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Northern Light Technology Inc.
 PROFILE
Named after a particularly speedy 19th-century clipper ship, Northern Light wants to shed some, well, light on searching the Internet. Founded in 1995 by software firm Dataware Technologies (still a minority owner, Dataware now is named LeadingSide), the company claims to have one of the largest indexes of the Internet with more than 330 million Web pages from more than 7,100 sources . The company's claim to fame is its patented prioritization system, which places search results in custom folders by topic. Other investors include Hewlett-Packard, and Reuters.

 COMPETITION
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 DEALS
Deal: Northern Light, Search4Science Team Up
Date Announced: 05.29.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): Not Disclosed
Description: Search engine and Norweigian IT platform for the science community partner to launch enhanced online search service for scientists.

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 KEY PEOPLE
• David Seuss
    CEO
• Jeffrey S Cooper
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1 Athenaeum St.
Cambridge, MA 02142
US
Phone: 617-577-0239
Fax: 617-621-3459
Online: Web Site

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