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The eighth annual InnoVenture Southeast 2011 conference will be held May 10 and 11, 2010 in Greenville, SC. We are seeking passionate champions from industry, academia or entrepreneurial companies to make short presentations about their visions to create the future and the customers, capital, talent and technology they need to succeed. The Anchor organizations of InnoVenture Southeast include major companies with world-class expertise and resources seeking new business opportunities.

Learn more and apply to present online at 2011.InnoVentureSoutheast.com

At InnoVenture Southeast 2011:

Success is… connecting passionate champions with big visions with the customers, capital, talent and technology needed to succeed. InnoVenture is the premier southeastern conference creating new business opportunities around the priorities of major economic Anchors.

Community members are… business developers, technology scouts, entrepreneurs, investors, faculty, students, and technology and service professionals who understand that the best way to predict the future is to create it. Champions who have informed intuition about game changing opportunities are in major corporations, middle market companies, or universities, as well as start-up companies. The community is hundreds of influential, connected people across industry and academia, entrepreneurs, investors and service providers.

We have numerous examples of success over the years:

Matt Gevaert from Clemson found Michael Bolick at InnoVenture to commercialize Clemson’s technology. Michael worked closely with the Nanocenter at USC and the Greenville Hospital System to develop the technology. He received funding from SC Launch, and was introduced by Nexus Medical Partners to Lab21. Michael is now building Lab21’s North American headquarters and personalized medicine lab in Greenville.

Ralph Hulseman was InnoVenture’s first corporate partner at Michelin. He founded Hoowaki to spin surface transformation technology out of Michelin, which has benefited from $2 million in external R&D funding, including from SC Launch. Tom Strange at St. Jude Medical found Ralph at InnoVenture and became one of his most significant early customers, because Hoowaki technology is a potential game changer for St. Jude.

Frank Greer and Ralph Heredia spun out of NCR and started Zipit. They attracted an investor they met at InnoVenture, Grady Vanderhoofven of Meritus Ventures, and also received funding from SC Launch. Today are integrating their industry leading web platform with market leading consumer electronics companies worldwide.

Can you or someone you know benefit from presenting a new business opportunity to find the customers, capital, talent or technology you need to succeed?

Learn more and apply to present online at 2011.InnoVentureSoutheast.com

InnoVenture Southeast Anchors