Courting cash.(software firm Lacus Technology seeks financing)

Tracy Wang, president of Lacus Technology, knows that financing a start-up isn't easy. Fortunately she's discovered where to look for help.

Seven years ago Tracy Wang came to the U.S. from Shanghai, China, to study biostatistics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Graduate school brought her to Florida, where she met Taiwan-native Jin-Chong Tsai. He had an idea for a software product that would allow small businesses to monitor their employees' Internet usage, and Wang liked what she heard. In 1997, relying on Tsai's techno know-how and Wang's business sen