This means that only the biggest firms catch the eye of big institutional investors.
Increasingly, less painful technology is being used to catch the eye of sports fans.
If they were to catch the eye of the really big institutions, hedge funds could soon become dangerously overgrown.
So four years ago, he started Springworks to show women and minority innovators how to catch the eye of venture capitalists.
These same feminine qualities would later catch the eye of a modeling scout while Pejic was working at his part-time job at McDonald's.
Also looking to catch the eye of England coach Martin Johnson will be Leicester Tigers trio Tom Varndell, Harry Ellis and Jordan Crane, along with Bath's versatile back Nick Abendanon.
Like most young Kenyans, while growing up Kipketer hoped that he migh catch the eye of a coach who combs the countryside to find the next generation of budding stars.
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Even as the ink dries on the deal, other UK banks will be polishing their defence strategies - or putting on their best frocks and doing their best to catch the eye of a wealthy suitor.
Many of the products have already found buyers and distributors but some at the event were hoping they would catch the eye of sponsors Boots Centre for Innovation, Kodak and Proctor and Gamble who had representatives present on the day.
After the challenge 2010 hosts South Africa has faced getting facilities ready for the continent's first World Cup, and with 2014 hosts Brazil having already been criticised for falling behind schedule, England will hope they catch the eye of Fifa by representing a safe pair of hands.
Just in time for those immensely popular MLB playoffs and NFL kickoffs, ATI is dropping a new OTA HDTV tuner card that it apparently hopes will catch the eye of those who have been fence-sitting the issue of making a high definition DVR out of their PC.
The 25-year-old is keen to catch the eye again of England boss Fabio Capello, who has told the forward to develop more of a nasty streak.
Otherwise, the only thing that may catch your eye is the usual smattering of bloatware dedicated to Magenta's cause.
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Five other young uncapped players that catch the eye as the first signs of Hoddle's post-World Cup intentions are: Norwich winger Darren Eadie, Ipswich duo Richard Wright and Kieron Dyer, Newcastle signing Carl Serrant and Sheffield United's Wayne Quinn.
For a moment I focus on the glass and catch the faint, honest reflection of my eye staring back at me, a lock of gray straggly hair in its way.
She offered him a plateful of everything, but failed to catch his eye, Shawn having developed a habit of speaking to the floor.
Unlike their peers, Labradors lack the extravagance of a long coat or the grace of a fast gait, making it trickier to catch a judge's eye.
Mr Saleem is credited with another novel initiative called Public Eye, which allows citizens to help police catch traffic offenders by posting photographs of violators on the traffic police website.
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