BioCrossroads' Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum to Make Stop in Indianapolis; Event Will Showcase IU School of Medicine Research and Commercialization Opportunities to Venture Capitalists

Business Wire, Jan 11, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS -- On Tuesday, January 17, 2006, the BioCrossroads life sciences initiative, Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Medicine will host the Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum in Indianapolis.

This is the fourth Entrepreneurial Forum that BioCrossroads has sponsored, with support from Indiana Future Fund professional management firm Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), since April 2005. CSFB manages the Indiana Future Fund, a $73 million venture capital pool that employs a network of local and national venture investment firms to explore Indiana life sciences investment opportunities. The Indiana Future Fund was formed through BioCrossroads.

The event will feature presentations from representatives of four IU School of Medicine-related companies, including csKeys LLC, EndGenitor Technologies, Inc., ImmuneWork LLC, and Lab Rat Software Systems LLC.

In addition to the Entrepreneurial Forum, BioCrossroads is hosting a luncheon for legislators at the Skyline Club in Indianapolis to update them on related activities.

Future Fund investors include Indiana's public pension funds as well as corporate and academic institutions. The Future Fund has invested in six venture capital funds, who in turn invest in Indiana life sciences companies. The venture capital funds are A.M. Pappas & Associates, Burrill & Company, EDF Ventures, Pearl Street Venture Funds, Spring Mill Venture Fund and Triathlon Medical Ventures.

WHAT:     Indiana Future Fund Entrepreneurial Forum in Indianapolis

WHEN:     Tuesday, January 17, 2006

TIME:     1:30   Networking

          1:45   Welcome and overview
                 Adam W. Herbert, President, Indiana University
                 Dr. D. Craig Brater, Vice President for Life
                  Sciences, Dean, IU School of Medicine

          2:00   Company Presentations
                 csKeys LLC
                 EndGenitor Technologies, Inc.
                 ImmuneWork LLC
                 Lab Rat Software Systems LLC

          4:00   Reception

          -- Media interested in attending this event should contact
           Jenny Siminski.

WHERE:    IUPUI University Place Conference Center, 850 West Michigan
          Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

WHO:      Representatives from Indiana University, the BioCrossroads
          life sciences initiative, the Indiana Future Fund, local
          life sciences companies; legislators, corporate and academic
          representatives