Aug 1, 2018

Zkey.com Closes On $10 Million in Second Round of Funding Page 1 of 1 Zkey.com (formerly Zcentral.com), a divisionof SDN Online Inc., closed on $10 million in second-round financing from BearVentures, Ridgely Capital, Zone Ventures and Oracle Corp. Zkey.com said its vision is to make the Zkey a universal, ubiquitous key "forenabling simplified and accurate information exchange between businesses andpeople, both on and off the Web." This includes the migration of the desktopto the Web, unified messaging, wireless Web delivery to cell phones andpagers, Web-based applications and smart and dumb card based solutions. Bear Ventures, a private equity investment fund focusing on growth andInternet related investments, led the round with a $5 million investment. "In our deals we look for and provide three things: Leadership, strategy andcapital," said Philip Erdoes, president of Bear Ventures. "Zkey had the firsttwo down cold; we were glad to provide capital. The Zkey team has done agreat job of taking this companyfrom a backyard idea to a paradigm shifting entity." "The Zkey is one of those very simple ideas that turns out to berevolutionary, as the Hotmail model was to viral marketing," said FrankCreer, managing partner with Zone Ventures. "We are very excited about thefuture of this company."