First Round of Presenting Companies Announced for 2009 Southeast Venture Conference

Top Southeast Technology Innovations Showcased from Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee

ATLANTA, Georgia - January 22, 2009 - The Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) today announced the first round of companies selected to present at its upcoming conference scheduled for March 11-12th at the Intercontinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.

A total of 40 showcase companies from around the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions will present at SEVC 09. Showcase companies will range from pre-IPO firms for the NASDAQ sponsored late stage showcase to earlier stage high growth firms. The presenting companies are the present and future of the region’s innovation economy, representing some of the most promising technologies in the region from a diverse range of technology industries, including energy, mobile, defense, health, security, new media and life science.

SEVC 09 showcase companies will present to a national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers and senior technology executives.

The first round of announced showcase companies includes:

• Arxan - www.arxan.com; Bethesda, MD
• Aurora Flight Sciences - www.aurora.aero; Manassas, VA
• BroadSoft - www.broadsoft.com; Gaithersburg, MD
• Cernium - www.cernium.com; Reston, VA
• CivaTech Oncology - www.civatechoncology.com; Research Triangle Park, NC
• CodeRyte - www.coderyte.com; Bethesda, MD
• Energyware - www.energyware.com; Blacksburg, VA
• FTRANS - www.ftrans.net; Atlanta, GA
• GlobalLogic - www.globallogic.com; Vienna, VA
• iJet - www.ijet.com; Annapolis, MD
• KZO Innovations - www.kzoinnovations.com; Reston, VA
• LucidMedia - www.lucidmedia.com; Reston, VA
• NetWitness - www.netwitness.com; Herndon, VA
• Pathfinder Therapeutics - www.2pti.com; Nashville, TN
• ProstimRx - Hendersonville, TN
• SchoolDude - www.schooldude.com; Cary, NC
• SilkRoad - www.silkroad.com; Winston Salem, NC
• SkyCross - www.skycross.com; Viera, FL
• TerraGo Technologies - www.terragotech.com; Atlanta, GA
• Uloop - www.uloop.com; Nashville, TN

“We feel these showcase companies represent the best of what is driving the region,” said Eric Gregg, executive director of the SEVC 09. “Even in these difficult economic times, innovation continues to advance. It is this innovation that is the basis of not only the region’s, but the nation’s future economy.”

In addition to showcase company presentations, the conference will feature a number of market-oriented panels, featured speakers and exclusive networking 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 CEO of AutoTrader.com; and Chuck Swoboda, CEO of the billion dollar Southeast clean tech success story, Cree.

For more information on the first round of presenting companies or the conference 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.