Crossroads Venture Fair
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Congratulations,
your company has been selected to participation in the 14th Annual
Crossroads Venture Fair on Tuesday, May 1st and/or Wednesday,
May 2nd at the Stamford Marriott Hotel. Please see the chart
below for presenting and exhibiting details.
The review scores
and comments that your submission received are now available for you to
review at
http://www.back-offices.com. Just log in with the same user name
and password that you used to submit your application, then click "View
Your Submissions and Status," then "View Your Ratings."
Crossroads
Registration
- Please complete the
Participating Company Registration Form
within the next 3 days. To pay
your company participation fee, you may submit your credit card
information online, fax it to the CVG office or mail a check
to: Crossroads Registration, CVG, 1895 Post Road, Fairfield CT 06824.
Fax: (203) 256-9949.
Crossroads Boot Camp - April 18, from 1:30 to 5:00pm, followed by
a cocktail reception with CVG members at the New Haven Lawn Club in New
Haven. At this event, you will receive constructive tips on how to
present an investment proposal. Presenting companies should be
prepared to give a dry run of their presentation. You will receive
feedback from industry pros.
Hotel Information: Please call the hotel directly at (203)
357-9555 to make a reservation. Tell them you are with the Crossroads
Venture Fair.
Shipping Material
To Hotel:
If you ship material in advance to the hotel, address to:
Crossroads Venture Fair
Stamford Marriott Hotel
243
Tresser Blvd.
Stamford, CT 06901
(Mark your company name prominently on the outside of cartons.)
Electric:
If you need electricity, bring an extension cord and gang outlet with
surge protector.
Gala Reception
- You are welcome to attend the Gala Reception at the Stamford Marriott
on Tuesday, May 1st from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
3-Minute
Presentation:
during the event. If you are selected as a "Start-Up, Early, Expansion
or Late Stage" company, you will also be entitled to deliver a
PowerPoint presentation to the investors. (See
Preparing the Presentation
for content suggestions.) All presentations will take place in
the morning.
Email your presentations to perry@cvg.org at least one week prior to the event. We will load all presentations onto one computer.
Exhibit Table – 6’ x 30", skirted and covered, 2 chairs. Your set-up and exhibition times are listed in the following chart.
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Early/Expansion |
Late |
Seed |
Start-up |
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Presentation |
3 minutes between 9:30a and |
3 minutes between 9:30a |
None |
3 minutes between 9:30a |
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12:00p |
and 12:00p |
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and 12:00p |
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Tues May 1 |
Tues May 1 |
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Wed May 2 |
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Exhibit |
8:00a – 10:00a |
8:00a –10:00a |
4:00p - 9:00p |
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Set up |
Tues May 1 |
Tues May 1 |
Tues May 1 or |
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10:30a –11:30a |
8:00a – 10:00a |
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Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
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Exhibits |
10:30a – 5:30p |
10:30a –5:30p |
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Open |
Tues May 1 |
Tues May 1 |
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10:30a – 4:00p |
10:30a –4:00p |
Noon – 4:00p |
10:30a – 4:00p |
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Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
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Booth |
After 4:00p |
After 4:00p |
After 4:00p |
After 4:00p |
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Break Down |
Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
Wed May 2 |
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Participation |
$395 |
$495 |
$195 |
$295 |
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Fee |
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Includes |
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Prepaid |
2 Participants |
3 Participants |
1 Participant |
2 Participants |
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Admission for |
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Fee for each |
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additional |
$200 |
$200 |
$200 |
$200 |
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attendee |
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A Mentor
will be assigned to provide guidance and feedback. If you do not hear
from your mentor within 72 hours, please call Greg Lallier of
Updike
Kelly & Spellacy
at (203) 786-8313 or email
glallier@uks.com.
Write-Up in Fair Binder - This write-up comes from the
information you've provided in your application and will be published in
the book that is given to all attendees.
Lastly, we are asking each of our presenting companies to email us a list of their VC and Angel investors, with company name and emails, to roer@cvg.org. By doing this, you ensure that they receive complete event information; including the "Investor Only" programming at Crossroads.
