High Tech Companies Pitch for Funding at Upcoming 24th Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference

Twenty-three of the hottest hi tech companies in Utah, Hawaii, Oregon and California have their 10-minute pitches polished and ready to go for Wayne Brown Institute¹s (WBI) http://www.venturecapital.org/ 24th Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference http://www.venturecapital.org/utah/ at the Zermatt Resort & Spa in Midway, Utah.

This fever-pitch event puts high-growth companies seeking capital together with investors. Teams of experienced professionals involved in the angel and venture capital process have mentored the selected companies.

The selected IT, life sciences and clean tech companies (see below) have or are near sales and/or previous investment, a strong management team, proprietary technology and have a credible expectation of doing $30-$100 million USD a year in sales in three to seven years. Companies will typically be seeking A or B round or seed financing.

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Hawaii tech firms to make pitch to investors

Two Hawai’i technology companies will be among the firms making pitches for more venture capital at an investor’s conference in Utah next month.

The 24th annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference in Midway, Utah, features presentations from information technology, life sciences and clean-tech companies based in Utah, Hawai’i and other states. In 2006 about half of the presenting companies raised capital.

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