DragonVenture Forms Strategic Alliance with Hall Kinion

SAN JOSE, Calif. Sept. 25, 2001 — DragonVenture, Inc.
(www.dragonventure.com), the premier cross-Pacific venture capital, soft incubation and consulting company, today announced a strategic alliance with Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAKI). Hall Kinion's Asia Pacific Division will help DragonVenture and its portfolio companies in recruiting multi-lingual talent.

Incorporated in 1991, Hall Kinion has been an established entity in the executive search market. DragonVenture can now leverage Hall Kinion's experience and expertise for its portfolio companies in need of high-level talent in the Greater China and U.S. regions.

"This relationship with HK Asia Pacific helps further expand our broad-base offering of professional services-- from legal services to international taxation, and now human capital," said Tony Luh, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Dragon Venture, Inc. "HK's established relationships and understanding of work and culture in Greater China make the human capital search process much more efficient for a company like ours."

"We are pleased to be partnering with DragonVenture. This is a win-win arrangement that utilizes both companies' focus on the Asia Pacific region," said Brenda Rhodes, CEO of Hall Kinion.

About Hall Kinionut

Hall Kinion, The Talent Source for the Internet Economy®, provides specialized technology professionals on a contract and permanent basis to Internet companies; software and hardware vendors; Fortune 1000 companies with strong intranet and extranet initiatives; and E-commerce/Web-design firms. The company specializes in filling cutting-edge technology positions at R&D departments of technology leaders and innovative start-ups. Hall Kinion currently operates 38 offices in 24 major technology centers in United States, and abroad. Hall Kinion serves the Silicon Valleys of the world.
For more information on Hall, Kinion & Associates, Inc. at no cost, please call 1-800-PRO-INFO (U.S.) or 732-544-2850 (Int'l), ticker symbol HAKI.
www.hallkinion.com

About DragonVenture, Inc.

DragonVenture, Inc. is a premier cross-Pacific venture capital, consulting and soft incubation company specializing in bridging the U.S. and Greater China marketplaces.  DragonVenture manages funds that invest in emerging companies in the areas of telecommunications, Internet infrastructure, IC & Semiconductor, and Linux.  The company provides cross-Pacific consulting services and facilitates cross-Pacific strategic alliances and/or partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions through DragonVenture's M&A Fund.  DragonVenture, Inc. is located at 20 Great Oaks Blvd. Suite 130, San Jose , CA 95119 and also has a branch office in Beijing , China .  For more information visit www.dragonventure.com.