Emerging companies from across the southeast, including 17 North Carolina-based firms, and Mid-Atlantic region, will present to investors at the seventh annual Southeast Venture Conference next month.
The two-day event is set for March 13-14 in Charlotte at the Ritz-Carlton.
More than 50 firms will be selected with further picks to be disclosed in the near future.
SEVC 2013 will feature early-stage firms to pre-IPO.
The first selections are:
- AirSage – Atlanta, GA
- Badgy – Atlanta, GA
- BoomTown – Charleston, SC
- BrightContext – Arlington, VA
- Buystand – Durham, NC
- CanDiag – Waxhaw, NC
- Clearleap – Duluth, GA
- deja mi – Raleigh, NC
- Digitalsmiths – Durham, NC
- Distil – Arlington, VA
- Entigral – Raleigh, NC
- Fitsistant – Durham, NC
- flomio – Miami, Florida
- Fotopigeon – Tampa, Florida
- Freebeepay – Atlanta, GA
- Hinge – Washington, DC
- HireIQ – Atlanta, GA
- KnowledgeTree – Raleigh, NC
- Koupon Media – Frisco, TX
- Mindgrub – Baltimore, MD
- nContact – Morrisville, NC
- PatientPay – Durham, NC
- PopUp – Raleigh, NC
- Respirion – Winston Salem, NC
- ReverbNation – Durham, NC
- Savveo – Charlotte, NC
- Sensory Analytics – Greensboro, NC
- Spanning Cloud Apps – Austin, TX
- Sweet Relish – Charlotte, NC
- Tales2Go – Washington, DC
- The Targeted Group – Charlotte, NC
- Valencell – Raleigh, NC
- WealthEngine – Bethesda, MD
The conference also will include panel discussions and speakers addressing topics including:
- State of Venture Capital
- Early Stage Fundraising
- Value Creation: Company/Investor Relationship
- Growth Stage Funding
- M&A Outlook and Strategies
- LP Viewpoint
- SaaS Investment Trends
- Getting to Market
- IPO & Secondary Market Outlook
- Entrepreneur’s Roundtable
- International Health Care Trends