EXHIBIT 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Atlantic Technology Ventures, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated March 30, 2001, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Atlantic Technology Ventures, Inc. and
subsidiaries (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2000, and for the period from July 13, 1993 (inception) to December 31, 2000,
incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


                                          KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
February 1, 2002