The Best of 2009 - Local Deals - Leading Investors

About the Iowa Venture Forum

The 2009 Iowa Venture Forum, a component of the Iowa Venture Capital and Entrepreneur Conference (IVCEC), featured 12 back-to-back presentations from Iowa companies selected and prepped by IVF deal screeners, mentors and coaches.

Over 120 participants attended the forum, held on October 7, 2009, in Des Moines, IA. Attending seed and venture capital firms included:


5 AM Ventures
Equity Dynamics
Iowa Angel Groups
LFE Capital
Petra Capital Partners
ProLog Ventures
Stone Arch Capital
Triathlon Medical Ventures
AAVIN
InvestAmerica
Iowa Corn Opportunities
OCA Ventures
PrairieGold Partners
Rural Vitality Fund
Tonka Bay Equity Partners
Village Ventures

Agenda

10/7/098:30 amWelcome
Rick Neumann, Chair, Iowa Capital Investment Board
Mark Huston, Portfolio Manager, Iowa Fund of Funds
8:40 amDeal presentations
Presenter
Body Viz
China Connection
Envirotech
Geonetric
J & J Solutions
Palisade Systems
Introduction
Brian Clevinger, ProLog Ventures
Cary Musech, Tonka Bay Equity Partners
Dave Sengpiel, Rural Vitality Fund
Matt Warta, Village Ventures
Suzette Dutch, Triathlon Medical Ventures
Eddie Lou, OCA Ventures
9:45 amNetworking break
10:30 amDeal presentations
Presenter
Retrac, Inc.. dba Think Safe, Inc.
StarrMatica Learning Systems
Suntava, LLC
Terpernoid Therapeutic, Inc..
Tri-Phase Drying Technologies
Your Vive
Introduction
Doug Owen, Petra Capital Partners
Dave Schroeder, InvestAmerica
Thies Kolln, AAVIN
Andy Schwab, 5 AM Ventures
Duane Harris, LFE Capital
Jamie Zanios, Iowa Angel Groups
12:00 pmNetworking lunch


Alternate Presenters: VerticalLinkZ, Algonext Corporation

Additional Venture Capital Company Introductions: Iowa Corn Opportunities, PrairieGold Venture Partners, Stone Arch Capital.