Set up in Spring 2000 with an initial funding of US$75 million, GemVentures - Gemplus\' Venture Capital fund - aims to develop innovative technology, applications and services for tomorrow\'s smart card world by investing across Europe, the USA and Asia in promising and ambitious smart-card related businesses. Investments, from US$2 million to US$5 million, primarily focus on GSM, Internet transactions and then on opportunistic emerging markets such as loyalty, identity or access control. GemVentures is fuelled by an important qualified deal-flow and can therefore accurately assess investment opportunities through its valuable technical and marketing expertise. © Gemplus SA