Forty-two companies developing innovative information technologies and services that address sectors including media, communications, network infrastructure, security, telecommunications and mobile computing will present to several hundred venture capitalists at the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association's (MAVA) Capital Connection(SM) 2005 venture fair, May 31-June 1 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The Co-Chairs of this year's event are Brian Hayhurst of The Carlyle Group, Karl Khoury of Columbia Capital, Harry Weller of New Enterprise Associates and Gina Dubbe of Walker Ventures.
INFO SOURCE
Mid-Atlantic Venture Association
FIRMS
MAVA represents private equity and venture capitalists with investment interests in the mid-Atlantic. Founded in 1986, MAVA provides a wide range of programs, information and forums designed to facilitate quality deal flow, encourage collaboration, and foster relationships with entrepreneurs and investors in order to promote private equity investment. Membership includes more than 500 venture capital professionals representing nearly 125 firms with collectively more than $10Billion in capital under management. In addition, more than 250 key professional service providers from the legal, financial, executive search and consulting fields are also MAVA members.
EVENT
Produced by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), Capital Connection 2005 is one of the nation's most successful and influential venture events. Over the years, MAVA venture fairs have helped to shape the region's entrepreneurial economy, generating more than $2.4 billion of venture investments in the presenting companies.
PRESENTING COMPANIES
Selected companies for Capital Connection 2005 include:
| Company Name |
| 4Front Security (VA) |
| Agentsmith Inc. (MD) |
| Applied Data Systems (MD) |
| Approval Corporation (VA) |
| Arc Second, Inc. (VA) |
| Backfence Inc. (VA) |
| BDMetrics (MD) |
| Blue Ridge Games, Inc. (VA) |
| Blue Ridge Networks, Inc. (VA) |
| Bluefire Security Technologies (MD) |
| BoxTone by Panacya (MD) |
| buySAFE, Inc. (VA) |
| CONSUL Risk Management, Inc. (VA) |
| dotPhoto, Inc. |
| Enterworks, Inc.(VA) |
| Expert Choice, Inc. (VA) |
| GlobalCerts (MA) |
| HighSpeed America, Inc. (VA) |
| iLumin Software Services (VA) |
| Induslogic Inc. (VA) |
| Innovectra Corporation (VA) |
| Intelliworks (MD) |
| JackBe (VA) |
| Luna nanoWorks (VA) |
| Magnolia Broadband Inc. (NJ) |
| Message Level (VA) |
| mindSHIFT Technologies (VA) |
| Mpowerplayer, Inc (VA). |
| Netcordia (MD) |
| Nextreme Thermal Solutions (NC) |
| Paxfire Inc. (VA) |
| Rannoch Corporation (VA) |
| Raysat (VA) |
| RealOps, Inc. (VA) |
| Sourcefire Inc. (MD) |
| SquareLoop, Inc. (VA) |
| TapRoot Systems Inc. (NC) |
| Telarix (VA) |
| Trinity Convergence (NC) |
| Trufina, Inc. (MD) |
| Trust Digital (VA) |
| Wondir, Inc. (MD) |
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