Southeast Venture Conference 2007

The 1st Annual Southeast Venture Conference to be Held January 31-February 1.

Raleigh, N.C. (August 21, 2006) – TechJournal South announced plans for the first Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) to be held January 31-February 1. This exclusive gathering will showcase the best young companies in the southeast region and will offer unmatched exposure to the region's top Venture Capitalists and private equity investors. The event will be held at the new Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, N.C. providing an unparalleled business experience for the southeast venture community.

The SEVC is the opportunity for investors to find the most promising emerging and growth companies and for pioneering entrepreneurs to make the connections that empower their companies to become tomorrow's business leaders.

"The southeast region continues to emerge as a driving force in technology development across a number of industries," says Scott Hedrick, co-publisher, TechJournal South. "The southeast comprises the 5th largest economy in the world, and we believe the time is right to showcase the region's promise."

The southeast brought in over $2 billion in venture capital deals and investment during 2005. Additionally, there is over $10 billion in research each year at the university level. These factors contribute to the thriving emerging technology community in the southeast. The region encompasses established technology hotbeds such as Northern Virginia, North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Atlanta, and South Florida, in addition to new emerging high-growth technology areas throughout the southeast.

The SEVC will strive to help support the entrepreneurial activity and innovation while understanding the importance of capital to these firms and economic growth in the southeast.

For more information on how to sponsor or to register, visit: www.seventure.org.

About SEVC

The mission of the SEVC is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies from the southeast region and the resulting economic growth in the Southeast. As part of that goal, the SEVC understands the importance of investment capital to this equation and provides a key forum to facilitate the infusion of growth to the southeast high growth technology community.

About TechJournal South

TechJournal South is the business publication of the southeast's new economy, reaching the top executives in the top industries...from biotech, to software, pharma, IT, defense, and others. TechJournal South reaches over 51,000 monthly executive readers and hosts a series of technology executive and investor events.