EXHIBIT 99.1

               VENTRO CORPORATION MAKES CHANGES TO EXECUTIVE TEAM
                             AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- (November 26, 2001) -- Ventro(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:
VNTR), a leading provider of collaborative solutions for program management and
quote management, today announced it has promoted Ted Drysdale to President,
Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board. In addition, Dr. John Glancy
and Tom Jones have been elected to Ventro's Board of Directors.

Drysdale, who had been Ventro's President, brings over thirty years of
experience in sales, marketing, product strategy, operations, and business
planning to his expanded role. Prior to joining Ventro, Drysdale was CEO of
NexPrise, Inc., which Ventro acquired in August 2001. Before NexPrise, Drysdale
was the Senior Vice President for the Visualization and CSM Group of Parametric
Technology Corporation, President and CEO of Division, Inc., and Co-Founder and
President of Objectlogic.

Drysdale replaces David Perry as CEO. Perry, Ventro's Founder, will become Vice
Chairman. "Ted's experience and leadership have had a significant impact on
Ventro since he arrived," said Perry. "He has a strong commitment to customer
success and will effectively lead Ventro as we complete our transition from
owning business-to-business marketplaces to providing software for collaborative
program management and quote management."

Ventro's new Board members bring significant software and industry experience.
Dr. John Glancy is a member of the Board of Directors of Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) and head of SAIC's International Committee.
SAIC is a research and engineering firm that provides information technology,
systems integration, and e-business products and services to commercial and
government customers. Until recently, Dr. Glancy was Corporate Executive Vice
President responsible for SAIC's $2.6 billion Commercial and International
business. He led numerous spinouts, acquisitions, and joint ventures and helped
grow SAIC's International businesses to $1 billion.

Tom Jones is the former President and CEO of StrataSource, an application and
infrastructure management services provider that was acquired by SevenSpace,
Inc. in September. Prior to StrataSource, Jones was the President and Chief
Operating Officer of MDL Information Systems, a leader in discovery informatics
for the life sciences and chemistry industries.

The new Board members replace Brook Byers, Jan Leschly, Naomi Seligman, and L.
John Wilkerson, who resigned. Ventro expects to add further to its Board of
Directors over the next few weeks.

"I am excited about these changes and Ventro's future," said Ted Drysdale. "The
addition of such respected individuals to our Board will be invaluable as we
grow. I would like to thank our departing Board members for their years of
devoted service to Ventro and for helping us transition to being a software
company that is poised for success."

ABOUT VENTRO
Ventro Corporation is a pioneer in business-to-business e-commerce. Ventro
provides collaborative commerce solutions that enable companies to manage key
processes with their suppliers, partners and customers, including quote
management and program management. Ventro Corporation is headquartered in
Mountain View, California. For more information, please visit www.ventro.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Statements in this press release, other than statements of historical
information, are forward-looking statements and involve known and unknown risks
and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods
to differ materially from those expressed herein. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the recent
substantial change in our business model; our ability to integrate the
operations and personnel of NexPrise; our ability to develop a viable technology
and service offering; our ability to retain current customers and secure new
customers in a number of industries; our need to reduce operating expenses; our
history of significant operating losses and negative cash flow; the risk that
our common stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq National Market; the risks
associated with litigation pending against us brought by shareholders and
bondholders, as well as other factors discussed in detail in the Company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES:                         FOR VENTRO INVESTOR INQUIRIES:
Terri Pruett                                 Mary Magnani
Ventro Corporation                           Thomson Financial/Carson
650-567-7789                                 415/617-2542
tpruett@ventro.com                           mary.magnani@tfn.com