In an encouraging sign that the day of the high-flying start-up company might not be completely over, Oracle Hong Kong has announced the launch of Oracle VentureNetwork, a global online community, bringing together entrepreneurs and early stage ventures with supporting businesses and leading venture capital investors.
Through these partners, VentureNetwork offers new companies access to a range of information and resources from business plan composition tools to online contact management with venture capitalists for first round funding operations and management services, such as legal and human resource consultancies and online services that can help entrepreneurs manage day-to-day business operations.
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