Chosen from list of hundreds of start-ups to participate in prestigious event
Burlingame, Calif., 10-Oct-2005 — Marketbright announced today that Dom Lindars, its CEO, will present at Silicon Valley Bank 2005. Marketbright was chosen from a list of hundreds of applicants to participate in this industry leading deal flow event.
Silicon Valley Bank, the primary subsidiary of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVBE), held its eighth annual Showcase event for entrepreneurs, highlighting the best of the best emerging companies in Northern California. A panel of five venture capitalists recognized Aivaka, a maker of low-voltage regulators for low-power portable devices, for presenting the most compelling business plan and market opportunity of the eight presenting companies. Supporting the company's mission to help entrepreneurs succeed, Silicon Valley Bank's Showcase brought together some of its most promising early-stage technology clients with over 100 leading venture capitalists and industry insiders from Northern California.
At this year's event, held in Burlingame, Calif., eight entrepreneurs were allotted four minutes each to present their business ideas and market opportunities to an audience of early-stage venture capital and angel investors. The panel of distinguished venture capitalists rated each entrepreneur on presentation content and style. The annual event gives select entrepreneurs valuable access to possible funding sources, as well as real-time constructive feedback regarding their business plans.
Silicon Valley Bank's Showcase debuted in September 2000, and is hosted by the company's Emerging Technologies group. The continued success of Showcase prompted SVB to host its first CIO Showcase in June 2005. At CIO Showcase, 11 predominately venture-backed technology companies presented to a panel of CIOs and IT managers, and were evaluated in much the same way as the presenting companies at this year's Showcase event. Events like Showcase and CIO Showcase help Silicon Valley Bank connect its clients to its vast network of partners in the investment community and fulfill its mission to help entrepreneurs and enterprising companies succeed. In an ongoing effort to achieve this goal, SVB conducts and sponsors a broad series of training, educational and networking events for the entrepreneurial companies it serves.
The Brenner Group, Inc., Cooley Godward LLP, ForLeasing, Mohler Nixon and Williams, Moyo Group, Technology Ventures Corp. and TriNet Group sponsored Showcase 2005.
Silicon Valley Bank provides diversified financial services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, Silicon Valley Bank provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients' success. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 27 domestic offices and two international subsidiaries in the U.K. and India. More information on the company can be found at www.svb.com.
Founded in 2005, Marketbright provides a pre-integrated online marketing and web content management platform and delivers it as a hosted on demand solution. This results in a coherent 360 degree view of all your customer's activities across the website and campaigns. By understanding your customer's interactions, Marketbright routes only valuable, qualified leads into your Sales system. Marketbright also provides small businesses with an easy, on demand solution for building landing pages and generating demand on the web.
Marketbright is headquartered in Burlingame, CA. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.marketbright.com.
