EquityInvest.com announces key relationship with SerOptix, Inc.

BOSTON, MA - August 23, 2001 - EquityInvest.com, a web’s leading company, specializing in assisting private companies in need of venture capital to expand their businesses, and SerOptix, Inc., a pioneer in healthcare and biopharmaceutical applications of spectra-molecular informatics, have announced a key relationship as signing new business agreement.

Under terms of the new agreement, EquityInvest.com’s responsibility include optimizing a marketing plan, sharing business development ideas, assisting in securing a corporate partner, introducing individual and institutional investors to SerOptix, who will fund its current $7,500,000 private round of financing, and helping in the possible sale of SerOptix.

“EquityInvest.com has taken another step to increase its presence on the web as launching networking venture with SerOptix. We believe that SerOptix’s technology can make important contributions to the future of healthcare practices and represents a technology with the true potential to broadly benefit society,” according to Milo Georgiev, Chairman and CEO of EquityInvest.com. “We always will be loyal to SerOptix.”  

Stephen Feldman, Chairman and CEO of the Board of SerOptix, Inc., said, “Mr. Georgiev and EquityInvest.com are important business consultants to the Company. Mr. Georgiev has unique skills to help private companies seeking venture capital – his team is always available to us.”

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