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Second Venture Press Releases-
Pitching Venture Capital and Angel Investors in Texas
FundingPost organizes 3 “VC Grill” events in Austin, Houston and Dallas (June 7-8)
For Immediate Release:
AUSTIN, TEXAS (June 3, 2004) – On June 7-8, Leading Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists are set to speak at the FundingPost “VC Grill” series in Austin, Houston and Dallas, sponsored by Andrews Kurth LLP. At each event, 5 company CEOs will be called upon to pitch (at random) to the Investors and attendees. FundingPost has also been dedicating significant attention to building relationships nationally with Angel Investor groups and is proud to announce that at each Texas event, an Angel Investor will be speaking.
The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are available online:
http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp
AUSTIN, TEXAS:
Where: Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX
When: Monday, June 7, 2004, 7:30am - 9:30am
Speakers include:
Atul Madahar, Principal, TL Ventures
Bruce Ezell, Founder & Managing Director, Techxas Ventures
Eric Werner, Eyes of Texas Partners (Private Investor Group)
HOUSTON, TEXAS:
Where: Andrews Kurth, 600 Travis St., Suite 4200, Houston, TX
When: Monday, June 7, 2004, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Speakers include:
Dennis Murphree, CEO, Murphree Venture Partners
Philip Tuttle, GP, Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners
Marc Geller, Managing Director, Sternhill Partners
Richard Scruggs, Angel Investor, Houston Angel Network
DALLAS, TEXAS:
Where: Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center, 5410 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX
When: Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Speakers include:
Charles Humphreyson, GP, HO2 Partners
P. Stan Keith, Private Investor and CEO, Capital Pulse
Ed Olkkola, General Partner, Austin Ventures
“FundingPost believes that it is important to give every CEO their chance to pitch in front of investors,” said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. “Our ‘VC Grill’ events are unique in that they provide an equal opportunity for CEOs in all industries and stages of development to get in front of both VCs and private investors and pitch their hearts out.”
FundingPost additionally presents the company summaries of all of the attending CEOs to the VC and Angel Investors at each event. Brad Parish, with Advantage Capital, on speaking at a previous FundingPost event and reviewing our dealflow said: "I enjoyed fielding insightful questions from the audience and meeting many promising entrepreneurs."
For more information on the Investor conference and other FundingPost events, contact Keith Henry at (203) 659-6649 or visit the website at http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp
Additional National FundingPost events:
Tuesday, June 8, 2004 – Tampa, FL – Venture Breakfast
Tuesday, June 8, 2004 – Orlando, FL – Venture Cocktail Party
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Venture Breakfast
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 – Miami, FL – Venture Cocktail Party
Thursday, June 17, 2004 – Philadelphia, PA – Angel Investor Event
About FundingPost.com
For over three years FundingPost has worked with thousands of Angel and Venture Capital Investors and Entrepreneurs. With over 2,500 CEOs and 400 Venture Funds attending events in 13 cities nationwide; 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 believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline, and is experiencing strong growth as the venture capital markets continue to improve worldwide.
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Contact:
Aren Cohen
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press@fundingpost.com
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