Press Releases

Contact: Anne Wein
Council for Entrepreneurial Development
(919) 549-7500 ext.119
(434) 825-8314
awein@cednc.org

Debra Filtzer
Springboard Enterprises
202-242-8066
debra@springboardenterprises.org

WHAT:

The next Springboard Women's Venture Forum will showcase 16 of the most promising entrepreneurial companies in the Southeast region. Springboard: Southeast 2002 is co-hosted by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and Springboard Enterprises.

WHO:

Springboard: Southeast 2002 presenters reflect the region's vibrant entrepreneurial sector, with an emphasis on life sciences, software and new media businesses. These companies were selected from a competitive field of candidates recruited throughout the Southeast.September 27th Presenting Companies:

1. AlphaVax (RTP, NC)
2. Applied Genetic Technologies (Alachua, FL)
3. Athenix Corp (Durham, NC)
4. BioMarck Pharmaceuticals (Raleigh, NC)
5. Business Devices (Columbia, MD)
6. Cropsolution (RTP, NC)
7. Goodroe Healthcare Solutions (Tucker, GA)
8. Icagen (Durham, NC)
9. Infinity Pharmaceuticals (Rockville, MD)
10. Marligen Biosciences (Ijamsville, MD)
11. MercuryGate International (Apex, NC)
12. Phoenix S&T (Elkton, MD)
13. RAGGS LLC (Charlotte, NC)
14. Raindrop Geomagic (RTP, NC)
15. StemCo Biomedical (Durham, NC)
16. Vcom3D (Orlando, FL)

WHEN:

Friday, September 27, 2002

WHERE:

Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

HOSTS:

Springboard Enterprises is a Washington, DC based non-profit organization dedicated to increasing women-led high-growth enterprises' access to the equity markets. Springboard delivers its programs and services through local affiliate organizations and a national network of entrepreneurs, investors and business development professionals. Springboard's signature program is the Women's Venture Capital Forum, which is hosted in major markets throughout the United States. More information about Springboard Enterprises can be found at www.springboardenterprises.org.

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (www.cednc.org), located in Research Triangle Park, NC is a non-private organization founded in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the Research Triangle area. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs.

SPONSORS:

Major sponsors include: American City Business Journals, FORBES, Grant Thornton, RBC Centura, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC and Kenan-Flagler Business School.