Meritus Ventures Sponsors Tennessee Valley Venture Forum and Innovation Imperative
Wednesday August 26, 2009
Meritus Ventures, L.P. is proud to
sponsor the Tennessee Valley Venture Forum being held in conjunction
with Innovation Imperative on October 22, 2009 at the Knoxville
Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Innovation Imperative, hosted
by Technology 2020, is the premier event celebrating entrepreneurship
and innovation in East Tennessee and the surrounding region
Meritus Ventures, L.P. is proud to sponsor the Tennessee Valley Venture Forum being held in conjunction with Innovation Imperative on October 22, 2009 at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Innovation Imperative, hosted by Technology 2020, is the premier event celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation in East Tennessee and the surrounding region.
The 12th Annual Tennessee Valley Venture Forum (tennvalleyventureforum.squarespace.com)
With a decade-long track record of
connecting capital with regional entrepreneurs, the 12th annual
Tennessee Valley Venture Forum will be held on October 22, 2009 at the
Knoxville Conference Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. This
event will focus on growth-stage companies seeking an equity investment.
For this event, growth-stage companies are defined as being
revenue-generating, growing toward profitability, and preferably having
previously raised a round of outside investment.
No
more than six companies will be selected to make ten minute pitches to
an audience of venture capitalists, angel investors, and service
providers. The deadline for submissions is September 25th, and the application can be found on the Tennessee Valley Venture Forum website http://tennvalleyventureforum.squarespace.com. For more information on the event, please visit the Tennessee Valley Venture Forum website.
ThrottleUp 2009 (throttleup2009.squarespace.com)
ThrottleUp 2009 is a pitch competition focused on seed-stage and early-stage companies from East Tennessee who have
an innovative technology or business model with the opportunity to grow
more than 20% a year and are likely to need other people's money to
fund that growth. The format for ThrottleUp will be an eight
minute pitch followed by a round robin session with six judges who will
provide feedback on the presentation and the business idea. The
winner will represent the East Tennessee Development District in a
statewide competition in front of the newly formed TNInvestco's in
January 2010. For more information on how to apply for ThrottleUp
2009, please visit http://throttleup2009.squarespace.com.
About Innovation Imperative (www.tech2020.org/event_imperative.html)
Both events are being held in conjunction with Innovation Imperative 2009, a regional economic development conference focused on creating competitive advantage through innovation. For more information on Innovation Imperative 2009, please visit http://www.tech2020.org/event_imperative.html.
About Meritus Ventures (www.meritusventures.com)
Meritus Ventures, L.P. is currently the only Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) in the United States. The $36.5M venture capital fund invests to realize attractive returns for the fund's investors while creating wealth and jobs in rural areas of central and southern Appalachia and Arkansas. In addition to providing equity investment, the fund may provide operational assistance to its portfolio companies. For information about Meritus Ventures, please visit www.meritusventures.com.
