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Early Stage East (ESE), the leading venture capital conference on the East Coast, is proud to announce that technology powerhouse Blackboard will be presented the Legendary Alumni Award. Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen will also serve as the Keynote.

Headland announced the appointment of George Raffini as Chairman and Marcus Thompson as Chief Executive Officer, respectively, of the firm. The firm also named Douglas Ng as Senior Partner, Head of Corporate Development.

Entrepreneurs compete for $35,000.00 in funding through the PitchFest program; a panel decides the semi-finalists who are then awarded funding by audience votes at the December PitchFest event.

Vickers Venture Partners announced today that four of its portfolio companies have won the 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Asia, a prestigious award which honors the year’s most promising private technology ventures in the Asian region.

SR Ventures, LLC is announcing today that its client MediStem, Inc. will attend and present at BIOX; Noble Financial Capital Markets’ Life Sciences Exposition to be held at the University of Connecticut, Stamford Campus on September 24-25, 2012.

Brian M. Abraham has been named to lead Spartan Innovations, L3C, a subsidiary of the Michigan State University Foundation focused on launching sustainable start-up companies from Michigan State University’s research innovations.

Early Stage East, one of the original venture conferences in the venture capital era, proudly announces its 15th anniversary capital conference slated for October 4, 2012 at the historical Down Town Club in Philadelphia, PA.

Qualifying Companies Must Have Minimum $10M Revenue & 25% Year on Year Growth

Venture Capital Happy Hour, September 4, 6PM, Will Bring Together Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Seeders, Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Visionaries for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails in New York City

Venture Capital Happy Hour, September 4, 6PM, Will Bring Together Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Seeders, Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Visionaries for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails in New York City

Venture Capital Happy Hour, September 4, 6PM, Will Bring Together Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Seeders, Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Visionaries for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails in New York City

Venture Capital Happy Hour, November 7, 6PM, Will Bring Together Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Seeders, Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Visionaries for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails in New York City

Venture Capital Happy Hour, September 4, 6PM, Will Bring Together Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Seeders, Entrepreneurs, Technologists and Visionaries for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails in New York City

Colonize Marketing LLC Inks a five year contract with Peabody Chase Consulting llc to assist in strategic growth.

Selects 10 companies to participate in the LaunchHouse Accelerator

Jason Jowett in a move to secure his business and finances has filed for Venture Capital through online leading global providers. 3.1 million US is requested for Horiscorpio, the estimated 3 year startup costs.

Winston Rowe & Associates private equity fund can provide 100% equity financing that covers all project costs including: land acquisition, development, and construction and equipment costs. 248-246-2243

BMW iVentures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will be looking for new mobility- related opportunities at the upcoming InnoMobility Conference in Greenville, S.C., November 7-8th, 2012. Agenda and Registration at www.innomobility.com

Paula Chong, former audit senior of Deloitte & Touche LLP, joins LP Analyst as an Associate

H&K Cheese (makers of Charlies Beer Cheese) hires Peabody Chase to help expand distribution

Ms. Kaba Jones to promote goodwill for River Cess County, Liberia through business and philanthropic investments

The DCP Index is compiled weekly by Demas staff and published every week. As far as we are aware, the DCP index is the web’s most comprehensive, free and publically available weekly record of companies receiving venture capital investment.

Future Vision Properties announces partnership with Peabody Chase Consulting llc to expand their Housing initiative to the North East

Two Canadian Startups, Pinerly and Willet, have been selected for Startup Camp 10-week accelerator program in Silicon Valley.

The Demas Venture Capital and Angel Investment Index is the web’s most comprehensive free and publically available weekly monitor of venture capital investment activity.

This book explains how little known laws passed within the last decade have crippled America’s innovation.

Business transaction platform CapLinked announces new financing round. Site grows by 6,000% in the past year as companies flock to its tools for managing capital raises, asset sales, and investor relations.

Executive Producer/Filmmaker Ana Carril-Grumberg (internet filmmaker to Deepak Chopra) has teamed up with Heather Owen and Earl Speight of ProSeeds LLC to bring the Business Pitch US Live Conference Series and Competition to Raleigh-Durham.

iVentureCapital GmbH acquires a share in development studio, MobileBits GmbH. Based in Hamburg and Hannover, MobileBits (www.mobilebits.de) was established in March 2009 by Karsten Wysk, Boje Holtz, Leif Griga and Benjamin Nitschke.

Music Prodigy, OfferUp and Skytree Win The Top Startup Award at Plug and Play Summer Expo.

”WavePlay has just produced and distributed Founders and Their Teams, the third in the Financing Secret Sauce video series,” said WavePlay President Peter Seidel.

The CEO of Top Tier Capital Partners discusses major trends in venture capital and why a convergence of "the cloud" with corporate buying will spell big opportunities even as VC firms get smaller

Education startup Noodle wins prestigious nomination opportunity at SVForum’s Launch: Silicon Valley

The New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network (NJEN) will host its annual “A Gathering of Angels” from noon to 3 p.m. at the Princeton Marriott Hotel and Conference Center at Forrestal in Princeton, N.J. on June 6

Alex Hollis, joins the Wasabi Ventures team of over 40 specialists, as a Venture Partner who will focus on edutech.

Athenian Venture Partners is co-sponsoring the Fifth Annual BioVenture and Innovation Showcase on Thursday, May 24 in Athens, Ohio at Ohio University.

EquiSight partners with Medusa to launch new camera technology

My Bridal Dream, NH based start-up joins the Wasabi Ventures portfolio.

Wasabi Ventures announces companies in the accelerator with Loyola University Maryland: “CodePupil, PointClickSwitch.com, and Vidstructor announced as first three participants.”

2012 is bringing a momentous shift in healthcare investment. -incubators, grant programs, accelerators and investors. We bring together David Whitlinger,, NYeC Health Collaborative; Steven Krein, StartUp Health; Brad Weinberg, Blueprint Health; etc.

Former Qualcomm Senior Vice President of Marketing, Jeff Belk, will be joined by a panel of pros in the mobile investing space.

Early Stage East, the most influential venture capital conference in the Mid-Atlantic region, proudly announces that mobile app start-up SnipSnap has earned the first coveted spot to present at its 15th anniversary conference later this year.

DynaExec continues to expand the leadership team with the appointment of David Wiener as Vice President of Business Development.

WavePlay has produced and distributed "Founder Passion and Chemistry," the second in the Financing Secret Sauce video series.

Winning digital and healthcare startups receive: Invitations to attend the exclusive PRIVATE EQUITY 2012 National Venture Capital Investment Forum Reception;consult with author of “Are You Fundable?; consult with Sperlingreene PR & Marketing

StarVest Partners today announced that General Partners Larry Bettino and Laura Sachar will participate in panel discussions at the Business Insider Startup 2012 conference on Thursday, May 3, 2012.

Gary Via appointed as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DynaExec

Cairo, Egypt—Sunday April 22, 2012—Sawari Ventures today announced the acquisition of Genius Ventures. Mr. Karim Elsahy, founder and CEO of Genius Ventures, has joined the Company’s team as Entrepreneur In Residence.

The WIN Companies announced today they are launching their new subsidiary WIN Business Accelerator to eliminate the lack of affordable benefits for small businesses.

Don't miss Privcap's video interview with venture capital pioneer (and original Apax Partners founder) Alan Patricof, who discusses the amazingly capital efficient opportunity in digital media startups, the New York VC scene, and the JOBS Act