Southeast Venture Conference

70 High growth firms to be showcased to audience of national venture capital and private equity investors.

TYSONS CORNER, VA ( 12/1/09) - The 2010 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) announced today the addition of two of the top innovators of our time to the event scheduled for February 24-25 in Tysons Corner, VA. In addition, the SEVC will showcase 70 high growth firms from a variety of industries and stages.

Jimmy Wales is the Co-Founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, Inc. One of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, Jimmy is considered an Internet luminary having founded Wikipedia, one of the most visited sites in the world. Wikipedia has become one of the most-referenced, most-used repositories of knowledge on the planet, with more than 14 million articles in English alone.

Vint Cerf, widely known as the "Father of the Internet" and current Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, co-designed the TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the Internet during his tenure with the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency. Once the Internet began to transition to a commercial opportunity, Vint moved to MCI where he was instrumental in the development of the first commercial email system. Since 2005, Vint has worked for Google as its Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, where he has become well known for his predictions on how technology will affect future society, encompassing such areas as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, environmentalism and the transformation of the television industry and its delivery model among others.

The Southeast Venture Conference is expected to feature dozens of the region’s top high growth private companies. Presenting companies will be showcased before a regional and national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers, entrepreneurs and technology industry executives. Presenting companies will be headquartered or have a significant presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

Over the three previous events, the Southeast Venture Conference has sold out each year, while showcasing dozens of the region’s fastest growing companies to an audience representing over $150 billion in private equity.

About Southeast Venture Conference 2010
The mission of the SEVC is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies and the resulting economic growth in the greater Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. 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 technology community. The SEVC not only showcases top regional technology companies, but provides unparalleled networking opportunities among the region’s technology and investment leaders while providing insightful content through dozens of industry speakers.