CED Announces Presenters for Angel Investor Retreat and Start-Up Speed Dating at 25th Annual Venture Conference.Leading Southeast, Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference Provides Unique Opportunities for Young Companies Seeking Exposure with Investors RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) announced today that it has selected eight young companies to present at its Angel Retreat, and twelve young companies to participate in its Start-Up Speed Dating speed dating n → sistema di appuntamenti grazie al quale si possono incontrare in pochissimo tempo diverse persone e scegliere eventualmente chi frequentare . Both programs are part of CED's 25th Annual Venture Conference and present unique opportunities for young start-ups to gain exposure to and experience with the investment community. Scheduled for April 16-18, 2008, at Washington Duke Washington Duke (December 18, 1820 – May 08, 1905) was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. Duke was born George Washington Duke in Durham County, North Carolina, to Taylor Duke (c1770–1830) and Dicey Jones (born c1780). Inn & Golf Club in Durham, N.C., CED's 25th annual Venture conference will showcase the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic's top investment opportunities to hundreds of venture capitalists and financiers from throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Angel Investor 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. Retreat will be held from 9-12am on April 17th, where these eight pre-screened, early-stage companies will have the opportunity to present to an audience of angel and early-stage investors. The retreat is dedicated to showcasing companies from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic seeking seed-stage funding from angel and early-stage investors. Presenting companies represent the region's top seed-stage companies, focusing on a diverse range of industries and growth strategies. That same afternoon, another group of twelve young companies will have an even more unique opportunity to "speed date" with investors interested in getting a sneak peak at tomorrow's hot companies. Each company will engage in an intense 1.5 hour fast-paced program. They will give a three minute "elevator pitch Elevator Pitch A slang term referring to the 20-60 seconds an entrepreneur has to interest a venture capitalist (VC) in his or her business idea. Notes: Entrepreneurs have about the same amount of time to pitch their idea to a VC as they would if they ran into the VC in " to their first group of 2-3 investors, receive approximately two minutes of feedback, rotate to a new set of investors, and repeat the process. "Last year's start-up speed dating was easily the best event I have participated in as a very early-stage entrepreneur," explained Vince Coyner, entrepreneur and 2007 CED Venture Speed Dating participant. "During that one hour, I received more insightful, direct and effective feedback than I had received from a wide range of conversations with VCs and participation in other events. We walked in thinking we were ready. By the end of that one hour session, we actually were." "Both of these programs are geared toward giving young companies exposure and feedback from investors they might not be getting on their own," explained Marty E. Hackney, Angel Investor Retreat Chair and Director of ECU's Entrepreneurial Initiative. "Last year was the first year for our Start-Up Speed Dating program and it was a smashing success. We are thrilled to give a entirely new group of young companies this exciting opportunity once again." Companies selected to present at the Angel Retreat include: Arbovax, Inc. (Raleigh, N.C., www.arbovax.com) A vaccine technology platform that modifies arthropod-borne viruses. Countervail coun·ter·vail v. coun·ter·vailed, coun·ter·vail·ing, coun·ter·vails v.tr. 1. To act against with equal force; counteract. 2. To compensate for; offset. v.intr. Corporation (Charlotte, N.C., www.countervailcorp.com) Commercialization of antidotes for nerve gas nerve gas, any of several poison gases intended for military use, e.g., tabun, sarin, soman, and VX. Nerve gases were first developed by Germany during World War II but were not used at that time. and pesticide. Galaxy Diagnostics, Inc. (Chapel Hill, N.C., www.galaxydx.com) Infectious disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. diagnostics. Maestro Music, Inc. (Atlanta, G.A., www.getmaestro.com) Social and interactive music portal. Nomad Innovations, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Louisville, K.Y., www.nomadinnovations.com) Broadcast-quality connectivity solutions utilizing wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 networks. TerraBuilt Corporation International (Middleburg, V.A., www.terrabuilt.com) Patented new sustainable building technology. NanoVector, Inc. (Raleigh, NC) Commercializing a patent pending nanoparticle drug delivery system. Floorazzo Tile (Siler City, N.C., www.floorazzo.com) A tile manufacturing company. Companies selected to participate in Start-Up Speed Dating include: 3F, LLC (Raleigh, N.C., www.3fonline.com) 3F, LLC created a high performance fiber for industrial, structural and ballistic protection. AtomFan.com (Durham, N.C.) AtomFan.com delivers user-selected sports video highlights to fantasy sport A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie, roto, or fairy-tale sport; or owner simulation) is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams of a professional sport. fans. Blue Angel Optics (Durham, N.C., www.blueangeloptics.com) Blue Angel Optics' multi-spectral imaging systems are a revolutionary sensor platform with numerous applications in the military, surveillance, process control, and medical diagnostics. Caralight, Inc. (Cary, N.C., www.caralight.com) Caralight, Inc. is developing a photochemical photochemical in laser treatment, the laser light is absorbed and converted into chemical energy. system that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to destroy dioxin-furan compounds present in the air emissions of certain industrial facilities. Contactology (Durham, N.C., www.contactology.com) Contactology is a contact management and campaign delivery technology that allows customers to send and track email marketing messages to permission-based lists while using standard email readers like Microsoft([R]) Outlook to compose the message. DevScale (Holly Springs Holly Springs is the name of some places in the United States of America:
iCustom.net (Apex, N.C., www.icustom.net) iCustom.net is an online mass-customization platform that helps designers launch their business quickly and cost effectively and allows customers to receive products customized or personalized to their preference, by connecting customers, designers and manufacturers into an ecommerce network. Pathfinder Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, N.C.) Pathfinder Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a science-driven, market focused firm that invents and licenses novel, clinical-stage drug candidates for viral infections and related cancers. PRKL8.com, Inc. (Cary, N.C., www.PRKL8.com) PRKL8.com is an Internet-based personalization and content delivery service. Rau Learning Systems, Inc. (Durham, N.C., www.raulearning.com) BrainFlips is the world's best online flashcard software, revitalizing one of the most familiar, time-tested, and scientifically proven learning tools to create the most effective method of memorization currently available. Science Learning Resources, Inc (Carrboro, N.C., www.science-learning.com) Science Learning Resources develops and markets innovative multimedia science education products for elementary through college level students. Sirga Advanced Biopharma Inc. (Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Sirga Advanced Biopharma Inc. (SirgaAB) is an early-stage drug discovery and development company, focusing on small molecule drugs to treat HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , other infectious diseases, and drug resistant diseases through a novel mechanism to block ribnucleaic acid (RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic ) function at the cellular level. About the Council for Entrepreneurial Development The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, headquartered in Research Triangle Park, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the Research Triangle, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and Southeast region. Since 2001, CED has helped triangle-area companies raise over $2.6 billion in venture capital. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest and oldest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. For more information, visit www.cednc.org. |
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