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“The Opportunity Quest competition is open to all university students and empowers them to take their business ideas and turn them into working businesses,” says Cameron Bailey, Director of Opportunity Quest.

This event provides opportunities for high-growth companies to participate in the angel/venture capital process as investors meet with companies seeking capital.

After the students interview real-life entrepreneurs and assess the entrepreneurs’ business plans, they will present investment recommendations to a judging panel of real venture capitalists.

The mission of the contest, which features a Grand Prize worth $50,000 in cash and services, is to encourage entrepreneurs in the creation, start-up, and early-growth stages of high-tech businesses.

The Bend Venture Conference will take place Friday, October 19th

Mint is a personal finance application that lets users track and monitor their financials in one place without the need of routine maintenance or accounting knowledge.

Finalists will be competing for an investment worth at least $100,000.

If this year was any indication, which I think it was, next year will be bigger and better and a great way for your company to find that critical funding and advice to move it to the next level.

Ritter said TechLaunch will continue to work with the companies to help them find investors. "We will train them to get them to raise money in smarter ways," he said.

The Banff Venture Forum matches Energy and Technology Entrepreneurs with Investors from around North America.