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Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Announces Presenting Companies for Capital Connection 2005

Rigorous Selection Process Yields Impressive Roster of Presenting Companies in Baltimore, May 31-June 1, 2005

Timonium, MD - May 16, 2005 - Forty-two companies developing innovative information technologies and services that address sectors including media, communications, network infrastructure, security, telecommunications and mobile computing will present to several hundred venture capitalists at the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association's (MAVA) Capital ConnectionSM 2005 venture fair, May 31-June 1 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The Co-Chairs of this year's event are Brian Hayhurst of The Carlyle Group, Karl Khoury of Columbia Capital, Harry Weller of New Enterprise Associates and Gina Dubbé of Walker Ventures.

"We strive to select the most fundable investment opportunities in the market and we are proud that the rigorous Capital Connection selection process has identified these highly qualified presenting companies for our 2005 fair," said Julia Spicer, Executive Director of MAVA. "Each year we work to proffer a slate of companies indicative of current investment preferences and market dynamics. This year's selected presenters include companies with different stages of funding requirements (from early to later-staged); enterprises from different growth and development stages; and investment opportunities from a cross-section of sectors."

Over the years, the Capital Connection selection committee made up of investors and service professionals has identified, analyzed and selected some of the best companies in the region and beyond to present at the fair. This year's selection committee led by venture capitalist co-chairs Scott Frederick, Valhalla Partners; Tim Meyers, Updata Venture Partners; Jonathan Perl, Boulder Ventures Ltd.; and Joe Zell, Grotech Capital Group; has selected another strong group of presenting companies.

"The presenting companies in the class of Capital Connection 2005 are truly representative of the powerful dynamics of entrepreneurship and venture investing in the mid-Atlantic region," Brian Hayhurst, Co-Chair of Capital Connection 2005 and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group. "The selected companies are led by seasoned management teams, have customer acquisition and revenue visibility, and offer compelling technologies and business ideas. The group's diversity across investment stages and sectors signifies the fair's capacity to broadly attract some of the region's most fundable opportunities."

Companies chosen to fill the coveted Capital Connection 2005 presentation slots beat out a pool of highly-competitive applicants. For nearly two decades, MAVA's Capital Connection annual venture fair has helped shape the region's entrepreneurial economy, generating more than $2.4 billion of venture investments for the participating companies. Some of our region's biggest success stories - AOL, Ciena, Corvis, UUNet, Blackboard, Advertising.com and webMethods - have presented at the association's annual fairs.
Selected companies for Capital Connection 2005 include:

  1. 4Front Security (VA)
  2. Agentsmith Inc. (MD)
  3. Applied Data Systems (MD)
  4. Approval Corporation (VA)
  5. Arc Second, Inc. (VA)
  6. Backfence Inc. (VA)
  7. BDMetrics (MD)
  8. Blue Ridge Games, Inc. (VA)
  9. Blue Ridge Networks, Inc. (VA)
  10. Bluefire Security Technologies (MD)
  11. BoxTone by Panacya (MD)
  12. buySAFE, Inc. (VA)
  13. CONSUL Risk Management, Inc. (VA)
  14. dotPhoto, Inc.
  15. Enterworks, Inc. (VA)
  16. Expert Choice, Inc. (VA)
  17. GlobalCerts (MA)
  18. HighSpeed America, Inc. (VA)
  19. iLumin Software Services (VA)
  20. Induslogic Inc. (VA)
  21. Innovectra Corporation (VA)
  1. Intelliworks (MD)
  2. JackBe (VA)
  3. Luna nanoWorks (VA)
  4. Magnolia Broadband Inc. (NJ)
  5. Message Level (VA)
  6. mindSHIFT Technologies (VA)
  7. Mpowerplayer, Inc. (VA)
  8. Netcordia (MD)
  9. Nextreme Thermal Solutions (NC)
  10. Paxfire Inc. (VA)
  11. Rannoch Corporation (VA)
  12. Raysat (VA)
  13. RealOps, Inc. (VA)
  14. Sourcefire Inc. (MD)
  15. SquareLoop, Inc. (VA)
  16. TapRoot Systems Inc. (NC)
  17. Telarix (VA)
  18. Trinity Convergence (NC)
  19. Trufina, Inc. (MD)
  20. Trust Digital (VA)
  21. Wondir, Inc. (MD)

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About MAVA

Produced by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), Capital Connection 2005 is one of the nation's most successful and influential venture events. Over the years, MAVA venture fairs have helped to shape the region's entrepreneurial economy, generating more than $2.4 billion of venture investments in the presenting companies. MAVA represents private equity and venture capitalists with investment interests in the mid-Atlantic. Founded in 1986, MAVA provides a wide range of programs, information and forums designed to facilitate quality deal flow, encourage collaboration, and foster relationships with entrepreneurs and investors in order to promote private equity investment. Membership includes more than 500 venture capital professionals representing nearly 125 firms with collectively more than $10Billion in capital under management. In addition, more than 250 key professional service providers from the legal, financial, executive search and consulting fields are also MAVA members. For more information, please visit www.mava.org.

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