Santa Clara, CA - October 12, 2000 - Numetrics Management Systems, a provider of Internet-based engineering management software, announced that it received $1.2 million in financing from a group of angel investors.The funds will further the development of the company's Internet-based engineering management software tools. Numetrics recently unveiled (May 22, 2000) its first Internet-based offering, the Design Productivity Management System (DPMS), which measures the design productivity of chip design teams.Among the Numetrics investors is Glen Antle, co-founder of Cadence Design Systems. "My decision to invest in Numetrics was based on the market need for the technology that Numetrics is developing," said Antle. "Numetrics clearly brings a unique value proposition to engineering managers, especially those focused on chip development." "This round of financing is being used

to strengthen our technology development, customer support and sales efforts," noted Ronald Collett, president and CEO of Numetrics Management Systems. "I am extremely pleased by the strong backing of our investment group, which includes over 20 of the industry's most successful entrepreneurs, executives and professional investors."

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