Connect Northwest Investor Forum 2004, 6/17, Spokane

2004-06-17 09:00:00
Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington

Real Deals with Seasoned Entrepreneurs

Connect Northwest invites you to its Annual Investor Forum June 17th 2004 at the historic Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane, Washington. This new forum is designed to create beneficial networks between the Inland Northwest’s entrepreneurs and regional investors.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., this Forum creates excellent opportunities to get exclusive information about the hottest new companies in the Inland Northwest region and network with top CEO’s and executives. Each of the ten presenting companies are screened and coached by our committee of experts, so you can count on targeted, succinct 20 minute presentations. In addition, the Forum will feature a keynote address by one of the region’s most active investors, Kevin Cable, Executive VP of Cascadia Capital.

A similar event, such as 2002’s Spokane Investor Forum, drew over 50 representatives of venture capitalists from Seattle, such as Madrona Ventures, Voyager Capital, Atlas Ventures, Encompass, Fluke Venture Partners, Seapoint Ventures and Northwest Venture Associates. For more information on this Forum, review the attached article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All 10 past participants in this Forum received venture capital two years following this event.

Check out some of our past presenters and other recent funding of local enterprises:

* World Wide Packets – closed $25M from Madrona, NWVA & Azure

* Avista Labs (ReliOn) – closed $12M from Enterprise, Crysalix & BDV

* Purcell Systems – named a “Fast 50” company by Deloitte & Touche

* NightHawk Radiology – closed $25M from Summit Partners

* Itronix – closed a $40M sale to Golden Gate Capital

* Mabuhay (Vivato) – raised over $40M from US Venture Partners, Intel & Leapfrog

* ISR – received a $29M military contract with Naval Air Systems Command

* Cyan Worlds – recently launched a 6th version of Myst franchise called URU

Connect Northwest hopes that you or a representative of your firm will be able to join us at the Investor Forum 2004. There is no cost to attend for accredited investors. Please RSVP with Philip Sandifur at [email protected] or call (509) 444-6832 for more information.

Submission deadline for companies wanting to present at the Forum is May 28th. If accepted as a presenter, a nominal fee of $150.00 will be required from each company. Please contact INTEC or Philip Sandifur for an application and powerpoint presentation template. Space is limited to only 10 companies!

We look forward to seeing you in Spokane on June 17th!

Sincerely,

The Event Steering Committee:

Philip Sandifur – CONNECT Northwest [email protected]

Bill Kalivas – INTEC [email protected]

Joe Herzog – Northwest Venture Associates [email protected]

John Pariseau – WIN Angel Fund

Norm Leatha –DAG & Gonzaga University Hogan Entrepreneur Program

Peter Mowery – SIRTI

Norm Leatha, Program Coordinator

Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program

Gonzaga University

509.323.3402

[email protected]