NY Venture Capital - FundingPost Investor Event

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Entrepreneurs Meet Angel Investors and Venture Capital Funds in New York

FundingPost introduces local VCs and Angels to early-stage companies at its sold-out event.

New York, NY - September 15, 2008 -- On September 16, 2008, FundingPost (www.FundingPost.com) is hosting a panel discussion with leading early-stage investors at its "New York Venture Capital Event," sponsored by Morrison and Foerster. FundingPost has completed 130+ sold-out venture events over the past seven years, and is proud to announce yet another sold-out Venture Capital event in New York. Many entrepreneurs wonder what it takes to secure venture capital financing. This upcoming event will include a panel discussion where accredited investors will address trends in early-stage investing, hot sectors, the best and worst ways to get their attention, as well as give additional advice regarding methods of reaching investors. As with all FundingPost events there will be pitching and plenty of networking time for the entrepreneurs to meet the investors.

Speakers for this event include:

Sita Vasan, Senior Manager, Strategic Investments, Intel Capital
Morgan Rodd, Jr., Co-Managing Partner, ArrowPath Venture Partners
Ryan Ziegler, Investment Manager, Edison Venture Fund
Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner, Rho Ventures
Don Sussis, Angel Investor
Robert A. Spira, Chariman, Chapman, Spira & Carson
John Ason, Angel Investor
Moderator: John Hempill, Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Angel investors and early-stage VCs are always on the lookout for great ideas, and FundingPost is proud to provide a forum for seed investors to locate promising new ventures. This event allows early-stage companies a chance to meet local early-stage Venture Capitalists who are actively investing. "We're thrilled with the turnout by both the investors and entrepreneur community," said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. "The event is sold out over a week early, showing the venture industry is still strong even during a down economy. We're looking forward to more success stories coming out of the event next week!"

For more information on the Investor conference and other FundingPost events, call 800-461-5509 or visit the website at http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp

About FundingPost.com
FundingPost is an entrepreneur and investor network reaching more than 250,000 executives and 7,500 Venture Capital and Angel Investors across the nation each month. For over seven years FundingPost has worked with thousands of Angel and Venture Capital Investors and Entrepreneurs. FundingPost has hosted over 8,000 CEOs and 500 Venture Funds at events in 17 cities nationwide, as well as provided 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: www.FundingPost.com

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Contact:
Heather Coull
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press@fundingpost.com