CED Picks 36 Companies to Present at Upcoming Venture Capital Conference

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — The Council for Entrepreneurial development’s 25th annual venture capital conference will include presentations from 36 companies ranging across North Carolina and the southeast and other regions.

Last year, for the first time, the CED extended its invitation list outside of the state to the southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

This year, one presenting firm is also coming from the Midwest – CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Indianapolis.

The conference is set for April 16-18 in Durham.

“This year’s Venture conference promises to feature the most exciting investment opportunities in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions,” said CED Venture conference co-chair Eric Linsley, who is a partner, Pappas Ventures. “Not only does this conference offer access to an intriguing pipeline of companies from pre-seed to mezzanine rounds of funding, but also an impressive range of technologies including cutting edge innovations in Technology, Life Science and Alternative Energy.”

Company descriptions were provided by the CED.

Showcase presenters:

• SciQuest, Inc. (Cary, NC www.sciquest.com) Global leader in helping academic and research-centric organizations realize the potential of strategic procurement.
• CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) Biopharmaceutical company focused on new therapeutics for neurological diseases – developed a novel clinical stage migraine molecule.
• Regado Biosciences, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.regadobiosciences.com) Biopharmaceutical company developing antidote-controlled therapeutics via simultaneous rational design of drug-antidote pairs.

Late-stage presenters on the technology track:

• Digitalsmiths (Research Triangle Park, NC) – www.digitalsmiths.com) Video search company providing solutions for advertising, user generated content and other consumer opportunities.
• Inlet Technologies (Raleigh, NC -- www.inlethd.com) Digital media technology for content creation and distribution.
• Omnilink Systems (Alpharetta, GA -- www.omnilinksystems.com) Location-based services technology solution provider.
• Semprius, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.semprius.com) Provider of photovoltaic modules for solar farms.
• Tricycle, Inc. (Chattanooga, TN -- www.tricycleinc.com) Eco-efficient merchandising alternatives for commercial interiors.
• Yap, Inc. (Charlotte, NC -- www.yapme.com) Automated speech to text messaging platform for mobile devices.
• Zenoss, Inc. (Annapolis, MD -- www.zenoss.com) Open source application, server, and network management.

Late stage companies, life science track:

• Agility Healthcare Solutions (Glen Allen, VA -- www.agilityhealthcare.com) Healthcare resource and workflow to control patient-care process.
• Chimerix, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.chimerix-inc.com) Antiviral drug discovery and development.
• Proventys (Durham, NC -- www.proventys.com) Personalized medicine knowledge service provider focused on delivering cutting-edge risk prediction technology.
• Phase Bioscience, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.phasebio.com) Pharmaceutical drug delivery and protein purification company.
• Integrated Oncology Solutions, Inc. (Raleigh, NC -- www ioshealth.com) Oncology nuclear receptor drug discovery and development company.
• MaxCyte, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD -- www.maxcyte.com) MaxCyte creates cell therapeutics that cannot otherwise be developed.
• SCYNEXIS, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.scynexis.com) Drug Discovery and Development Company.
• Argos Therapeutics, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.argostherapeutics.com) Developing breakthrough immunotherapies that target the unique features of a patient’s disease.
• Optimal Reading Solutions (Birmingham, AL – www.optimalreadings.com) Optimizing patient care through faster, higher quality radiology interpretation processes and results.

Early stage, technology track:

• Spectrum Bridge, Inc. (Lake Mary, FL -- www.spectrumbridge.com) Real time, dynamic spectrum exchange.
• Intercede (Charlotte, NC -- www.intercedeservices.com) Global provider of intelligent incident and allegation management solutions.
• Blue Square Energy (Northeast, MD -- www.BlueSquareEnergy.com) High-performance, low-cost solar cell manufacturer.
• Qualtré, Inc. (Atlanta, GA -- www.qualtre.com) Supplier of MEMS inertial sensor components.
• NexGenVS LLC (Blacksburg, VA -- www.vidrunner.com) Peer-to-peer live streaming video over mobile devices.
• Chaologix, Inc. (Gainesville, FL -- www.chaologix.com) Morphing logic based semiconductor company.
• BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc. (Charlotte, NC -- www.siteops.com) Land optimization Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform.
• Innegrity (Greer, SC -- www.innegrity.com) Maker of a high-modulus thermoplastic fiber to enhance fiberglass and carbon in performance composite applications
• Escape Media Group d/b/a Grooveshark (Gainesville, FL -- www.grooveshark.com) P2P Music Sharing Community.

Early stage, life science track:

• Abeome Corporation (Atlanta, GA -- www.abeomecorp.com) Monoclonal antibody therapeutics and diagnostics.
• FirstString Research (RTP, NC) A developer of a wound-healing peptide gel.
• ADial Corporation (Keswick, VA) Pharmaceutical drug development company.
• Amulet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Rockville, MD -- www.amuletpharma.com) A novel treatment for idiopathic and diabetic gastroparesis.
• NextRay (Chapel Hill, NC) Medical device manufacturer.
• SoloHealth (Duluth,GA -- www.solo-health.com) Self-service health screening and digital media.
• OcuCure Therapeutics, Inc. (Roanoke, VA -- www.ocucure.com) Ophthalmic drug development company.
• Precision BioSciences, Inc. (RTP, NC - www.precisionbiosciences.com) Genomic molecular biology.