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Second Venture Corp Press Releases-
Entrepreneurs Learn How to Pitch to Angel and Venture Capital Investors in Washington DC
60 start-up companies pitch to Venture Capital and Angel Investors at a FundingPost Pitching Workshop in Washington DC
Washington, DC April 1, 2005 -- On April 21, 2005, leading Venture Capital and Angel investors are set to speak and coach entrepreneurs at the FundingPost (www.FundingPost.com) “Washington DC Pitching Workshops” events sponsored by Grant Thornton and Kelley Drye. While most events only allow start-ups to network with investors, this event allows entrepreneurs to pitch their companies to early-stage investors and received helpful feedback from Angels and Venture Capitalists. The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are online at: http://www.fundingpost.com/events.asp
After completing successful events in the same format in New York City, Philadelphia, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Tampa and Miami, FundingPost is bringing the “Pitching Workshops” model to Vienna, VA to help local start-ups get the kind of constructive critiques they need to be successful in achieving funding. There will be two pitching workshops, a morning session and an afternoon session.
At the morning and afternoon sessions, Venture Capital and Angel investor panelists will discuss what they look for in a successful entrepreneurial company pitch. Then the thirty companies in attendance at each session will have the opportunity to give their own two minute “elevator pitch.” After the session, FundingPost will provide each start-up company with feedback from the investors. The speakers on the morning and afternoon panels include:
- Kim Cooke, Founder & Managing Director, Blue Water Capital
- Randy Domolky, Managing Director, Liquid Capital Group
- Gary Golding, Partner, Edison Venture Fund
- Rusty Griffith, Principal, Walker Ventures (and Maryland Angels)
- Eric Janszen, Entrepreneur in Residence, Trident Capital
- John Kim, Principal, HIG Ventures
- Laura L. Lukaczyk, Founder & Managing General Partner, Avansis Ventures
- Robert Rosenbaum, Partner, Nobska Ventures
- Sandy Roskes, Investment Manager, Portview Communications Partners
- Jonathan Silver, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners
- Ed Spiva, General Partner, Anthem Capital Management
- Will Thierbach, Senior Associate, The Grosvenor Funds
“We are delighted to be returning to the Washington DC area. The Pitching Workshops have been successful because both the entrepreneurs and the investors see the value of the exchange,” said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. “The economy for early-stage investing is improving. Our investor panels are excited to see the new dealflow in these early companies, and the entrepreneurs are finding the investors’ tips and responses helpful for improving and refining their pitches.”
For more information about the Vienna, VA Pitching Workshops and other FundingPost events, contact Keith Henry at 203-659-6649 or visit the FundingPost website at http://www.fundingpost.com/events.asp
About FundingPost:
FundingPost is an entrepreneur and investor network reaching more than 60,000 executives and 6,000 Venture Capital and Angel Investors across the nation each month.
For over four 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 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: (www.FundingPost.com)
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Contact:
Aren Cohen
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press@fundingpost.com
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