CFIC Conference

Published: June 29th, 2001

Category: Memos

Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President

The Central Florida Innovation Corporation (CFIC) and the Florida Venture Forum will present “Innovation Florida 2001 – Early Stage Capital Raising Conference” on Tuesday, October 9, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. The conference will showcase 20 promising high-growth technology companies from throughout the state of Florida to a national audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and individual investors.

The University of Florida Commercialization Council, a university-wide task force whose mission is to promote and facilitate the successful commercialization of UF-based technologies, has been chosen to assist with the recruitment and selection of companies from the university and surrounding communities to present at this conference.

The Commercialization Council is actively recruiting startup and existing companies that are seeking “first outside” equity financing. Candidate companies must be technology-based, be capable of achieving $25 million in revenue after five years of growth, and must have a minimum of $250,000 in prior investment or cash flow.

Applications can be obtained from Mr. Chris Needles, Assistant Vice President for Development at the University of Florida Foundation, Inc. He can be reached by phone at 392-7775 or by e-mail at cneedles@uff.ufl.edu. Deadline for submission is Monday, July 16, 2001.

For more information on “Innovation Florida 2001”, please contact Christa Santos at CFIC at (407) 277-5411, ext. 17.

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