CapitalConnects! | Connecting Investors with Entrepreneurs

Register Today for SEACA and CapitalConnects!

on September 30 and October 1 in North Carolina.

The event will include ten presentations from southeast-based companies looking for capital and panel discussions on current topics that impact accredited investors and funds. The conference is pleased to have Basil Peters, a West Coast Angel, former Venture Capitalist, and author with a passion for exits, as its keynote speaker on October 1.

To order a copy of Basil's book, visit www.basilpeters.com

AGENDA for Wednesday, September 30

12:30 PM Informal Networking

1:30 PM Public Policy Discussion with Bob Franklin

2:00 PM Deal Sharing & Collaboration - What does it really mean? Who leads? Who follows? How can we better work together? - Open Discussion

3:00 PM LLC Panel Discussion with Michael Cain

3:30 PM Regional Issues / Topics - Open Discussion

4:00 PM SEACA Company Presentations

5:30 PM Adjourn

6:30 PM Cocktail Hour - Included with Registration Fee

7:15 PM Dinner - Included with Registration Fee

AGENDA for Thursday, October 1

07:30 AM Breakfast Buffet and Registration for CapitalConnects!

08:30 AM Welcome

8:40 AM Valuation Expectations & the New Economy (Charlton Owensby with ACA Panel)

9:15 AM Two Featured Company Presentations

9:50 AM How to be a better investor in a Board role (Troy Knauss with ACA Panel)

10:25 AM Break

10:40 AM Five Featured Company Presentations

12:10 PM Break

12:25 PM Lunch & Keynote Speaker: Basil Peters

01:15 PM Break

01:30 PM Tax Credit Initiatives & Sustaining Angel Groups (Bob Franklin with ACA Panel)

01:50 PM Three Featured Company Presentations

02:40 PM What are the next great technologies that will come out of the Southeast region? How do we find those companies? (Michael Batalia from Wake Forest)

03:00 PM Networking & Private Discussions

Hotel Information

Rates are $169/night at Proximity Hotel, a Green & Eco-Friendly Hotel that was the First LEED Platinum Hotel in the USA, or $179/night at the O.Henry Hotel. For reservations, call 1-800-965-8259 or contact the hotel at ohinfo@ohenryhotel.com. To receive the special rate, please mention SEACA, CapitalConnects or the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. The hotels are located on Green Valley Road in Greensboro. There is a shuttle service from the airport.

Past Presenting Companies

These are just a few of the companies that presented at CapitalConnects!

Spotlight on Investors: Ariel Savannah Angel Partners

The Ariel Savannah Angel Partners (�ASAP�) is actively pursuing the funding of new, innovative and high-impact entrepreneurs in a wide variety of businesses. In our 3 years of active investing we have invested over $3 million in portfolio companies such as: Carbon Motors Corporation, a company created to design, build, market and support a new custom-designed, purpose-built vehicle for the law enforcement community which will generate over 10,000 jobs when fully operational; Southeast TechInventures, Inc. (�STI�) a firm that accelerates selected new businesses from the research efforts and laboratories of Duke University, NC State, UNC and other universities; Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (an STI company) a micro fluidics analysis platform for assaying a wide variety of liquids such as blood, sweat, water, sewage, etc.; Bioptigen, Inc. (an STI company); an optics company with a platform for high resolution detection of various eye and retinal diseases; NeurOp, Inc. out of an Emory University incubator with a promising pharma product for pain management using brain receptors; Ortho Pediatriacs, Inc. an Indiana company with a wide range of orthopedic surgical devices custom designed for the youth market; Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc. a marketing company with patented IP for predicting a new music pieces� chance of becoming a marketing hit coupled to a wide variety of services for marketing and monetizing the distribution of the new music. ASAP operates as a member-based network model with a highly developed, best-practices evaluation process that is organized and efficient. We are actively seeking new opportunities and are proactive in working to syndicate good opportunities with other Angel groups.

Spotlight on Investors: Inception Micro Angel Family of Funds

The Inception Micro Angel Family of Funds ("IMAF") continues to seek and invest in seed stage companies through out North Carolina. The family of funds consists of 4 committed angel funds located in Asheville, Charlotte, Greenville and Winston Salem, NC. During the first half of 2009, IMAF invested over $1 million in two new portfolio companies including Applied Catheter Technologies and TrackLok Corp. In partnership with the NC Biotechnology Center and North Carolina's Small Business & Technology Development Center, IMAF has developed and launched the NC Capital Highway web site ( www.nccapitalhighway.com) and the Human Capital Database. Support for seed and early-stage growth companies is what IMAF is all about. With over 150 members participating in mentoring, counseling and educational processes,member involvement and opportunities are abundant.

Spotlight on Investors: Upstate Carolina Angel Network

The Upstate Carolina Angel Network ("UCAN") is a young but active angel investor group based in Greenville, South Carolina. The group was launched in the spring of 2008 and to date has invested more than $1.8 million in six companies. The group focuses its investment activities primarily on startup and early stage companies located in the Southeastern U.S., and although the group does not have a strict industry focus, it favors high-growth opportunities in advanced materials, industrial applications, information technology and medical devices. Our investors are actively seeking new opportunities to invest in strong startup teams and businesses, and we welcome the opportunity to syndicate deals with other angel groups in the region. Please learn more about UCAN at www.upstateangels.org - and and we hope to see you at Capital Connects!

Spotlight on Investors: Piedmont Angel Network

The Piedmont Angel Network ("PAN") is aggressively bucking the current funding environment. The fund, during the first half of 2009, invested over $2 million in five new portfolio companies including Extend Energy, a solar energy integrator founded by Travis Simpson, a seasoned entrepreneur with ties to the group, Raw Essentials, a skincare products company founded by Carol Alt, Protochips, manufacturers of holey carbon films for cryo-transmission electron microscopy and developers of the Aduro, a revolutionary MEMS-based heating stage for high-resolution electron microscopy, BeliefNetworks, a technology to transform real time, structured and unstructured data - such as marketing campaign data, customer behavior information and social network conversations - into actionable knowledge for improved customer experience, and Pique Therapeutics, a vaccine for non-small cell lung cancer entering Phase II clinical trials. The fund is also making dry powder investments in existing portfolio companies. If you have a deal you are interested in sharing with PAN, the fund is actively pursuing new opportunities. Today is a great time to support early-stage growth companies and PAN funds, with over 150 members, can help. The fund has invested well over $5 million in deals presented at CapitalConnects!