Investors Choice Southeast Venture Capital Forum to be Held May 10-11 at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham
Submissions will be accepted until March 30 via www.sevencap.org.
Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) March 13, 2006 -- Entrepreneurs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, the Carolinas, and beyond are invited get on the “Fast Track for Investment” and submit an application to present at the third annual Southeast Venture Capital Forum. Several of the forum’s extracurricular activities will once again be at the Barber Motorsports Park, one of the newest race tracks in the country with state of the art circuit race design and the exclusive home of Porsche Driving Experience.
Steve Boggan, CEO of BioHorizon Implant Systems presented last year and said, “This was an excellent forum for meeting the investors from the Southeast region.” The gala reception will be Wednesday night will be held at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum adjacent to the race track and provides executives from presenting companies with an exclusive opportunity to network with the visiting venture capitalists. Presentations will be made on Thursday at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, followed by one-on-one meetings with interested investors.
Companies can submit a fact sheet, extended executive summary and other documents in order to apply for business plan analysis, mentoring assistance sessions with venture capitalists and the opportunity to present at the forum. The submission deadline is March 30, 2006.
Wayne Brown Institute (www.venturecapital.org), one of the nation’s most successful nonprofit venture accelerators, will provide their mentoring expertise to guide presenting companies through the venture capital process In the last four years, presenting companies at the Investor's Choice conferences raised more than $250 million. Since inception, more than $1 billion in equity capital has been raised by institute alumni companies.
The Southeast Venture Capital Forum is an opportunity for technology based businesses from across the southeast to introduce their company to a large body of investors at one time. It is a joint program between the the Alabama Information Technology Association, the Biotechnology Association of Alabama, Birmingham Venture Club, and TechBirmingham. Open to growing companies with all types of business models and technologies, the forum connects entrepreneurs from start ups and growth companies with venture capital industry professionals.
A detailed executive summary, a one-page fact sheet and a non-refundable application fee of $195 must be submitted via the website by March 30 in order for a company to be considered. Once submitted, materials will be reviewed by a panel of venture capitalists that will then select some companies immediately, while placing others in a pending status file to be notified later. An additional $500 presentation fee will also be required of those companies selected to present at the conference.
See www.sevencap.org for the Southeast Venture Capital Forum's website about the special events and detailed information on how to present.
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