California Venture Forum Selects Presenting Companies; 15 Entrepreneurs Seek Potential Investors at Premier Investment Conference.Business Editors YORBA LINDA Yorba Linda (yôr`bə lĭn`də), city (1990 pop. 52,422), Orange co., S Calif., in a region of citrus fruit; inc. 1967. The city has grown tremendously along with the southern California area; its population increased fivefold between , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000 The California Venture Forum (CVF (Compressed Volume File) See DOS DoubleSpace. ) today announced that it has selected 15 entrepreneurs to showcase their products before an audience of potential investors at the 12th Semi-Annual Investor Forum to be held on May 3, 2000 at Chapman University's Irvine Lecture Hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m . Since 1994, the California Venture Forum has created a venue for start-up and emerging companies to meet potential investors, with the last eight investor forums enabling companies to raise more than $20 million in investment money and more than half of all companies acquiring funding since its inception. The 15 winners reflect the diversity of Southern California's entrepreneurial sector, spanning an array of fields and technologies. Of the firms that submitted selected business plans, six are based in Orange County, four in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, three from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County, one from Ventura County, and one from Gilbert, Ariz. CVF presenters from Orange County, California Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 2,846,289, making it the second most populous county in the state of California, and the fifth most populous in the United States. : -- Buymedsupplies.com, Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Calif. is a distributor of medical, home health, first aid and over-the-counter medication supplies to medical providers and patients. -- ClickShot, Inc., Tustin, Calif., has developed interactive e-commerce enabling programs designed to help merchants distribute, brand and sell their products on the Web. -- Internetelecom.com, Irvine, Calif., is an Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. service provider and B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. service. -- LearnByGames.com, Corona Del Mar, Calif., has created interactive Web-based learning games designed for corporate training, schools, government institutions and individuals. -- MyPage.com, Irvine, Calif., sells personal home pages via click-and-mortar stores in regional malls as members of an online community. -- Syagen Technology, Inc., Tustin, Calif., develops efficient and rapid analysis tools for drug discovery including an ultra-fast and accurate molecular screening process. CVF presenters from Los Angeles County: -- EMedData, Inc., Long Beach, Calif., is a business-to-business e-commerce company targeting the occupational medicine sector of the healthcare industry. -- Indiespace.com, Santa Monica, Calif., is an application service provider offering web hosting, e-commerce, virtual desktop applications and artist career management solutions to the independent entertainment market. -- Mdprose.com, Altadena, Calif., manages the physician's patient documentation process through its web site and proprietary information system. -- Video Symphony, Burbank, Calif., provides corporate training content in digital media production software and hardware, primarily serving media production companies in the entertainment industry. CVF presenters from San Diego County: -- AskCredit.com, San Diego, provides Internet-based instant credit decision-making software for financial institutions. -- LookupGuide.com, San Diego, offers businesses a full suite of business-to-business products and services to create and enhance their online presence. -- Target Protein Technologies, Inc., San Diego, has developed enabling biotechnology for tissue-specific targeting of drugs, genes and contrast agents. CVF presenter from Ventura County: -- Electronic Sensor Technology, L.P., Newbury Park, Calif., is an analytical instrument manufacturer which has developed an innovative technology for their electronic nose that can test the chemical composition of vapors, odors and fragrances in real time. CVF presenter from Arizona: -- HotRodCafe.com, Gilbert, Ariz., is an ecommerce distributor of high-performance parts for the automobile aftermarket. Keynote Speakers Keynote speakers will include Nicholas Yocca of the law firm Stradling Yocca Carlson and Rauth, who will discuss the latest trends in venture deals, and Ms. Fariba Ghodsian, Ph.D., senior vice president of Roth Capital Partners Roth Capital Partners, LLC, is a full service Investment Banking firm, specializing in the small and micro cap markets. Roth’s focus, according to its official website, "has been, is, and will continue to be providing the full spectrum of investment banking services, , who will discuss opportunities for successful investment in the health care industry. Additional speakers will address the current the state of new economy. According to Jay Winokur, Forum Event Coordinator, after the first stage business plan review process was completed, those firms who submitted business plans received evaluations of their plans. The evaluations came from a committee consisting of the CVF Board of Directors, business executives and advisors, entrepreneurs, educators and investors from throughout the Southern California business community who identified their strengths and weaknesses and the likelihood they will receive investment funding. The business plan evaluations included analyses of market potential, economic issues (including ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). potential), competitive advantages, ability to erect barriers to competitors, strength of the management team and the viability of the investor's exit strategy. The 15 selected companies then attended a professional training and mentoring program that prepared them for interfacing with the investment community. The all-day presentation workshop helped coach the entrepreneurs through their plans and presentations. After the workshop, each company was furnished with professionally produced audio-visual presentations. The third stage is the actual forum on May 3rd when companies deliver their presentations to the audience of several hundred potential investors. For more information write to The California Venture Forum, PMB PMB Private Message Board PMB Print Measurement Bureau PMB Performance Measurement Baseline PMB Private Mail Box (non-USPS) PMB Plant and Microbial Biology PMB Private Mailbox PMB Physics in Medicine and Biology 559, 20505 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, CA 92886-7109, call 714/235-8655 or visit the Forum's web site at http://www.calventureforum.org. A California non-profit corporation founded in 1989, the California Venture Forum hosts investment conferences twice annually -- each May and November. 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