aggregator will deploy an extended service planned for launch in early 2007, when it will integrate its programming with Freeview, the UK's fastest growing TV platform, and make its services available on TV.

Aggregator's TVoBB services will create a new UK pay-TV platform, serving multiple devices including PCs and hybrid set-top boxes. Aggregator's on-demand broadband services allow the delivery of niche content to ethnic and special interest communities that are currently underserved by the television market and are willing to pay for specialist TV services.