Press Release
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Final Round of Companies Selected for CED's Venture 2005
33 Companies from Across North Carolina Will Present at CED's 22nd Annual Venture Conference
February 17, 2005, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has chosen 20 additional companies to present at Venture 2005, bringing the total number of presenting companies to 33. Scheduled for April 26-27, 2005, at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, NC, Venture 2005 will continue a 22-year tradition of showcasing North Carolina's top investment opportunities to hundreds of venture capitalists and financiers from throughout the United States.
The 20 companies recently selected to present at Venture 2005 include the following:
- Affinergy, Inc. (RTP, NC - www.affinergy.com)
- Amphora Discovery (RTP, NC - www.amphoracorp.com)
- Arsenal Digital Solutions (Cary, NC - www.arsenaldigital.com)
- CivaTech Corporation (Raleigh, NC)
- Covelight Systems, Inc. (Cary, NC - www.covelight.com)
- Gentris Corporation (Morrisville, NC - www.gentris.com)
- HexaTech, Inc. (Raleigh, NC - www.hexatechinc.com)
- Instancy, Inc. (Cary, NC - www.instancy.com)
- LVL7 Systems, Inc.* (Morrisville, NC - www.lvl7.com)
- Merrion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Wilmington, NC - www.merrionpharma.com)
- Mi-Co (RTP, NC - www.mi-corporation.com)
- Motricity, Inc.* (Durham, NC - www.motricity.com)
- Navigational Sciences, Inc. (Asheville, NC - www.navsci.com)
- Qualyst, Inc. (RTP, NC - www.qualyst.com)
- Salzburg Therapeutics (Yadkinville, NC)
- TapRoot Systems, Inc. (Morrisville, NC - www.taprootsystems.com)
- TelecommUSA (Charlotte, NC)
- TxFs, Inc. (Raleigh, NC - www.txfs.com)
- WiMAX Systems, Inc. (RTP, NC - www.wimaxsystems.net)
- Zenph Studios, Inc. (Raleigh, NC - www.zenph.com)
During the first two selection rounds in December 2004 and January 2005, CED chose 13 other companies to participate in the conference:
- Adigy Corporation (Durham, NC)
- Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC - www.askbio.com)
- Biolex* (Pittsboro, NC - www.biolex.com)
- Integrian, Inc. (RTP, NC - www.integrian.com)
- Refense Technologies (Raleigh, NC - www.refense.com)
- StemCo Biomedical Inc. (Durham, NC - www.stemcobiomedical.com)
- Inlet Technologies (Raleigh, NC - www.inlethd.com)
- Liquidia Technologies Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC - www.liquidia.com)
- Mardil, Inc. (Morrisville, NC - www.mardil.com)
- Oriel Therapeutics Inc. (Durham, NC - www.orieltherapeutics.com)
- Respirics, Inc. (Raleigh, NC - www.respirics.com)
- Stonewall Networks (Cary, NC)
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc. (Winston-Salem, NC - www.triadsemi.com)
More details on all of the Venture 2005 presenting companies are available online at www.cednc.org/conferences/venture/2005/presenters/.
The asterisk (*) beside Biolex, LVL7 and Motricity denotes that each is a Venture 2005 “Showcase Company,” specifically selected to highlight the strengths of the region.
“From Asheville to Wilmington, from the Triangle to Charlotte and the Triad - Venture 2005 will feature a stellar line-up of high-growth presenting companies from a broad spectrum of industries, stages and regions in North Carolina,” said CED President Monica Doss. “We were fortunate to have another strong pool of applicants this year, making for a diverse and quality slate of companies selected to present at Pinehurst in April.”
In addition to company presentations, Venture 2005 will include leading industry speakers, extensive networking opportunities and exclusive investor-only events, all in the comfort of the renowned Pinehurst Resort. The overall conference co-chairs for Venture 2005 are Fred Hutchison of Hutchison & Mason and April Young of Comerica, Technology and Life Sciences Division.
About Venture 2005: CED's 22nd annual Venture conference - Where Great Minds Meet Smart Money - is scheduled for April 26-27 at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, NC. Last year's conference, Venture 2004, drew a crowd of more than 800 investors, service professionals, entrepreneurs and others involved in the entrepreneurial funding process from throughout the United States. www.cednc.org/venture
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, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2004, is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,500 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org
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