youngStartup Ventures Presents Eighth Annual New York Venture Summit occasionally

June 18, 2008 - PRLog -- New York, NY— youngStartup Ventures today announced the eighth Annual New York Venture Summit will be held on Tuesday, June 24th and Wednesday June 25th at The New Yorker Hotel in New York City. The annual summit brings together hundreds of venture capitalists, angel investors, executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, incubators, investment bankers, successful entrepreneurs, premier service providers and industry leaders to provide early stage and emerging growth ventures, with useful strategies in maximizing opportunities for raising venture capital and building strategic alliances.

The summit will be held on Tuesday, June 24th from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM and Wednesday, June 25th from 8:00 AM – 5:10 PM. A cocktail reception, hosted by Microsoft, will be open to all conference participants on Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Microsoft’s NY office.

More than 30 leading VCs have been chosen to participate in panel discussions on investment trends, strategies for investing in early stage ventures, strategies on how to find and access capital, what  to look for in early stage companies, etc. Scheduled speakers include Will D. Porteous, RRE Ventures; Daniel J. Shultz, DFJ Gotham Ventures; Steve Brotman, Greenhill SAVP; Andrew D. Clapp, Brook Venture Partners, LLC; Jay N. Goldberg, Hudson Ventures; Brian S. Model, Stonehenge Growth Capital; Charles Scott, Intel Capital; and Jeanne M. Sullivan, Starvest Partners L.P. For the full list of speakers please visit http://www.vcsummit.com/schedule.asp.

Additionally, over 50 of the most innovative startups will be in attendance and 48 will showcase their business and investment opportunities. The success of last year’s event resulted in the healthcare information technology company, Peminic Inc., raising a 4.5 million investment led by Brook Venture Partners. For complete event details please visit http://www.vcsummit.com/.

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Founded in 1999, youngStartup Ventures was built on the dream of assisting entrepreneurs in building successful enterprises. We invest our time, experience, knowledge, connections and team-oriented approach. We place tremendous value on creating working partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams who have the character and the drive to succeed. For more information please visit www.youngStartup.com.

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