April 8, 1999


                           FOURTEEN HILL CAPITAL, L.P.
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                       ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER FINANCINGS
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SAN  FRANCISCO-(April  8, 1999)  Fourteen Hill Capital,  L.P., a majority  owned

affiliate of Point West Capital  Corporation  (which  trades on NASDAQ under the

symbol PWCC) today announced  that,  during the first quarter of 1999, it closed

two financings.

         Fourteen Hill purchased in a private placement $500,000 of common stock

of  Homeseekers.com,  Inc. (HMSK). In connection with a $250,000 loan previously

made to HMSK, Fourteen Hill also received from HMSK a warrant to purchase 50,000

shares of common stock of HMSK at $2 15/32 per share.

         HMSK  (www.homeseekers.com) is a leading provider of online residential

real estate  listing  information  for use by home buyers,  real estate  agents,

mortgage  and title  insurance  companies  and  others.  The  Company's  website

currently has  approximately  680,000  residential  real estate  listings.  HMSK

trades on the OTC bulletin board under the symbol HMSK.

         Fourteen Hill also purchased $1,000,000 of common stock and warrants in

a private  placement by DBS  Industries,  Inc.  (DBSS).  DBSS is  designing  and

developing an automated  meter  reading  service  utilizing  low earth  orbiting

("LEO")  satellites.  LEO satellites  orbit the earth at regular  intervals and,

with DBSS's  technology,  are capable of  collecting  data from energy meters in

many hard-to-access locations around the globe. Collected data are downloaded to

earth stations and then distributed via the Internet.  This process results 




          in  a  substantial   reduction  in  the  costs  of   retrieving   such

information.  DBSS  trades on the OTC  bulletin  board  under the  symbol  DBSS.

Fourteen Hill is a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the

Small  Business   Administration.   Fourteen  Hill  provides  capital  to  small


businesses  (generally  businesses  whose tangible net worth does not exceed $18

million and whose  average  net income  during the  preceding  two years did not

exceed $6 million) whose primary businesses are located in the United States.

         Additional  information about Fourteen Hill Capital is available on the

company's Web site, http://www.fourteenhill.com, or by calling 415-394-9467.

(KEYWORD CALIFORNIA AND INDUSTRY KEYWORD: Venture Capital, Internet).



CONTACTS:         FOURTEEN HILL CAPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO.
                  CHRIS RODSKOG, 415/394-9467
                  cpr@pointwestcapital.com