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2002 East Coast Venture Fair
Investors’ Circle and the JP Morgan Chase Community Development Group Presented:
East Coast Venture Fair
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY
The following panelists spoke about the opportunities and challenges of co-investing between institutional and individual investors, with a particular focus on community development deals.
- Gloria Lee, JP Morgan Chase Community Development Group - panel moderator
David Kirkpatrick, Founder and Managing Director, SJF Ventures
Daniel Levinson, Founder, Colt Capital
Richard Grafer, Pathway Investments
Nick Gleason, CEO, CitySoft
Robin Chase, CEO, Zipcar
Presenting Companies: We would like to congratulate the following companies who presented at our East Coast Venture Fair.
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BEST Education Partners - Winner of the 2002 Harvard Business Plan Competition - Social Venture Track. A for-profit education services provider focused on economically disadvantaged areas. Minority-owned company. |
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CheckSpring - Brings banking and financial services to underserved urban communities. |
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Development Space - Provides an on-line platform for funding international development projects. Minority-owned company. |
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Foothold Technology
- Application Service Provider offering mission-critical case
management, fiscal and administrative software to nonprofit agencies. |
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| Fossa Medical - Medical technology focused on the removal of kidney stones. Woman-led company. |
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| Naturize Biosciences - Provides naturally-occurring, microbial-based products for use in fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides. |
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| Nuvim -
Nutritional beverage products that help to build a strong total immune
system, support muscle flexibility and promote sturdy joints. |
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| Parker Guitar
- A leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality,
innovative electric guitars. Employ a workforce from economically
depressed communities. Also uses several innovative, environmentally-
friendly manufacturing processes. |
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| Pyrotek - New spark plug technology that increases the efficiency of an engine's combustion process. |
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| Recycline
- Makes recycled and recyclable consumer products. Also assists
consumer product companies to better manage the waste that they create. |
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| TelViDa
- Supplies broadband, cable and networking services in the NY Metro
region. Provides technical jobs to a primarily minority workforce. |
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| Verdant Power
- A sustainable energy systems integrator and a developer of
"free-flow" turbine systems that generate utility and village scale
electric power from natural underwater currents. |
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| VIDA - Designer-quality office furniture from sustainably harvested wood |
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| Voxiva - Telcom and web-based software applications to bridge the digital divide in the developing world |