Southeast Venture Conference to Address Economic Effects on Venture Capital Market

Over 40 expert speakers will discuss current market implications and opportunities

ATLANTA (January 7, 2009) - The 2009 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) today announced its initial investor and executive oriented panel line-up covering a variety of topics for attending venture capitalists, private equity investors and technology executives. The 3rd annual event is set for March 11-12, 2009 at Atlanta’s Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel.

Over 40 speakers will discuss venture capital and regional oriented topics including:

Upside in a Downturn
Growing Tomorrow’s Southeast
Limited Partner Discussion
Where’s the Exit? Liquidity Challenges in Today’s Market
Turning VC Due Diligence to Your Advantage
CIO Discussion
State of the Market
Changes in Washington: Investment Implications and Opportunities

Current keynotes for SEVC 2009 include Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director of venture capital heavyweight Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine; Chip Perry, President and Chief Executive Officer of AutoTrader.com; and Chuck Swoboda, Chief Executive Officer of Cree.

In addition to panels and featured speakers and exclusive networking opportunities, the conference will feature presentations from over 40 of the southeast and mid-atlantic region’s top technology growth companies before the national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers and the technology service community. The conference will feature high growth companies from a number of industries and growth stages including a NASDAQ sponsored late stage presentation showcase.

The sold-out 2007 and 2008 SEVC’s held in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and Tysons Corner, Virginia respectively featured over $80 billion in private equity investment capital represented.

For a list of additional speakers and other event information visit www.seventure.org.

About the Southeast Venture Conference
The mission of the Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies from the Southeast region (the world’s 5th largest economy) and the resulting economic growth in the region. 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. The SEVC highlights both early stage and later stage investment opportunities from: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington DC. For more information visit www.seventure.org.