About NetGeo

Who is NetGeo?
NetGeo™, Inc., short for Network Geography SM , is a provider of Internet infrastructure software technology focused on providing geographical and other types of IP-based business intelligence to companies for their web site and network applications. The company has developed a proprietary, patent-pending, geo-locating software technology, ipProfile SM that identifies web site visitors' geographical location information (country-of-origin, state, city, and zip code), as well as other types of intelligence such as a user's network connection type and speed (DSL, cable, dial-up, etc.) and their company/organization. This technology is embedded into NetGeo's first solution on the market, NetGeo SM .

How is the National Science Foundation, CAIDA, or the University of California at San Diego related to NetGeo, Inc.?
Verifia, Inc.is a privately-held company based out of San Jose, California in the heart of Silicon Valley. The company is NOT related to the organization CAIDA (the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis), or its parent the National Science Foundation at the University of California at San Diego. CAIDA's NetGeo database operates on a technology unrelated to Verifia's NetGeo solution and NetGeo's ipProfile technology. Significantly, CAIDA is a producer of network visualization tools, a product different from NetGeo's IP-based geo-intelligence products and services.

NetGeo is the legal owner of the commercial NetGeo trademark name and symbol, as well as the registered owner of the domain www.netgeo.com. Use of the NetGeo name by third parties unaffiliated with NetGeo, Inc. is a violation of trademark law.

Who are your investors? How much have they given to NetGeo?
NetGeo™, Inc. is a privately held company and is funded by LG Venture Capital, Alps Investment Research and angel investors. To date, the company has received over $4 million in funding, with its last series B round of $1.77 million closed in April 2001.

Who are your customers & partners?
NetGeo's client roster includes both enterprise customers and medium-size companies from various industries, including Fair Issac & Co., Experian, American Express, US Search, and so on. Verifia also markets its software solution through various reseller partners including Responsys, Speedera Networks, and Jubilee Tech International.

What is Verifia's offering to the market?
Verifia's current offering is the flagship geo-intelligence solution, NetGeo SM . NetGeo enables many different types of Internet applications:

Authentication & Trust
Businesses use Verifia's NetGeo to evaluate Internet transactions in an effort to combat fraud. The software is used for applications such as scoring online CNP (Card Not Present) transactions, authenticating online credit approvals, and verifying online payments.

Conditional Access
Verifia's NetGeo enables companies to respect the licensing and distribution agreements and/or legal restrictions that apply to the physical world by providing the capability to selectively block users based on geography or organization.

Business Intelligence
NetGeo provides valuable user information for both consumer and business-oriented web sites. Uses for NetGeo's software include geo-targeted content and advertising, as well as web analytics.

Online Security
Companies concerned with the safety of their Internet distribution channels can use NetGeo to identify potential security breaches.

Network Efficiency
Content Delivery Networks and enterprises can utilize Verifia's NetGeo for intelligent routing, load balancing, and traffic management.

What is your pricing structure/revenue model?
Pricing of Verifia's NetGeo solution varies depending on the level of granularity (country, state, city, etc.) and the amount of customization required, if any. For our enterprise and mid-sized clients who require a continuous geo-intelligence solution, (hosted or non-hosted), the company charges a monthly software licensing fee. Occasionally, an NRE, or non-recurring engineering fee, is required for clients with special development requests.

For smaller companies, NetGeo's geo-intelligence data is also available in the form of NetGeo Acu-Report SM . Acu-Report provides geo-location and other sources of data about a company's web users for a specified time period. Pricing varies according to the level of granularity of the data requested, the number of IP addresses to be examined, and the length of time over which the project extends.
For more information and a pricing quote, contact NetGeo at sales@netgeo.com.