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The Adrenaline Group, a Web services provider based in Washington, D.C., started in 1997 and was founded by Scott McLaughlin, Greg Dupertuis and Jocelyn Byrne Houle, among others. Other early leads included Wayne Bovier, Jonathon Davis, Alden Hart and Patrick Smith. With both software and new product development expertise, the company grew to exceed $10 million in revenue, hire 70+ employees and open a satellite office in Austin, Texas within 3 years. In 1999, The Adrenaline Group, signed a multimillion dollar contract with Linuxcare. Adrenaline designed a business-to-business application for Linuxcare, Inc. based in San Francisco. Later that year, the start-up also received $5 million first round of funding from MCG Credit, an Arlington, Va.-based affiliate of Goldman Sachs. Adrenaline Group has gone out of business. Adrenaline Group was a software development and product strategy consulting firm. The company's digital products and services helped its clients to develop products and bring new technology to market. Services included: ideation and competitive analysis, technology due diligence, technology organizational development, internal technology audits, prototyping feature design, usability testing, software development and launch support. Some of its clients were BuildTopia, Subprimex, The Motley Fool, Broadsoft, Parabon Computation, Inc., 3G-International, Panasonic Online, Longitude Systems, eCityLimits.com, WashingtonPost.com, and The Cooperative Finance Corporation, built K12nation.net, AnswerLogic, e-Satisfy, Agillion., Soapbox.comand Discovery Communications.