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Micro General Buys SmartClose System.(Expeditrix Corp.)(Brief Article)

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Micro General Corp. here has acquired the technology assets of Austin, Texas-based Expeditrix Corp. and its real estate closing product, SmartClose, for $250,000. Expeditrix, which closed its doors late last year, spent over $7 million in first-round venture capital developing and marketing the product. The company failed when it was unable to close on a second round of financing.

"It was a smart acquisition," Micro General president Richard Stack told Mortgage Servicing News. He said that the company received enough hardware in the transaction to justify the purchase price, independent of the technology itself.

SmartClose is a Web-based application that links the participants in a real estate transaction, ...

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