Pitching Across America(TM) Launches, FundingPost's Fourth Annual largest
Venture Capital Competition Ever!
NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FundingPost
(http://www.FundingPost.com) proudly announced the start of its fourth
annual Pitching Across America(TM) competition today, sponsored by PR
Newswire. FundingPost, which has been introducing entrepreneurs to
investors for over 6 years, established the competition in 2004. In the
past three years more than 250 Venture Capital Funds and Angel Investors
have participated as judges, voting on over 1,000 business summaries from
emerging companies nationwide. They have been the largest Venture Capital
competitions ever organized. The Pitching Across America(TM) competition
not only showcases emerging companies to investors, but helps Venture
Capital and Angel Investors quickly identify worthwhile investment
opportunities. Many of the judges request additional information and
meetings with the participating companies. FundingPost expects to duplicate
its success from previous Pitching Across America events again this year.
The emerging companies' executive summaries will be evaluated on a
scale of 1 to 10. Judging criteria consists of several key points
including: the professionalism of the written summary, current stage of
development (customers, revenue), competitive advantage and need in the
marketplace, feasibility for success, and whether the company is
"VentureWorthy(TM)."
"We are proud to be running Pitching Across America(TM) again this
year. The level of interest from both the Venture and Angel communities and
the entrepreneurs who participated in Pitching Across America(TM) in
previous years has been tremendous," said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost.
"Everyone who participates really sees the value in the competition. We
expect to find another 50 compelling companies this year."
The 2006 National Winner of Pitching Across America(TM) was SPD Control
Systems Corp., a New York based revolutionary smart glass technology
company. The 2005 National Winner of Pitching Across America(TM) was CFN
Services, Inc., a Virginia-based telecommunications infrastructure services
company. The 2004 National Winner of Pitching Across America(TM) was Remote
Play, Inc., a provider of innovative RFID-Command & Control and
RFID-Distance Estimation wireless technology. Both the 2004 and 2005
winners have raised capital since the competitions.
Participating Angel and Venture Investors in this year's competition
include:
21 Ventures, 3i, Advantage Capital Partners, Arcapita Ventures,
Argentum Group, ASAP Ventures, LLC, Ascent Venture Partners, Atrium
Capital, Austin Technology Incubator, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, BEV
Capital, Blue Point Capital Partners, Brand Building Ventures, Brentwood
Investments, Cammeby's Capital Group / Gotham Angels, Canaan Partners,
Catalyst Partnership, CID Capital, Connecticut Innovations, Corporate
Angels, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham
Ventures, Edison Venture Fund, Global Media Fund, Golden Seeds, Greenhill
SAVP, Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC, HO2 Partners, Houston Angel
Network, Hunt Ventures, iD Ventures America, LLC, IDT Ventures, i-Hatch
Ventures, Meridian Venture Partners, MPB Investment, New York Angels, First
Round Capital, New York City Investment Fund, Newlight Associates, North
Sea Ventures, PA Early Stage Partners, Pacific West Land, LLC, Pacifica
Fund, Pond Venture Partners, Portview Communications Partners, Rho Capital
Partners, Santa Monica Partners, SeaPoint Ventures, Security Growth
Partners, Sentient Ventures, Shirat Enterprises Ltd., StarVest Partners,
Stonehenge Capital Company, The Band of Angels, The Cornell Group, The
Science Center / The MAG Fund, The Verticom Group, Ticonderoga Capital,
Trident Capital, Trinity Ventures, and Vencon Management, Inc. There will
be 100 Investor Judges in total for the 2007 Competition.
For more information on the 2007 Pitching Across America Competition,
visit: http://www.FundingPost.com/pitch-america.asp
ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:
FundingPost is an entrepreneur and investor network reaching more than
200,000 executives and 6,000 Venture Capital and Angel Investors across the
nation each month.
For over six 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
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