Midwest Venture Summit: Submit Your Business Plan Today

January 24, 2008

The Midwest Venture Summit is coming up quickly but there is still time to submit your business plans (deadline is Jan 31). For those that don’t know, the Midwest Venture Forum is a great place to get your business plan in front of a lot of top VCs from around the midwest (over 100 actually). Perhaps you’ll end up raising money based on your appearance at the Midwest Venture Summit (companies that have presented at the MVS in the prior year have raised $222mm to date) but even if you don’t you’ll get a lot of great advice from some of the top minds around. Here is the official info from the IVCA:

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Q. How can you pitch your business plan to multiple VCs and Angels at one time?

A. At the 2008 Midwest Venture Summit, Chicago

March 17th & 18th, 2008

* Nearly 100 angels and VC’s from the 13 state Greater Midwest area
* Numerous business intermediaries: lawyers, accountants, investment bankers
* Professional coaching for presenters

Opportunities are available for companies in various stages of growth, from early* to series A+** who are located in the 13 state “Greater Midwest” (IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN,MO, NB, ND, OH, Western PA, SD, WI).

Prior year MVS presenting companies have received over $222 million in VC funding to date.

If you want to be part of technology business and financing in the Midwest you cannot miss the 2008 Midwest Venture Summit.

Submit your business plan today at www.MidwestVentureSummit.com for consideration as presenter in the Midwest’s premier venture capital summit. Submission price is $175.

* Early stage companies typically have:

* product or service in development
* key management in place
* have done initial marketing or pre-sales
* friends & family money invested in the company

**Series A+ companies typically have:

* already received institutional/angel money
* Are seeking investments to expand working capital or marketing and sales capabilities

Deadline for Submission is January 31st, 2008

Click Here to submit your plan!

Posted by Eric Olson | Filed Under Chicago, TECH cocktail News 

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2 Responses to “Midwest Venture Summit: Submit Your Business Plan Today”

  1. Terry on January 26th, 2008 8:47 pm

    By the looks of your post, you seem to believe that submitting a business plan is worth the $175 price? As well as the additional fees (whether one’s submission is accepted or whether one simply is asked to pay to attend as a general participant)?

    Have you found this conference helpful in the past or is it more for the VCs to collect and read business plans to keep their “pulse” on the latest ideas?

  2. Eric Olson on January 26th, 2008 9:02 pm

    The $175 is definitely a small price to pay to get access to all the major players in the Midwest assuming you are looking for funding.

    I haven’t attended yet but I have heard good things from the people and companies that have. I think the funding numbers in the post above speak for themselves in terms of how helpful this event is in terms of helping companies find funding.

    Also, even if you weren’t able to find funding I think you would be able to get a lot of great feedback that will help you as you go forward.

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