We participated in the NH Speed Venture Summit

Posted by JC Cameron October 30th, 2008 in General

This past Tuesday, we participated in the first NH Speed Venture Summit.  It is a “speed dating” event for entrepreneurs and investors to sit down and see if a valuable connection could be made in a very short time (12 minutes to pitch company and discuss opportunity). 

There were 25 investment groups and approximately 50 companies looking for financing.  It was my understanding that more than 100 companies requested to participate so we were pleased to be one of startups selected.

We met with:

• Matt Fates from Ascent Venture Partners
• Jesse Devitte from Borealis Ventures
• David Safaii from Windspeed Ventures
• Roger Walton from Castile Ventures
• Joe Caruso from Bantam Group
• Rod Van Sciver and David Speltz of eCoast Angel Network

The event was very well run and they even managed to find fill-in investment firms when a few investors cancelled at the last second.  Though all six were not perfectly suited to our market space, we received valuable feedback and ideas on our B2B venture from each one.  We want to thank them for taking the time to meet with us and to listen to our proposals.

Lastly, a big shout-out to Hollis McGuire, Heidi Dunn, and Matt Benson for their tireless work in making this event happen and for running things on the day of the event.  Of course, many more people were involved including all of the committee volunteers.  Thanks again for this great event!