Walter W. Cruttenden III Founder of Cruttenden Partners and CEO of E*Offering, is a financial market innovator.  His first venture was Capital Data Bank, the computerized system to match private companies with private investors.  He then formed Cruttenden Roth which became the largest securities firm in the nation financing micro cap companies (under $100 mil).  After selling the majority of his interest to Fidelity National, he founded E*Offering, the first fully integrated online investment banking firm focusing on streamlining and reducing the cost of the equity underwriting process.  The E*Offering partners include Sandy Robertson (formerly of Robertson Stephens) and E*TRADE.  In its first year E*Offering has participated in over 50 IPOs and in the latest month was the #1 distributor of IPO shares online. Mr. Cruttenden has been involved in over 200 private and public offerings and merger-acquisition transactions.  He is an active investor in private companies particularly in the Internet, communications and web-enabling industries. As Top Dog of Cruttenden Partners, Mr. Cruttenden is always looking at new deals, strategizing, and hooking companies up with the right partners as well as sits on several boards for private and public companies.  Contact: walter@cruttendenpartners.com