Venture capital event in Durham, NC, accepting applications

Start-up companies and entrepreneurs in the New Orleans area are among those encouraged to apply for seed funding from one of the largest venture capital groups in the country.

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development is accepting online applications from Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

CED is seeking high-growth companies from an array of industries and stages that are looking to raise either initial or subsequent rounds of private equity capital. Selected companies will present to hundreds of venture capitalists, angel investors and other financiers from across the country at Venture 2007.

"Our goal at Venture 2007 is to showcase the top investment opportunities in North Carolina and other East Coast innovation centers," said CED President Monica Doss. "We welcome emerging growth companies from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic to apply to present at CED's nationally recognized conference."

CED has roughly 4,000 members representing 1,100 entrepreneurial companies.

For more information on applying to present and to complete the online application, visit http://www.cednc.org/conferences/venture/ 2007/presenters/application_to_present/.

Since 2001, Venture presenters have raised over $1.2 billion in venture capital. In addition to company presentations, Venture 2007 will also include leading industry speakers, extensive networking opportunities and exclusive investor-only events.