{"id":2492,"date":"2009-07-15T05:44:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2009-07-13T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T18:41:17","slug":"venturetech-to-bring-together-entrepreneurs-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_15_2009\/venturetech-to-bring-together-entrepreneurs-investors","title":{"rendered":"VentureFair to bring together entrepreneurs, investors, inventors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2547\" title=\"webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1.jpg\" alt=\"webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1\" width=\"432\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1.jpg 432w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/webrocketventureslogo_letterhead1-300x77.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re looking for a way to transform and fund an innovative idea into a legitimate business technology venture, prepare to make your pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket Ventures, a Toledo-based pre-seed-funding source for technology businesses, is seeking people and start-up companies to participate in an event called VentureFair this fall that will give aspiring entrepreneurs an audience with regional venture capital firms and angel investors.<\/p>\n<p>VentureFair will be held Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg. For more information about securing a spot, contact Mike Brooks at Rocket Ventures at brooks@rgp.org or 419.252.2700, ext. 321.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered for participation in VentureFair, individuals or businesses will be required to submit a three-page executive summary about the tech-based venture by Friday, July 31.<\/p>\n<p>After an initial review, independent committees will vet the executive summaries. Those selected for participation in VentureFair will be notified by Monday, Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be given eight minutes to present in one of five areas of interest: bioscience, alternative energy, advance materials, manufacturing technologies or information technology.<\/p>\n<p>VentureFair also will include a keynote luncheon speaker and three panel discussions on topics important to founders of new businesses and venture capitalists.<\/p>\n<p>There is a $100 nonrefundable executive summary submission fee.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss your idea with someone at the University, contact Dr. Daniel Kory, associate vice president for technology transfer, at daniel.kory@utoledo.edu or 419.3836924.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 31, is the deadline to submit a summary to be considered for VentureFair, an event that will allow entrepreneurs to discuss their ideas with investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}