Southern California Investors Look for Opportunities With Emerging Tech Companies at RTA's ``Venture Roundtable''.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. -- More than 40 Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, venture capitalists and angel investors came to review promising high tech and life sciences companies at Venture Roundtable 2004, an invitation-only showcase hosted by the San Diego Regional Technology Alliance (RTA RTA renal tubular acidosis. RTA Renal tubular acidosis, see there ). The event was held on September 28 and 29 in conjunction with underwriter Heller Ehrman Heller Ehrman LLP is an international law firm of more than 700 attorneys working across 13 offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.[2] Heller Ehrman was founded in San Francisco in 1890 and has additional offices located in most of the major financial centers , at the Heller Ehrman law offices in La Jolla. Other sponsors included: Silicon Valley Bank, Ernst and Young, Inflow, and Tech Coast Angels. "The RTA team consistently puts together the best investment event that I have participated in," said Brian Khoury, San Diego-based Managing Director of Waypoint way·point n. A point between major points on a route, as along a track. Ventures, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. . "The Venture Roundtable is just flawless...we saw many interesting investment options." "RTA's Venture Roundtable is a great process and opportunity to learn and get results," said Eric Meerbergen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SanRx Pharmaceuticals, one of the presenting companies. "We are so grateful for the direct assistance with fundraising that the RTA provides to this community. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how we would network effectively and survive entrepreneurship without their advice, stepping stones, energy and enthusiasm." "For over ten years, the RTA has been a critical partner to emerging technology and life science entrepreneurs seeking funding," said Tyler Orion, RTA's President and CEO. "We are pleased that our Venture Roundtables can help promising new companies develop venture capital relationships. This year's event was the best yet for quality of presentations and investor interest." The RTA, a local non-profit organization that supports the high tech and life sciences community, launched the Venture Roundtable series in 2001, responding to the needs of investors wanting more face time and interaction with pre-screened companies ripe for investment. In the past, several companies, including this year's presenter Wispry, have received funding after presenting at the event. This year's session featured 9 companies - 5 high tech, 4 life sciences - all of whom were screened and mentored by the RTA. Each company principal had 10 minutes to pitch their business plan, which was followed by a brief interactive session between the presenter and investors, allowing the investors to inquire about details. About the presenting companies: Wispry Formed through a spin-off of the RF/Wireless business unit of Coventor, Inc., Wispry designs and markets components and modules to radio frequency (RF) system manufacturers. Wispry's products enable system designers to achieve the architectural innovation required for the growing diversity of mobile and fixed application networks. Dacapo Technologies Dacapo Technologies Inc. provides multimedia communications services uniquely enabled by Dacapo's proprietary technologies. Dacapo's business strategy is to accelerate and profit from the trend of increasingly ubiquitous, multimedia communications - facilitating a world of omnipresent om·ni·pres·ent adj. Present everywhere simultaneously. [Medieval Latin omnipres , cost effective communications on any device, via any network, at any time, in any place Blackball BlackBall(R) was founded in 2000, by Robert and Patricia Brown and quickly became centered on a next generation file system designed to solve the problems rich media file types are causing, such as the difficulty in locating files on local and network volumes, and will cause in the future with real-time multi-user rich media interaction. Coded Imagery Coded Imagery is a start-up venture developing technology for authentication and anti-counterfeiting, and has developed a patent-pending proprietary technology named 'Code Imaging' (CI) that enables incorporation of an invisible micro-code of bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. image/text onto a suitable medium, such that it can be decoded upon appropriate illumination of the encoded medium. The image and micro-code are virtually impossible to duplicate/reconstruct and can be incorporated into any clear or semi-transparent material, including various types of plastic and glass. Diver Entertainment Systems Founded in 2002, Diver Entertainment Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development of waterproof accessories for popular MP3 players. The company's technology has been patented. Touchstone Therapeutics Touchstone Therapeutics is committed to developing the best delivery technology for replacing injection of biopharmaceutical drugs, reprogramming Reprogramming refers to erasure and remodeling of epigenetic marks, such as DNA methylation, during mammalian development[1]. After fertilization some cells of the newly formed embryo migrate to the germinal ridge and will eventually become the germ cells a postage stamp sized portion of a patient's skin to produce protein drugs and deliver them directly into the patient, thus avoiding the need for repeated injections. HeartSensors HeartSensors aims to capitalize on a major new advance in the detection of life threatening coronary artery disease coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. using a powerful technology called Magnetocardiography (MCG) - a rapid, non invasive magnetic detection technique that recent clinical studies have shown to diagnose cardiac ischemia in people with chest pain. SanRx SanRx Pharmaceuticals develops complexed pterins as immunotherapeutics for cancer. Its lead compound, CaPterin, is being developed as an orally-active adjuvant therapy Adjuvant therapy A treatment done when there is no evidence of residual cancer in order to aid the primary treatment. Adjuvant treatments for endometrial cancer are radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy. for breast cancer. Because the pterin molecule is endogenous (part of human chemistry), no visible toxicity was observed at dosages over four times its therapeutic level. Advanced Brain Monitoring Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. is the first company to address sleep apnea sleep apnea, episodes of interrupted breathing during sleep. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in which relaxation of muscles in the throat repeatedly close off the airway during sleep; the person wakes just enough to take a gasping breath. , memory dysfunction, and alertness monitoring with instrument systems that combine laboratory level accuracy with consumer electronics level ease of use, portability, and cost. ABM ABM: see guided missile. ABM - Asynchronous Balanced Mode systems make widespread use by physicians, dentists, industrial/transportation companies, and consumers possible, transforming the marketplace About the RTA The San Diego Regional Technology Alliance (www.sdrta.org) is a private non-profit corporation that promotes sustainable technology growth in the region by providing direct business assistance to high tech and biotech entrepreneurs and companies, programs to bridge the digital divide, and research to help shape public policy and forge effective collaborations. |
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