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Final Group of Companies Selected to Present at Venture 2003
February 25, 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC - The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has chosen 12 additional companies to present at Venture 2003. A total of 23 companies will present at Venture 2003, scheduled for April 22-23, 2003, in Chapel Hill, NC. The conference will continue its 20-year tradition of showcasing North Carolina's hottest investment opportunities to venture capitalists and financiers from throughout the United States.
Chris Matton, a partner with Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and co-chair of Venture 2003, said the companies selected to present at Venture 2003 characterized the strength of the area's entrepreneurial environment.
"The selected companies demonstrate that the area remains a great place to start and grow an entrepreneurial company," Matton said.
The 12 companies recently selected to present at Venture 2003 include:
- A4 Health Systems (Cary, NC - www.a4healthsystems.com)
- Dynogen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, NC - www.dynogenpharma.com)
- Elsinore Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, NC - www.elsitech.com)
- Engineous Software, Inc. (Cary, NC - www.engineous.com)
- Gentris Corporation (Morrisville, NC - www.gentris.com)
- Hemocellular Therapeutics, Inc. (Raleigh, NC)
- Micell Integrated Systems (Raleigh, NC - www.micellintegratedsystems.com)
- Norak Biosciences, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC - www.norakbio.com)
- SmartPath, Inc. (Morrisville, NC - www.smartpathinc.com)
- United Emergency Services, Inc. (Durham, NC - www.unitedemergency.com)
- Waveguide Solutions, Inc. (Charlotte, NC - www.waveguidesolutions.com)
- XActional, Inc. (Durham, NC - www.xactional.com)
Additional information on the recently selected companies can be found at www.cednc.org/venture/2003/presenters.
During the first two selection rounds in December 2002 and January 2003, CED chose 11 other companies to participate in the conference:
- Biolex, Inc. (Pittsboro, NC - www.biolex.com)
- Bloodhound Inc. (Durham, NC - www.bloodhoundinc.com)
- Kucera Pharmaceutical Co. (Winston-Salem, NC - www.kucerapharma.com)
- MindValve Inc. (Charlotte, NC - www.mindvalve.com)
- Oriel Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC - www.orieltherapeutics.com)
- Regado Biosciences (Durham, NC)
- Stemco Biomedical (Durham, NC - www.stemcobiomedical.com)
- Syntherica Corp. (Durham, NC)
- Total Billings, Inc. (Fayetteville, NC - www.totalbillings.com)
- TransTech Pharma, Inc. (High Point, NC - www.ttpharma.com)
- ViASIC (Durham, NC - www.viasic.com)
Since 1999, Venture presenters have raised over $1.5 billion in venture capital. In addition to company presentations, Venture 2003 will include leading industry speakers, extensive networking opportunities and exclusive investor-only events.
About Venture 2003: CED's upcoming 20th annual Venture 2003 - where great minds meet smart money - is scheduled for April 22-23, 2003 at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Last year's conference, Venture 2002 drew a crowd of more than 850 investors, service professionals, entrepreneurs and others involved in the entrepreneurial funding process from throughout the United States. Interested parties should visit the conference Web site at www.cednc.org/venture/2003.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 5,000 members representing 1,200 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org