My name is Dave Feinleib and I'm an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at = Ignition Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. I'm looking at = new opportunities in bioinformatics that Ignition might invest in. I'm = interested in talking to people who work in the field to understand what = problems they've encountered in setting up / operating clusters for = bioinformatics, details on programming and data mining tools that could = be improved/enhanced, etc.=20 My specific interests are not so much in modeling/simulation but in the = infrastructure for bio computing, e.g. tools for cluster management, = programming, data warehousing/mining, and even hardware acceleration. I = am also very open to working with an existing smaller company or = developers/scientists looking for funding.=20 I'd be grateful for your feedback and thoughts. Please reply to my email = directly (dave@ignitionpartners.com). Thanks for your time and help.=20 Dave Feinleib=20 Ignition Partners=20 425-709-0772 x2200=20 dave@ignitionpartners.com