RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)has launched the application process for its 26th annual Venture Conference.

The conference will take place on April 22-23, 2009 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, NC. The first application deadline is December 19, 2008. Final application deadline is January 30, 2009.

In the last four years, Venture presenting companies have raised over $732.31 million in venture capital. This year, CED searches for the same caliber of high growth businesses from North Carolina and across the Southeast looking to raise initial or subsequent rounds of private equity capital.

The applicants selected will present their ideas in front of hundreds of venture capitalists, angel investors and other financiers from around the country. CED’s Venture 2009 will also include expert industry speakers, networking opportunities and exclusive investor-only events amidst one of North Carolina’s premier golf club resorts.

“Our goal at Venture 2009 is to showcase the very best in investment opportunities from across North Carolina and the Southeast,” said Steve Nelson, general partner with Wakefield Group and chair of CED’s selection committee for the conference. “We welcome any and all innovative and emerging growth companies to apply to present at this exceptional event.”

To complete the application online or for more information on the conference, see:
www.cednc.org/conferences/venture/2009/presenters/.

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