Twenty-plus Companies to Present at the Wayne Brown Institute's 20th Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference — Utah

Business Wire, Jan 26, 2004

Business Editors

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004

Registration now open to public for Feb. 10-11, 2004 event

More than 20 companies will present at the Wayne Brown Institute's 20th Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference -- Utah, to be held from Feb. 10-11, 2004, at the Marriott City Center in Salt Lake City.

Interested parties can register for the two-day event online at http://venturecapital.org or by calling 801-595-1141. Registration begins at $395 per person for one-day admission to the conference, with an additional $75 for the Ski Day event and $100 for the Gala Reception. The cost of registration for the one-day conference drops to $295 for any additional conference attendee(s) from the same firm.

The conference provides opportunities for organizations from around the United States to participate in the venture capital process as investors meet with companies and individuals seeking capital for business ventures. Since the conference's inception 20 years ago, alumni companies have successfully raised a total of more than $1.2 billion.

"The Wayne Brown Institute is the oldest and most successful not-for-profit venture capital accelerator in the world, and we invite any interested party to come and participate in our conference next month," said Brad Bertoch, president of the Wayne Brown Institute. "We hold this event each year in an effort to unite companies seeking capital with potential investors in an atmosphere of mutual learning, training and networking. Given our outstanding track record and based on the quality and caliber of this year's participants, I'd say we are well positioned to continue in our mission of finding 'diamonds in the rough' and helping polish them in order to realize their true potential."

The conference schedule includes such events as a ski day and reception for investors on Feb. 10, followed by individual company presentations, the Entrepreneur of the Year luncheon held in conjunction with the MountainWest Venture Group and one-on-one meetings with companies on Feb. 11.

The complete list of companies scheduled to present at the conference is as follows, along with each organization's Internet URL:

-- Aciont Inc. - www.aciont.com,

-- AdvancedMD Software - www.perfectpractice.md,

-- Airtreks Inc. - www.airtreks.com,

-- Avinti Inc. - www.avinti.com,

-- BioMicro Systems Inc. - www.biomicro.com,

-- Control4 Inc. - www.control4.com,

-- Ceregene Inc. - www.ceregene.com,

-- EnvironMax Inc. - www.environmax.com,

-- Forum Systems - www.forumsystems.com,

-- GoalCentrix Inc. - www.goalcentrix.com,

-- Hawaii Biotech Inc. - www.hibiotech.com,

-- Hoana Medical Inc. - www.hoana.com

-- Home Comfort Zones - www.homecomfortzones.com,

-- IsoTruss Structures Inc. - www.isotruss.com,

-- Motorweb Inc. - www.motorweb.com,

-- Northface University - www.northface.edu,

-- Odyssey Systems Inc. - no URL available,

-- PhonexBroadband Inc. - www.phonex.com,

-- Pyxant Labs - www.pyxant.com,

-- RappidMapper Inc. - www.rappidmapper.com,

-- WebHound Inc. - www.webhoundinc.com,

-- WellDog Inc. - www.welldoginc.com,

-- ZARS Inc. - www.zars.com, and

-- Zorch Software - www.zorchsoftware.com.

More information about the Wayne Brown Institute, along with a complete list of conference sponsors, is available online at www.venturecapital.org or by calling 801-595-1141.

About the Wayne Brown Institute

Located in Salt Lake City, the Wayne Brown Institute is the oldest, most successful nonprofit venture capital accelerator in the world and was formed in 1983 by Dr. Wayne S. Brown. It seeks to educate early-stage companies through mentor-based training in the methods of becoming attractive, viable investments for venture capitalists, while creating value-added relationships between entrepreneurs, capital providers and key professionals specializing in equity-backed business. The Wayne Brown Institute is nationally recognized for its expertise in understanding and applying the venture capital funding processes of Silicon Valley to areas that are capital constrained.