Washington, DC - This year’s Capital Connection^TM conference features expanded programming focused on global technology innovations and investment trends and serves as a forum for doing business with later-stage, high-growth and early-stage, high performance companies from throughout the United States.   Located at the epicenter of business, finance and key federal policy-making, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s (MAVA) Capital Connection ‘10 brings together business leaders across multiple sectors such as software/IT, alternative energy, education, health services, new media, and cybersecurity. This year’s event will be held May 19-20 at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore, MD.

Business leaders from across the country are expected to attend Capital Connection, known as one of the nation’s most successful venues for bringing private capital and high growth businesses together. While open to the public, Capital Connection draws M&A experts, investment bankers, and institutional, private equity, and angel investors in addition to industry analysts, corporate strategics and key advisors. Unlike other investment conferences, Capital Connection and MAVA support companies and participants with year-round services and programming that are designed as a platform for them to stay connected and conduct business.

2010 Conference Co-Chairs Announced

John Burke of True Venture Partners, Carter Griffin of Updata Partners, Niloo Howe of Paladin Capital Group, and Jonathan Perl of Boulder Ventures have been named co-chairs for this year’s event. “This year’s co-chairs represent a cross-section of technology and business sectors, and their firms have investments throughout the country, which reflect the unique evolution of MAVA’s investor community in terms of sector and geographic diversity,” said Julia Spicer, MAVA’s executive director.

The Place for Companies to Conduct Business

For company executives interested in formally presenting during the event, they are invited to complete an application at www.CapitalConnection.org to showcase their company technologies. “For more than 20 years, companies have enjoyed a platform to achieve a variety of goals beyond Capital Connection’s traditional mission to help secure financing,” said Spicer. “The conference format is a high visibility venue for businesses seeking buyers, new customers, collaborators, and qualified advisors.”

A sampling of companies that have participated as presenters or speakers at previous  Capital Connection conferences include: Acuity Mobile, Advertising.com, athenahealth, Blackboard, Broadsoft, LogiXML, Motley Fool, NeuStar, N.E.W., Revolution Health, Rosetta Stone, SunEdison, Under Armour, uuNet, XM Satellite Radio and Vocus.  

Capital Connection ’10 keynote speakers and panels will focus on critical issues and business opportunities, including cybersecurity, health IT, wireless and telecom, digital media, cleantech, and education, as well as the impact of today’s economy on business enterprises. Special peer-group roundtables for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CMOs that provide a forum for executives to share common challenges and operations issues are also on the agenda.

We’ve Moved the Date!

“In order to accommodate the broadest possible audience of national technology companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and strategic partners and customers, we have scheduled this year’s conference two weeks before Memorial Day, May 19-20 at a new venue, the Baltimore Hilton, in the heart of downtown Baltimore,” said Spicer. “During this era of new business opportunities created by the ever-evolving commercial and government marketplaces, it is more important than ever that all those engaged in creating, building, financing, and advising companies come together within a forum designed to encourage collaboration and business opportunities for all.”
 

About MAVA

The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents the full spectrum of capital sources and company-builders. MAVA provides a wide range of programs, information and forums designed to stimulate revenue and company growth, facilitate quality deal flow, encourage collaboration, and foster relationships among entrepreneurs, investors, strategic partners and customers. Membership includes more than 500 private equity professionals representing nearly 125 firms with collectively more than $90 billion in capital under management. For more information, please visit www.mava.org.