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The Intermountain Venture Forum has selected 14 early-stage companies to present business plans at next week’s forum in Boise.
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The Intermountain Venture Forum (http://www.ventureboise.org )brings together entrepreneurs and equity investors from across the West, highlighting a select group of early-stage companies. This year’s diverse group of companies hail from six states – Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington – and specialize in everything from home integration devices to supply chain management to knowledge-centered software. More information is included in the release below – including a list of the selected companies and their hometowns.
Featured Companies Selected to Present at Intermountain Venture Forum
Registration still open for those wishing to attend the event on Oct. 6-7th
From biotechnology to water treatment, home integration devices to environmentally friendly food packaging, the Intermountain Venture Forum will feature a wide variety of entrepreneurship at this year’s event. Organizers announced today that fourteen companies from six states — including Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington — have been invited to make formal presentations at the event, October 6-7th at the Boise Centre on the Grove.
“Venture capital investment isn’t always concentrated on pure technology firms. As this year’s group of featured companies shows, a unique business idea, solid plan, great management team, and opportunity for dramatic growth are the main factors for selection,” said Meg Carlson, Principal of the C&H Group and Chairman of the forum Presenter Selection Committee. “We believe this forum will be the best yet, due to our diverse group of presenting companies and our expert panels.”
The Intermountain Venture Forum brings together entrepreneurs and equity investors from across the West, highlighting a select group of early-stage companies. In addition to the company presentations, the two-day forum will feature guest speakers and three panel discussions led by experts. Joining the panels ‘Venture Capital Outside Silicon Valley’ and ‘ Bootstrapping – An Entrepreneur’s Guidebook’ is a new addition, ‘Startups and the Government Market.’
The forum provides tremendous networking and education value for entrepreneurs, government leaders and other venture community stakeholders. Event registration is $150 and includes access to all featured presentations, guest keynote & welcome speakers, three panel discussions, catered lunch and networking reception.
" The Forum proved to be a valuable and timely event for our company, allowing us to make one presentation to a large group of interested investors and providing invaluable networking with fellow presenting companies, investors and professionals,” said Jeffrey Moeser, CEO of Dedicated Devices, Inc. “DDi was able to meet interested investors, get great exposure, and ultimately had one of those institutional investors participate in our next round of fund raising. We were so pleased with the outcome, we are back again this year – not only for the presentation, but for the vital socialization of our company that occurs during all the networking opportunities."
For more information, please contact:
Mark Solon, Intermountain Venture Forum Chairman – (208) 345-8383 / [email protected]
James Grunke, Boise Metro Economic Development Council – (208) 472-5232 / [email protected]
Jessica Flynn, Scott Peyron & Associates – (208) 388-3800 / [email protected]
For more information or to register to attend the 2004 Intermountain Venture Forum, visit http://www.ventureboise.org or contact James Grunke at (208) 472-5232 / [email protected].
Featured Companies for 2004 Intermountain Venture Forum
5Bridge Open Solutions
Automated remote management
Denver, CO
Blue Water Technologies
Water treatment technology
Coeur d’Alene, ID
CardioGrip
Blood pressure lowering device
Eagle, ID
Dedicated Devices, Inc.
Home integration devices
Nampa, ID
Healthcast
Health care information technology
Boise, ID
Mobile Data Force
Mobile data computing
Meridian, ID
http://www.mobiledataforce.com
PAKSense
Smart active label technology
Boise, ID
Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals
Biotechnology
Bozeman, MT
Remote Control Mail
Real time web accessible mail
Portland OR
http://www.remotecontrolmail.com
SupplyChainge
Supply chain management
Portland, OR
IMCentric
Certificate lifestyle management
Draper, UT
Cogito
Knowledge-centered software
Provo, UT
MicroGREEN Polymers
Environmentally-friendly food packaging
Stanwood, WA
VizX Labs
Bioinformatic software
Seattle, WA
About BMEDC:
The Boise Metro Economic Development Council is the regional economic development organization for the Boise metro area, which includes the surrounding cities of Nampa, Meridian, Caldwell, Eagle and more. Driven by a partnership of communities, educational institutions, chamber organizations and businesses, the BMEDC is executing a long-term mission to create jobs, encourage investment in the community, and maintain an exceptional quality of life. The BMEDC provides customized, confidential and free services to businesses that are relocating, expanding or starting-up in the Boise metro area.
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