Southeast 2002 Venture Capital Forum

 

 

About Southeast: 2002

Co-hosted by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development and Springboard Enterprises, Springboard: Southeast 2002 took place on September 27, 2002 at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Springboard: Southeast 2002 showcased 16 high-growth women entrepreneurs in technology and life sciences from Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and Maryland to an audience of corporate, angel and venture investors.

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Co-Hosts

Springboard Enterprises

Venture-catalyst Springboard Enterprises is the platform where entrepreneurs, investors, corporate officials, sector experts and service providers meet to build great women-led businesses together. Springboard sources, qualifies, coaches, showcases and supports high growth potential companies seeking equity capital for product development and expansion.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development

CED was founded in 1984 to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED has helped entrepreneurs in a myriad of industries and at all stages of development – from high-tech, life sciences, and service companies, from one-person start-ups to 1000-person businesses. With more than 5,500 active members representing over 1,100 companies, CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization of its kind in the United States.

Sponsors

Partner Sponsors

Supporter Sponsors

Contributor Sponsors

Special Thanks to our Hotel Partner:

Supporting Organizations

  • AeA SE Council
  • Asheville Chamber IT Council
  • BAA - Biotechnology Association of Alabama
  • Birmingham Metropolitan Development Board
  • Central Alabama Women's Business Center
  • Charlottesville Venture Group
  • Charleston Chamber
  • Coastal Entrepreneurs Council, Wilmington
  • East Carolina for Women Leaders
  • First Round.org
  • Florida Venture Forum
  • Memphis Area Technology Council
  • Metrolina Entrepreneurs Council, Charlotte
  • National Women's Calendar and Womens Radio
  • NCBio - North Carolina Biotechnology Association
  • NCEITA - North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association
  • NEER - NorthEastern Entrepreneurial Roundtable
  • North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  • Piedmont Entrepreneurs Network, Greensboro
  • SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives, Raleigh Chapter
  • SELSA - Southeastern Life Science Association
  • Research Triangle Regional Partnership
  • TAG - Technology Association of Georgia
  • ThinkTEC - Charleston
  • TEN - Charlotte
  • TiE - The IndUS Entrepreneurs
  • WISE - Women in Science and Engineering
  • WIT - Women in Technology, Atlanta

Venture Partners

  • A.M. Pappas & Associates, LLC
  • Academy Funds
  • The Atlantis Group
  • The Aurora Funds, Inc.
  • CapitalSouth Partners, LLC
  • Catalysta Partners, LLC
  • D&D Fund 2002, LLC
  • DecisionPoint International
  • Eno River Capital, LLC
  • Franklin Street Partners, Inc.
  • Frontier Capital, LLC
  • The Grosvenor Funds
  • Intersouth Partners
  • Kitty Hawk Capital
  • Noro-Moseley Partners
  • McColl Garella, LLC
  • Piedmont Angel Network
  • Piedmont Venture Partners, Inc.
  • Renaissance Ventures, LLC
  • Research Triangle Ventures, LLC
  • River Cities Capital Funds
  • Southeast Interactive Technology Funds
  • Southern Capitol Ventures
  • Sustainable Job Fund, LP
  • Telecommunications Development Fund
  • TriState Investment Group, LLC
  • truePilot LLC
  • Wakefield Group

Forum Committee

Honorary Chair

  • Hugh McColl, Jr., McColl Garella LLC

Forum Committee Co-Chairs

  • Sallie Russell, partner, Intersouth Partners
  • Pamela S. Lewis, Ph.D., president, Queens College
  • Alan Taetle, partner, Noro-Moseley Partners

Regional Chairs

  • Jeanne Becker, Florida Venture Forum
  • Jennifer King, Birmingham Metropolitan Development Board/ Biotechnology Association of Alabama
  • Barbara Stafford, Georgia Technology Interests

Members

  • Stacy Anderson, Piedmont Venture Partners
  • Michael Brader-Araje, truePilot, LLC
  • Luba A. Brock, Technology Law Associates
  • Mary Cantando, Cantando & Associates
  • Cynthia Carlson, Campbell/Carlson
  • John F. A. V. Cecil, Biltmore Farms
  • Jeff Clark, Aurora Funds
  • Sue Cole, U.S. Trust
  • Chris Coleman, Green Banana Papers
  • Linda Daniels, Daniels & Daniels
  • Kate Day, Cisco
  • Georgette Dixon, Wachovia
  • Elyn Dortch, Capital South Partners LLC
  • Monica Doss, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
  • Doris Freedman, National Commission on Entrepreneurship
  • Julie Garella, McColl Garella, LLC
  • Doreen Grech, A.M. Pappas & Associates, LLC
  • Charlene Grunwaldt, The Business Journal
  • Tim Gupton, Research Triangle Ventures
  • Elizabeth Hardin, UNC Charlotte
  • Robbie Hardy, Silk Road Partners
  • Kate Hatcher, Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
  • Charles Hayes, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
  • Heather A. Hesketh, hesketh.com/inc.
  • Deborah Hylton, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
  • Cary Kinross-Wright, Intersouth Partners
  • Helga Leftwich, Hutchison & Mason
  • Jill Martin, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Chris Matton, The Atlantis Group, LLC
  • Amy Millman, Springboard Enterprises
  • Emma W. Morris, The Morris Group
  • Beverly Murray, r+m creative
  • Mary Musacchia, SAS Institute
  • Joan Myers, NCEITA
  • Anna Spangler Nelson, Wakefield Group
  • Trudy Phillips, Central Alabama Women's Business Center
  • Joanne Randolph, BizTech
  • Jeff Reid, Kenan-Flagler Business School,UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Brenda Seligmann, Bank of America
  • Christy Shaffer, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
  • Lori Spivey, Financial Directions
  • Ruth Taylor, IBM
  • Beth Traynham, Hughes Pittman & Gupton
  • Charles Tuttle, Piedmont Angel Network
  • Joan Wilbanks, Secureworks
  • April Young, Comerica