Onvia.com, a destination site for
entrepreneurs, closed on $25 million in a Preferred Series B financing led by
GE Equity.
Venture capital firms Internet Capital Group and Mohr Davidow also
contributed, both of whom were part of Onvia.com’s previous financing rounds.
This round brings Onvia.com’s financing for 1999 to $48 million.
The company
completed a $12 million venture capital round in February, and a secondary
debt round of $11 million in September.
Onvia.com acts as an “online chief operating officer” for business owners by
offering easy access to all the services and products entrepreneurs need to
run their business.
The company said it will use the financing as working
capital and to extend its advertising campaign nationally, continue the
development of small business-focused news and content and add benefits to
the membership program.
“Onvia.com’s high caliber executive team and proven growth-oriented business
plan attracted us,” said Steve Smith, managing director at GE Equity.
“There’s clearly a great deal of competition in this space, but we believe
that Onvia.com is a market leader.”
The company has established supplier relationships with 700 product
manufacturers, and 25 wholesale distributors of products.
