Speed-pitching™ has grabbed the attention of media, including NY1 News, Financial Times, Crains, Observer, Business Week Online, Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo! Finance, and many more. Prominent Tri-State area VC firms and angel investors tout it as the most efficient way of finding investment opportunities and for entrepreneurial companies, Speed-pitching TM offers a truly unparalleled opportunity to sell their company vision to interested potential investors, one-on-one.

Here's a sample of funding institutions who have participated in Speed-pitching™?

Access Capital, Agile Equity, Baker Capital, Beroff Associates, Blumberg Capital, Brand Equity Ventures, Carrot Capital, Collaborative Partners, Colt Capital, Commonwealth Associates, Coqui Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham, EarlyBird Capital, Easton Hunt Capital, Emergent Capital, EuclidSR Partners, Flatiron Partners, Generation Partners, Global Horizons, Grand Central Holdings, Grimaldi Group, Ground Floor Ventures, Hilbert, Peers & Young, Himalaya Capital Ventures, ICES, iHatch Ventures, Interfase Capital, iVest, JDA Partners, JLB Group, Metropolitan Venture Partners, NYC Investment Corporation, NYC Investment Fund, Patricof & Co. Ventures, Pennell Venture Partners, Pequot Private Equity, Plough Penny Partners, Praxis Capital Ventures, Plough Penny Partners, Primedia Ventures, RRE Ventures, Safeguard Scientific, Salo Ventures, StarVest Capital Partners, Summit Partners, Tellus Capital, Trinity Investors Fund, Tri-State PIN, TriState Ventures, Wellfleet Partners, Windmill Capital and numerous angel investors..

How does Speed-pitching™ work?
Entrepreneurial CEOs submit their executive summary for consideration in Speed-pitching tm. A group of judges chooses what they consider to be the top 40, and the CEOs of the selected companies get 10 meetings each with potential backers. During the 5-minute meetings, the Speed-pitchers have the opportunity to pitch their business plan, in private setting and with the investors' undivided attention, as entrepreneurs rotate in musical chair format.

Why participate?
The results of the prior Speed-pitching™ events have been spectacular. An average entrepreneur scores from 4-5 second round meetings at the request of the VCs/angels, the top companies getting a call-back from 9-10 investors. Several entrepreneurs have been issued term sheets. Others have added advisors/board members or merged with investor portfolio companies. All have penetrated a new and valuable second tier of networks - courtesy of Speed-pitching™.

Who are the participating angels/VCs?
NYC's most active angels, archangel networks and VC firms that invest in early and mid-stage technology companies. Our investors are seeking to find companies in the following areas:

- broadband
- CRM
- e-commerce
- infrastructure
- mobile/wireless
- online services
- security/data storage
- telecom

The level of participating entrepreneurial companies has gone from relatively early stage to much more advanced undertakings with proven revenue models, thus diminishing investor risk.

As of now, no date has been set for the next Speed-pitching event. However, following are the general instructions on how the process works.

1. Register and pay the $195 fee, which includes the conference sessions offered in conjunction with the Speed-pitching event and an application to compete for the opportunity to participate in Speed-pitching™.

2. Submit executive summary as per format requested in the registration confirmation email, to the address provided in the confirmation message. Executive summary MUST BE NO LONGER THAN 3 PAGES TOTAL AND SUBMITTED AS A MS WORD ATTACHEMENT.

3. Once the panel of judges has selected the "Top 40", the winning companies will be notified by email. The winners will pay a fee of $850 for participating.

4. A 30-minute, professional training session will be provided to the companies chosen for Speed-pitching tm. The practice Speed-pitching™ will be videotaped, and constructive critique and advice is provided by a recognized CEO coach and his team.

5. Each entrepreneur gets 10 SpeedDates with investors. To better match investor/investee, we'll have two groups in Speed-pitching™ - those early-stage and seeking up to $3 million (series A) and those seeking growth capital in excess of $3 million (series B + beyond.)

6. Mindshare Ventures will coordinate follow-up meetings to assure all interested parties will have a consolidated list of each others' contact details.

7. By participating in Speed-pitching™, you agree to pay to Mindshare Ventures a finder's fee equal to 2% of all consideration received by participant from a funding source which he/she was first introduced to at Speed-pitching™ event. This fee will be payable in full upon closing on any investment.