Fostering Entrepreneurship and Investment in Oregon's Willamette Valley- Next Conference May 2010, in Eugene OR.

Save the Date - May 13, 2010

News: Winners Announced!  May 14, 2009

The winner is: 

CenterSpace Software, a company that  provides numerical components for financial, engineering, and scientific applications. (www.centerspace.net)

Best Presentation Winner (voted by Audience) is:

Floragenex, Inc., a genomics research and tool company founded in 2006 from U of O research. (www.floragenex.com);

For more information and a list of finalists, please see our page 2009 Winners.

Last Year's Event Date:  Thursday May 14, 2009,  CH2MHill Alumni Center, Oregon State University Campus, Corvallis, Oregon.  2010 Dates to be announced.

The Willamette Angel Conference is an investors conference, connecting early stage and seed businesses with Angel and venture investors.  Entrepreneurs and Start-ups can submit their business plans for review and coaching, ultimately vying for a $125,000 investment *.

Connecting Start up Businesses with Qualified Investors

The Willamette Valley boasts a high number of businesses that highlight the rugged individuality, forward thinking, technology and entrepreneurship that are part of Oregon's proud heritage.

 Attendees will include members of organized angel groups, individual angels, prospective angels, and early-stage investment firms as well as entrepreneurial ventures and start ups interested in obtaining angel funding.

Who should attend

Inventors/Researchers/IP Holders: To learn more about the start up development and funding process, and to network to meet entrepreneurs and service providers.

Entrepreneurs: To get recognition and possibly funding for your business. To develop and hone your business plan and pitch with top quality preparation sessions. To network with investors, and begin conversations that will benefit your company down the line. To network with inventors, and other early stage professionals.

Investors:  To have access to some great business investment opportunities. For new investors, to learn how to invest in early stage deals, and how to feed deals to venture capitalists.

Venture Capitalists: To identify top quality and up and coming early stage businesses in the Willamette Valley, to meet seed investors and stay connected to other venture capitalists, to learn more about commercialization from OSU, UofO and Onami.

Service Providers: To introduce your business to companies making early decisions about the direction of their company.
Politicians: To help build economic development for the local and state government.

The Conference was held at theCH2MHill Alumni Center at Oregon State University on May 14, 2009. Links provide the Agenda and  directions to the conference.