Funding Events
The Angel Venture Fair
The Angel Venture Fair is organized by the Private Investors Forum
(PIF), a non-profit organization of accredited private investors. Held
in Philadelphia, AVF unites entrepreneurs from across the Northeast
with private accredited investors from New England to Virginia. Please
visit their website for more information and application process.
2010 Date: April 5 & 6
Business Alliance Grubstake Breakfast
Three
times each year, the Business Alliance Grubstake Breakfast brings
together entrepreneurs, potential investors and business leaders in a
highly innovative forum that shapes the growth and development of
entrepreneurial companies in the region.
Grubstake Breakfast provides early stage companies seeking focused
growth capital in the range of $250,000 - $2 million a forum to present
their investment opportunities to a targeted audience of institutional
and angel investors, entrepreneurs, business leaders and service
providers. Please visit their website for more information and
application process.
2010 Dates: March 25 | June 10
Capital Access Network
ETC is one of the sponsors of the University of Maryland Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s(CAN)
program. This is a funding preparation program which provides intensive
coaching for start-up entrepreneurs and then connects them with
qualified angel investors at monthly breakfasts to present their
funding pitches. Please visit their website for more information and
application process.
2010 Breakfast Dates: April 14 | May 12
Early Stage East
Founded
in 1998 as a non-profit organization, Early Stage East has grown from a
single-day venture capital fair to a year-round series of programs and
events. Early Stage East is the initial venture capital showcase for
promising young companies. The showcases serve as a gathering place for
entrepreneurs and their organizations to effectively obtain venture
capital and successfully start break-away businesses.
2010 Dates: June 15 & 16
Golden Seeds
Golden
Seeds is an angel investment group that was founded in 2004 to support
of woman entrepreneurs in utilizing their full potential and capability
in the business arena to achieve the greatest possible success.
MAVA Capital Connection
Capital
Connection™ brings together the country's most prominent investors with
leading-edge technology companies. At the Capital Connection annual
venture fairs start-up, early-stage and expansion-stage companies are
provided with multiple venues to interact with venture capitalists,
service providers, and other investors.
At Capital Connection, more than 50 companies from various stage and
technology sectors, hundreds of investors and important strategic
partners are expected to participate, all under one roof. Please visit
their website for more information and application process.
2010 Date: May 19 & 20
The American Security Challenge As
the largest competition and matchmaking opportunity in the nation, the
American Security Challenge is the center of gravity for the critical
stakeholders in the security technology ecosystem. The Challenge’s
mission is to bring emerging and innovative security technology
companies to the attention of qualified investors, strategic partners,
serial entrepreneurs, public and private customers so that the
probability of new technologies getting to market is increased while
the time/cost it takes to get to market is decreased. This “standing
room only” event draws C-level technology executives, qualified
investors and vendor-facing CIO/CSO/CTO technology buyers. This year
the event will be held on September 23, in the Washington DC area. A
pre-revenue event (Futures Challenge) will be hosted in the DC metro
area in July, 2010. Deadline for entrants to submit Executive Summaries
is May 28, 2010.
2010 Date: July & September 23
