Three Finalists Announced for San Diego Venture Group’s PitchFest 2011 Event

Nov. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- SAN DIEGO – November 1, 2011 – Three of San Diego’s most innovative and fundable companies, SwoopThat LLC, Biosilo Foods Inc. dba Gamer Grub, and Deal Current Network Inc., will compete to win $17,500 at San Diego Venture Group’s PitchFest 2011 event Thursday, November 17.

The prize money will be used by these companies to support their business development and growth.

“We had one of our strongest pool of candidates in many years,” stated David Titus, SDVG President.  “Our team of 10 venture capital judges had a difficult time picking these three from the ten semi-finalists.”  Pitchfest applicants go through a tough judging process which involves more than 25 community experts and a panel of 10 VC judges.

The 10 semi-finalists for PitchFest 2011 were selected from the more than 70 nominee applications for their innovation, investor appeal and progress. The panel of judges who selected the semi-finalists is comprised of a group of San Diego’s leading entrepreneurs, professionals and investors.  The ten semi-finalists were:
   
   Antengo
   Barc, Inc.
   Biosilo Foods, dba Gamer Grub
   iTel Companies, Inc.
   Hold-Free Networks
   Swarmology, Inc.
   Deal Current Network Inc
   Stasis Medical
   VimVida
   SwoopThat, LLC

Many of these firms will be on display at the PitchFest dinner, which is open to the public.  The finals will be held on Thursday evening, November 17, 2011 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. More information is available at SDVG Pitchfest.

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The San Diego Venture Group is a non-profit business organization that fosters relationships and ideas to form, fund and build new ventures. SDVG is helping San Diego evolve into a significant entrepreneurial and venture center. Visit www.sdvg.org for more information.