Plug and Play International Investment Forum - A Success

November 2, 2009

Plug and Play International Investment Forum - A Success

Kamran Elahian

Sunnyvale, CA (RPRN) 11/02/09 — Last Thursday, Plug and Play Tech Center held its third international investment forum. With 47 companies from 11 countries pitching for funding to 30 venture capital groups, Plug and Play is excited to announce the event was a smashing success.

Keynotes by Kamran Elahian of Global Catalyst Partners and Dickson Chu of Paypal added to the charged and entrepreneurial atmosphere, as the senior management of 47 tech start-ups prepaired to give it their all in three minute, rapid-fire, Silicon Valley style pitches.

If you are an investor looking for strong international deal flow, an entrepreneur seeking funds for your next high tech business, or a Silicon Valley executive wanting to see entrepreneurship at the ground level, consider attending our next intnernational investment forum on the 29th of April, 2010.

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about Plug and Play:

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Play Tech Center is a community of over 236 technology startup companies[1] in Web 2.0, software (SaaS), systems architecture, semiconductor and telecomm verticals. Since its inception in January 2006 the center has helped startups raise in excess of $500 million in venture funding. Start-up companies that have worked with Plug and Play have created a cumulative value of $2B.

Entrepreneur-centered, with strong relationships with the most influential venture capital firms of Silicon Valley and top Ivy League universities, Plug and Play Tech Center has become the ultimate place to launch and grow promising new technologies.

[1] As of May 31^st, 2009

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Founded in 2006, Plug and Play Tech Center is the leading startup accelerator in the Silicon Valley. More than 250 startups have raised capital in excess of $700 million after partnering with Plug and Play Tech Center, which connect entrepreneurs, leading venture capitalists like Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Canaan Partners, Accel Partners and more, angel investors and corporate partners like Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Ebay, Yahoo! and more. The unique collaborative community also includes universities such as Cornell, MIT, Harvard and Stanford. More than $2 billion in value has been created through exits and acquisitions. Silicon Valley locations include Sunnyvale, Redwood City, and Palo Alto with a total of 200,000 square feet. The newest locations are in Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Glendale with a total of 465,000 square feet.

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