Panel on Early-Stage Technology Investing in New York City

New York City, NY – On August 10, 2005, leading Venture Capital investors are set to speak at the FundingPost (http://www.FundingPost.com) “Early-Stage Technology Investing” event in New York City sponsored by Morrison and Foerster. What does it take for an early-stage technology company to secure funding? At this breakfast event, including Release 2.0 author Esther Dyson and Milestone Venture Partners General Partner Edwin Goodman, will answer this and other key questions by discussing what they are looking for in new investments right now. The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are online at: http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp

FundingPost has completed 20+ sold-out venture events in New York City over the past three years and it is proud to announce its August 10th “Early-Stage Technology Investing” event in New York. At the morning session, the venture capitalist panelists will discuss critical topics including: valuation trends, term sheets, and hot industry trends. In addition, two companies will have the opportunity to give a 20-minute pitch to the panelists. For more information about pitching, contact Keith Henry, 203-659-6649, or visit the FundingPost website at http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp.

The speakers on the “Early-Stage Technology Investing” panel include:

• Robert Dennen, Managing Director, Enhanced Capital Partners
• Esther Dyson, Editor-at-Large, CNET Networks (Angel Investor)
• Edwin Goodman, General Partner, Milestone Venture Partners
• Douglas P. Miscoll, Principal, Newlight Associates
• Brett Topche, Associate, NJTC Venture Fund

“We are delighted to be hosting an event on early-stage technology investing. We have seen some terrific activity in this sector and we know that New York really needs an event focused on this industry. We are excited to be able to bring such a powerhouse group of venture capitalist together to speak on the topic. We are certain that the entrepreneurs in attendance will find this roundtable discussion incredibly valuable,” said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost.

Mr. Dennen is a Managing Director for Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC, and is responsible for making qualified investments in the various CAPCO states. His initial area of focus is New York. He is a member of the firm's investment committee. He serves on the Board of Directors of PartSearch Technologies, Inc. Prior to joining Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC, in June 2001, Mr. Dennen has held senior positions at technology firms. He was a founder, CFO and Chief Technology Officer for Prism eSolutions, a provider of Internet-based knowledge management and training, focused on quality management compliance. He was responsible for the design, development, commercialization and launch of the company's initial product. Previously, Mr. Dennen was the VP of New Product Development for barnesandnoble.com, a leading e-commerce site. In addition, he was a Director for Simon & Schuster in their Education Technology group commercializing on-line uses of proprietary business content. Mr. Dennen started his technology career at Andersen Consulting where he was a Senior Manager in their Telecommunications Industry Consulting Practice for 10 years. He worked as a staff accountant at Arthur Andersen during which time he became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Mr. Dennen received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Esther Dyson is editor-at-large at CNET Networks, where she is responsible for its monthly newsletter, Release 1.0, and its PC Forum, the high-tech market's leading annual executive conference. As editor-at-large, she also contributes insight and content to CNET Networks' other properties. She sold her business, EDventure Holdings, to CNET Networks in early 2004. Previously, she had co-owned EDventure and written/edited Release 1.0 since 1983.

At Release 1.0 and in her private investment activities, Dyson focuses on emerging technologies, emerging companies and emerging markets. Among the topics she has covered for Release 1.0 recently are social software and social networks, registries of people and things, the Internet, the transformation of e-mail to "Meta-mail," identity management, and the use of "consumer" Internet services such as Yahoo! eBay and Google by small businesses.

By 1994, she had already explored the impact of the Net on intellectual property (among other things, why many software products are now turning into online services). In 1997, she wrote a book on the impact of the Net on individuals' lives, "Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age." It includes a number of chapters about today's hot topics such as security, privacy, anonymity and intellectual property.

Dyson is also an active player in discussions and policy-making concerning the Internet and society. From 1998 to 2000, she was founding chairman of ICANN (the organization responsible for overseeing the Domain Name System). A variety of government officials worldwide turn to her for advice on Internet policy issues.

In addition, Dyson donates time and money as a trustee to emerging organizations (Bridges.org, the National Endowment for Democracy and the Eurasia Foundation). For several years in the '90s she was chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Edwin Goodman, General Partner at Milestone Venture Partners, is a venture capitalist with 27 years of experience with highly-regarded venture firms, including Patricof & Co. (7 years) and Hambros Bank (17 years). Mr. Goodman joined Patricof & Co. as its third employee in 1974, and managed the fund that invested in the final private financing round raised by Apple Computer in the summer of 1977.

In 1979, Mr. Goodman and his associates at Patricof raised the first substantial fund ($26 million) that included money from ERISA institutional investors. This fund marked the beginning of U.S. pension fund participation in the venture capital business. At Hambros, Mr. Goodman was Chief Executive Officer of U.S. operations, and during his tenure, with his partners, managed several private equity funds with over $150 million collectively under management. He has reviewed thousands of investment proposals, and teams under his management have invested in more than 100 companies. Twenty-five of these companies went public and many were profitably sold. Mr. Goodman is also a visible spokesman and leader within the venture capital industry. From 1986-1995, he chaired the annual Venture Investing conference sponsored by International Business Forum, which afforded him an excellent overview of the national venture capital community. Mr. Goodman holds a B.A. from Yale University (1962) and an M.S. from Columbia University Business School (1979).

Douglas Miscoll is a Principal of Newlight Associates. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Laidlaw & Co., an investment firm that he purchased with an investor group and subsequently sold. He also served as Managing Director of Northgate Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on investments in early-stage technology companies. Mr. Miscoll was a founding member of the management team that created K-III Communications, now Primedia, a publishing and media company sponsored by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Mr. Miscoll holds a B.A. from Santa Clara University, an M.A. from Templeton College, Oxford University, and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

Brett Topche joined NJTC Venture Fund as an Associate from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where he achieved a dual major with high honors in Finance and Legal Studies and a minor in Political Science. He previously worked for MRA International in real estate development consulting, and for the accounting firm Frankel and Topche. At NJTC Venture Fund, Brett focuses primarily on software and communications companies.

For more information about the New York City “Early-Stage Technology Investing” event and other FundingPost events, contact Keith Henry at 203-659-6649 or visit the FundingPost website at http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp

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