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The Day Ahead: VCs reevaluate their portfolios

...public in December, has been hammered in the business-to-consumer shakeout. Ventro, formerly known as Chemdex, had a nice run, but has been walloped... Read more

30 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Ventro provides global solution for pharmaceutical industry

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7 April, 2000 by silicon.com staff

Top execs quit struggling B2B markets player

Ventro, a leading player in the supposedly booming B2B marketplace sector, is teetering... Read more

21 February, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Yahoo! charged with blocking rivals

...claimed won't impact its neutrality. B2B marketplace vendor Chemdex -- recently renamed Ventro -- expressed less reticence about exclusive partnerships. "Neutrality is a continuum," Ventro president... Read more

1 March, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

The Day Ahead: Everybody wants to be B2B

...had a broad vertical reach. Chemdex, in response, changed its name to Ventro and will leverage its platform to expand into other areas. Chemdex is... Read more

23 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Re:Viewing 2001: B2B takes a step forward... then two back

"Ariba... was jigging and re-jigging CEOs in a fashion that put the Riverdance troupe to shame." Read more

24 December, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

$27m buyout brings B2B player back from the brink

Customers AND a product? How novel... Ventro, one of the original e-marketplace makers, has bought NexPrise in an... Read more

17 July, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

'Only our enemies can save us', says Clarus

...in the B2B market, which has seen the demise of rivals Metiom, Ventro and VerticalNet, means that Clarus can now collaborate with its traditional enemies... Read more

6 June, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Verticalnet results dash profitability hopes

...1m. The disappointing results come in the same week as industry rivals Ventro posted a 30-fold increase in fourth quarter losses. Verticalnet has now... Read more

23 February, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Ariba in the black as competitors see red

...last quarter. Other pure play B2B software competitors, including Clarus, Webmethods and Ventro are all still offering results firmly in the red Read more

15 January, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

How to make money from B2B e-marketplaces

...it all go wrong? Mark Lane, European vice president of marketing with Ventro, the company behind Chemdex and Promedix, said: "We learned that the cost... Read more

10 January, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Two B2B exchanges to go

...announced closure of two exchanges covering chemical and medical products. US-based Ventro is to shut down Chemdex and Promedix at the end of this... Read more

8 December, 2000 by silicon.com staff

Vertical direct procurement e-marketplaces: The next challenge

...addition, online e-marketplaces such as FreeMarkets, manufacturing.net, PurchasePro.com and Ventro, could also be interesting acquisitions, not because of their technology but because... Read more

29 November, 2000 by silicon.com staff

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