and ScheringPlough Inc. The model was Morgan Stanley Dean Witters The Internet Report, an early overview of the smallest of small tech.

Lux Capital will begin taking orders from others in several weeks. About the book, DePuy said, Josh has studied the space lot and hes figured the space out. The Internet Report by Mary Meeker and Chris DePuy set Morgan Stanley up as the thought leader in the Internet space, said Wolfe, We want to establish Lux as thought leader and early mover in nanotechnology. Nanotech will permeate through many different industries the way the Internet did and will create an investment mania, said DePuy, whose positive comments on the book a marvelous piece of work appear on its cover.

Hes doing heck of lot more for the space than other investors and he ought to be recognized for it. Lux, with modest 50 million at its disposal, isnt alone in recognizing the opportunities in VC. The book is currently available only to the investment community and sells for 4,750. sells hundreds of tons of zinc oxide to BASF Inc. Lux has yet to make an investment in nanotechnology, but has made several in artificial intelligence, information security and wireless applications. Buckyballs and carbon nanotubes are the famous, but high manufacturing costs have prohibited widescale use.

for use in suntan lotions. Lux Capital will begin taking orders from others in several weeks. DePuy is general partner of Bowman Capital, laterstage Silicon Valley VC firm that has yet to make its first investment in nanotechnology. The Internet Report by Mary Meeker and Chris DePuy set Morgan Stanley up as the thought leader in the Internet space, said Wolfe, We want to establish Lux as thought leader and early mover in nanotechnology.

There are four major areas for institutional investors materials, modeling, measurement and manipulation. Nanotechnology involves building from the atomic scale up, which opens up range of new materials with new and exotic properties.

Last year, there were more than 1,800 and there will be more than 3,000 this year.

Wolfe said second book, at least six months away, will focus on nanobiotechnology. There are four major areas for institutional investors materials, modeling, measurement and manipulation. Nanotechnology involves building from the atomic scale up, which opens up range of new materials with new and exotic properties. And, despite its hefty price tag, the purpose of the ninemonth project was not to generate revenue for Lux, but to raise awareness of the new firm as one that understands nanotechnology, Wolfe said.

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