BARTA: VENTURE Workshop & Private Showing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 The Bay Area Regional Technology Alliance (BARTA), in collaboration with the International Angel Investors An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments. (IAI IAI Infection And Immunity (journal) IAI International Alliance for Interoperability IAI Institut für Angewandte Informatik IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research IAI International Association for Identification ) and the Venture Consulting Group (VCG VCG vectorcardiogram. VCG vectorcardiogram. ), hosted a VENTURE Workshop on Saturday June 1 which attracted emerging high-tech companies. Most companies were located in the Bay Area, but the workshop also attracted clients from as far away as Japan and Australia. Crosby Heafey Roach roach: see cockroach. roach Common European sport fish (Rutilus rutilus) of the carp family (Cyprinidae), found in lakes and slow rivers. A high-backed, yellowish green fish with red eyes and reddish fins, the roach is 6–16 in. & May, Administaff, and Peopleconnect sponsored the event. Entrepreneurs with emerging technologies ranging from software to alternative energy to biotechnology learned to write an effective two-page business plan designed to attract the attention of funders and show how they would earn a 100-1 return on investment in 10 years. A top team of experienced professionals led the session including Art Chait, former VP Marketing of Solectron; Hal Nissley, founder of International Angel Investors; Jim Berg James Arland Berg (b. 1952) is a writer on biblical topics, especially counseling, discipleship, and Christian growth. Berg was reared in a working-class home in South Dakota, where he did farm chores, worked in a restaurant, and learned to trouble-shoot machinery with his father. , Partner for Crosby Heafey Roach & May; Dirk Van Dyke Van Dyke (or van/Van Dijk or Dyk etc) is a surname of Dutch origin. It refers to:
Twenty-two companies participated in the workshop. They will present their summaries to teams of venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. and other funders at a private showing Thursday, June 13 at the Berkeley Mariana Radisson from 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Companies need not have attended the Saturday workshop to participate in the June 13 funding event says Judith Pacult, President/CEO of BARTA. However, they will be admitted only if space is available. For further information, please visit www.barta.org/ventureprogram.htm, contact Rebekah Hilger, BARTA's Marketing Director at 510/271-4118, or call Rob Schock, Venture Consulting Group, at 707/694-3500. BARTA supports technology-based business growth in the Bay Area. Established in 1994 with funding from the California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, BARTA provides consulting and access to capital for emerging, high-tech companies. For more information about BARTA programs, go online to http://www.barta.org. |
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