Mid-Atlantic Venture Association

Capital Connection'12 and TechBUZZ

Omni Washington DC

Celebrating its 25th year, Capital Connection'12 will bring together the complete community of high-performing, innovation-based companies at every stage and across diversified sectors, with the investors and advisors that support their growth. Nationally recognized as one of the year's must attend industry events, Capital Connection provides a unique forum for top caliber networking and deal-making for hot tech companies and business leaders looking to partner with the "best and brightest" across a gamut of sectors and stages.

The one-and-a-half-day program will feature headline-making speakers and valuable business intelligence for companies from early seed stage, through growth and expansion, to late stage and pre-IPO. Take advantage of early bird rates and Register Now. Applications to present are now being accepted for growth stage firms to present at Capital Connecion and seed stage firms to present at TechBUZZ. Capital Connection applications will be accepted until
April 20th; TechBUZZ applications due May 4th.

MAVA’s Annual Crystal Ball Breakfast:
Industry Outlook 2012

Launching the 2012 Signature Programming lineup in February, MAVA hosted two Crystal Ball – Industry Outlook breakfasts to showcase the expertise and real-time insights from 10 of the nation’s leading investors, based in the Mid-Atlantic region. In each of two fast-paced, content-rich sessions, the Crystal Ball program offered an interactive discussion format for several of the MAVA community’s leading and most active investors to share their perspectives on the sectors they focus on and the trends they see unfolding in the year ahead.

A diverse and engaged audience of investors, entrepreneurs and advisors attended each program to listen and learn from the "real time" insights from regional investors with a specific focus on their sector and stage of expertise.

Hosted in Tysons Corner on February 22nd, the program featured:

Mark Maloney, Paladin Capital Group – Cyber Security
Steve Fredrick, Grotech Ventures – What’s Hot in Social and Digital Media
Jim Pastoriza, TDF – Big Change & Opportunities in Infrastructure, Data & Mobility
Sever Totia, Edison Ventures – Consumer Demand in Education
Michael Lustbader, Arlington Capital Partners – Federal Budget Downsizing: Finding the Opportunities

Hosted in Baltimore on February 28th, the program featured:

Gary Golding, Edison Ventures – IPO, It Can Be Done!
Frank A. Bonsal III, New Markets Venture Partners – Trends in Education
Laura Witt, ABS Capital Partners – Trends & Opportunities in Consumer Technologies
Jason Rosenberg, Sterling Partners – What’s on the Horizon for Post Secondary Education?
Mark Levine, Core Capital Partners – Big Data: Predictive analytics and how it is changing business processes in the enterprise.

MAVA thanks our valued sponsors: Grant Thornton, Pillsbury and Duane Morris for their support in underwriting these two successful events.

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MAVA News:

TechBUZZ Lineup Showcases 28 Emerging Technology Start-ups

05/15/2012

Capital Connection’12, a nationally recognized technology industry conference, will premiere 28 entrepreneurial ventures debuting innovative solutions at the 2012 TechBUZZ on May 23. These seed stage companies will compete for the title of “Best of the BUZZ” and earn the chance to introduce their breakthrough companies to a powerful and influential audience at the Capital Connection’12 finale.

Game-Changing Technology Companies to Take Main Stage at Capital Connection

05/10/2012

Capital Connection’12, a nationally recognized technology industry conference, commends the 26 early, expansion and growth stage companies that have been competitively selected to present on the Main Stage on May 24 in Washington, D.C. These technology companies emerged following a comprehensive screening process of hundreds of applications with an invitation to present their business model and growth strategy to an audience of business and industry leaders and investors.