FundingPost's 3-day conference puts 20 emerging technology companies in
front of more than 50 Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors in New York
City
NEW YORK, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- FundingPost
(http://www.FundingPost.com) is proud to announce that on April 5-7, 2006,
20 early-stage technology companies and more than 50 Venture Capital and
Angel Investors participated in the highly-successful "Perfect Venture
Conference." The "Perfect Venture Conference" was sponsored by Merrill
Lynch, Morrison and Foerster and PPS for Healthcare, and was an opportunity
for leading emerging technology companies and top Angel and Venture Capital
firms to make important connections and network. While many entrepreneurs
wonder what it takes to secure venture capital financing, and need
opportunities to showcase their businesses, the 20 participating companies
got a good and intensive three-day lesson on what it takes to succeed. More
information about the conference can be found online at:
http://www.FundingPost.com/pvc.
FundingPost has completed 15+ sold-out venture events in New York City
over the past four years, and is proud to announce the success of the
"Perfect Venture Conference." After years of smaller events, FundingPost
decided to host a three-day conference to directly address the requests of
entrepreneurial companies who want higher investor-to-company ratios and
more chances to pitch. At this three-day event, panels of and keynote
speeches by Venture Capital Investors answered the questions these young
technology companies had. In addition, the participating companies had
multiple opportunities to hone their pitches and show off their ideas to
the investors in attendance. Each company pitched multiple times to the
Investors, while the panels and workshops covered the entire fundraising
process including: How to Give a Great Pitch, Building Revenue and
Customers, Building Your Management Team, Setting Valuation, Preparing Your
Finances, Meeting with Investors, Negotiating Term Sheets, Exit Strategies,
and the current state of IT Investing. Both the pitching and the panels
were extremely instructive in teaching these entrepreneurs all they need to
know about how to get venture capital funding.
The companies that attended the conference are: Blue Pearl Software,
Sunnyvale, CA; business-instruments.com, New York, NY; CFN Services,
Herndon, VA; Deep Liquidity, Houston, TX; Full Screen Publications, Miami,
FL; IBP Corporation, Alabaster, AL; MindTouch, St. Paul, MN; Mission
Research, Lancaster, PA; PayCommerce, Avenel, NJ; Pet Wellness Plans Inc.,
Norcross, GA; Pie Digital Inc., San Francisco, CA; Progressive Pipeline
Management, Atlantic Highlands, NJ; Pulse Digital, New York, NY; RezTrak,
LLC., Houston, TX; River Rock Development, LLC., Jersey City, NJ;
Senscient, League City, TX; Sticky Incorporated, Santa Cruz, CA; Tivitz,
Annapolis, MD; UdesignWeprint, Boston, MA; and Velocent Systems, Inc.,
Naperville, IL.
The response of the emerging technology companies to the event was
tremendous. Mark Casey, President, CFN Services, said, "We made some great
contacts, and as importantly, the conference was educational and has
definitely helped us improve our 'pitch.'"
"The event gave us so many opportunities to practice our pitches and to
meet these elusive but clearly 'perfect' Venture Capital Groups, we could
not have asked for more! The lessons we learned, the advice and the
referrals we took away with us, and the truly supportive attendees and
sponsors made the event a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us," said Jean
Berthold-Belote, Director, Sales & Marketing, Senscient, Ltd.
"I was a little hesitant to invest money to attend FundingPost's
'Perfect Venture Conference' in New York," said Brian Johnson, Founder,
Sticky, Inc. "But it turned out to be one of the best decisions we have
made. We were able to get in front of dozens of qualified venture firms,
and FundingPost did a great job of finding firms that matched our target
industry. Within three days we had follow-up calls from venture capitalists
inquiring about our company after attending the event. That traction never
would have happened for us without making an investment in attending the
'Perfect Venture Conference.' FundingPost definitely created return on
investment for us!"
The investors also felt that the event provided them great value.
"FundingPost had a terrific group of attendees and speakers. I was glad to
be a part of it, and would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the
future," said Elad Yoran, CEO and Founder, Security Growth Partners, LLC.
Irvin Barash, President, Vencon Management echoed this statement saying,
"The quality of the presenting companies was exceptional."
Noting that the event was also successful because of the opportunity it
provided to the entrepreneurs, investor Sookja Han, Executive Managing
Director, Korea Technology Investment Corp. said, "It was one of the best
VC conferences that I have attended...Giving entrepreneurs ample chances to
practice on their presentation under time constraints was great. I look
forward to the next event."
More than 50 Venture Capital and Angel Investor funds participated in
the event. Funds represented included: Aegis Capital Group, Anthem Capital
Management, Apex Capital Corp., Arca Group, Arrowpath Venture Capital,
Ascend Ventures, Battery Ventures, BRM Capital, Coast Ventures, Contour
Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners,
Delaware Crossing Investor Group, Endeavor Capital, Global Media Fund,
Grotech Capital Group, IDG Ventures, IDT Ventures, Innovation Philadelphia,
Intel Capital, Inverness Capital Partners, Israel Infinity Fund, Korean
Technology Investment Group, Liquid Capital Group, LORE, Masthead Venture
Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Millennium Technology Ventures, NGP
Energy Technology Partners, NJTC Venture Fund, North Sea Ventures, NY
Angels, Osage Venture Partners, Rho Capital Partners, Ridgewood Capital,
Rocket Ventures, SASI, SAVP, Sceata Technology Group, Security Growth
Partners, Signal Equity Partners, Softbank Capital, StartUp Massachusetts,
StarVest Partners, Tech Coast Angels & Venture Farm, The Verticom Group,
TriState Investors, Updata Capital, Updata Partners, Vencon Management,
Inc., and Wasatch Venture Capital. For a full list of speakers, please
visit http://www.FundingPost.com/pvc/.
Sponsors Merrill Lynch, Morrison and Foerster and PPS for Healthcare
were also pleased with the outcome of the event. Patricia Griffith,
Partner, PPS for Healthcare, described the "Perfect Venture Conference" as,
"First class and professional in all regards; rich with content and
perspective; overflowing with wonderful, bright, willing participants."
Joe Rubin, Principal, FundingPost, said of the event and its success,
"We are thrilled that we could provide such a valuable and meaningful
experience to the entrepreneurial and venture communities. Clearly, there
was a need in the market to offer 20 emerging technology companies the
exclusive opportunity to pitch their businesses to 50+ Venture Capitalists
over three days. We are expecting great results over the next few months
from this conference. We look forward to following these 20 companies as
they prosper and grow." Aren Cohen, VP of Business Development,
FundingPost, added, "We look forward to providing this opportunity to other
young companies and investors at more "Perfect Venture Conferences" in the
future."
For more information about the New York City "Perfect Venture
Conference" and other FundingPost events, call (800) 461-5509 or visit
FundingPost's "Perfect Venture Conference" website at
http://www.FundingPost.com/pvc.
ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:
FundingPost is an entrepreneur and investor network reaching more than
80,000 executives and 6,000 Venture Capital and Angel Investors across the
nation each month.
For over five years, FundingPost has worked with thousands of Angel and
Venture Capital Investors and Entrepreneurs. FundingPost has hosted over
5,000 CEOs and 600 Venture Funds at events in 15 cities nationwide, as well
as providing a quarterly Dealflow magazine and a deal-exchange Website that
has, on average, seen an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur
every business day since its inception. FundingPost's mission is to reach
investors and entrepreneurs in every medium possible -- both online and
offline, and it is experiencing strong growth as the venture capital
markets continue to improve worldwide. For more information:
http://www.FundingPost.com
Contact:
Aren Cohen
FundingPost
(800) 461-5509
press@FundingPost.com
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CONTACT:
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