Charlottesville, VA – Southeast BIO (SEBIO) today announced its 2007SEBIO Investor Forum, set for November 7-8, 2007, at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, NC.The three chairs of this year’s event include Fred Hutchison, founding member of HutchisonLaw Group PLLC; Garheng Kong, general partner, Intersouth Partners; and Cat Lineberry, co-founder and president, Lineberry Research Associates (now a part of Constella Group). The annual conference, designed to stimulate venture investment in the region, offers an “early-stage” event focused on preparing newly emerging companies for raising venture capital and a “presenting companies” event which showcases a second group of young companies that have already completed one “round” of institutional financing. The day and a half day event also explores research, market, and financing trends with nationally recognized leaders from the investment and biosciences industries. Rebecca Kaufman, counsel with King & Spalding LLP and chair of SEBIO, stated, “We are pleased to be returning the conference to North Carolina once again and to have three enthusiastic and highly regarded chairs.” Additional information on the 2007 SEBIO Investor Forum - keynote speakers and companies selected - will be announced in the coming months.
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