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MIAMI – Innovative companies doing business in Latin America and South Florida have six days remaining to apply for a golden opportunity: Presenting at the 2010 Americas Venture Capital Conference in Miami. The selected companies will be invited to present directly to venture capital firms looking to develop strategic alliances. The deadline to apply is Sunday, August 15, 2010.
“Our Latin-American focus is a first for an American venture capital conference, and we have had a strong response to our call for companies,” said Conference Chair Irma Becerra-Fernandez, director of the Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center at FIU. “We want to make sure companies in our community have the chance to apply for this game-changing opportunity.”
FedEx Express Latin America & Caribbean, one of the conference sponsors, has announced that it will award vouchers for FedEx Express shipping services to several of the presenting ventures: $3,000 USD to the winning venture, $2,000 for second place, and $1,000 for third.
Eligible companies must have strong management teams and proven business models with positive gross margins and a minimum of $2 million (USD) in revenues. They must maintain headquarters in Latin America/Caribbean or South Florida, and conduct primary business in the region.
Companies interested in presenting at the conference are asked to create a profile in the Global Innovative Ventures Knowledge Base by Aug. 15, 2010. The selected companies will be given the opportunity to have a table-top display and make a 15-minute presentation to investors during the conference, scheduled for Nov. 17 and 18, 2010 in Miami.
Companies from the following industries will be given highest consideration:
- Agriculture and water quality
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceutical and health
- Consumer products
- Energy and green technologies
- Entertainment
- Information, communication and web technologies
- Metals and mining
The Americas Venture Capital Conference is organized by the Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University. The theme of the 2010 conference is “Latin America: The New Mainstream”. For more information on the conference please call 305-348-7156 or visit www.AmericasVCConference.com.
Media Contacts: Jean-Paul Renaud at 305-348-2716 or Ellen Forman at 954-873-4118.
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Congratulation for this initiative. It will be of great benefit for our County and for FIU. I expend 25 years teaching in Ecuador, and I know for sure that we have to push for new investments in Latin America; results, stabilizing democracy, create employment opportunities and try to stop China's great desire to displace us from Latin America.