The Florida Venture Forum Announces Presenting Companies for 2009 Early Stage Venture Capital Conference

TAMPA, Fla. The Florida Venture Forum (http://www.floridaventureforum.org) has selected 15 Florida companies to present at its Early Stage Venture Capital Conference, to be held at the Omni ChampionsGate in Orlando On May 15, 2009.

Fifteen of Florida’s best early-stage prospects for equity financing will make 10-minute presentations to an audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers, financial intermediaries and entrepreneurs.

Presenting companies are:

Central/East Central Florida

• Advanced Aero, Inc., (www.advancedaero.net), Indian Harbor Beach, has successfully designed and marketed a new, innovative light aircraft. This patented design is superior in terms of performance, fuel efficiency and has many built-in safety features not offered by competing designs.
• Airgonomix, LLC, (www.airgonomix.com), Indialantic, sells a low cost, easy to install “Personal Air System” that controls temperature at the individual room level in commercial or residential buildings. The patent pending system increases user comfort, decreases utility costs, and conserves energy.
• bioTRAiTS Inc., (www.biotraits.com), Orlando, is a biometric technology company providing hardware, I. T. solutions, and customized software solutions to meet time and attendance and access control needs via recognition and verification of unique human characteristics.
• Eginity (www.eginity.com), Orlando, operates in the Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) market, which provides an IP-address to any sensor-type so it can be remotely accessed, monitored and controlled via Intranet or Internet.
• QuoNova, (www.quonova.com), Melbourne, develops healthcare products powered by safe novel technology to reduce the $30B costs of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) such as MRSA. Their business model is based on direct sale of a product suite to hospitals.

Southeast Florida

• Consult A Doctor, (www.consultadoctor.com), Miami Beach, offers comprehensive consumer-to-physician communications with 24/7 access to doctors via phone and secure e-mail, lowering healthcare costs by replacing unnecessary office, urgent care and ER visits.
• Digiport, Inc. (www.digiport.com), Miami, provides energy efficient professionally managed Tier II/Tier III colocation facilities delivered within commercial office properties.
• My Therapy Journal.com, (www.mytherapyjournal.com) Jupiter, is the first-ever, therapy-oriented online journaling tool. It provides the most private and secure venue available for both individuals and health care providers who wish to not only journal, but also track progress of personally set goals using graphing software based on cognitive behavioral therapy.

Southwest Florida

• Acerta Medical Products, Tarpon Springs, will develop, produce and market ostomy products, wound dressings and infection control medical devices; as well as dermal adhesives, intermediates and related fabricated components as private label brands and raw materials to the medical device industry.
• CliQuality, (www.cliquality.com), Tampa, has developed a Google AdWords campaign optimization engine, driven by data mining that automatically manages and optimizes online campaigns and their ROI.
• eCycling, Inc., (www.ecycling.com), Oldsmar, is a nationwide IT asset disposition and electronics recycling service provider, offering a one-party solution for end-of-life electronics and computer recycling, certified destruction of obsolete electronics and recertification and resale of data sanitized components and systems.
• Milliken Environmental, LLC, (www.bigpipecleaning.com), Englewood, builds and then leases its sewer and storm water cleaning equipment to contractors and municipalities. Their target area is large diameter pipe (30 inches to 22 feet).
• Quasar Bio-Tech, Inc.,(www.quasarpro.com or www.babyquasar.com), Sarasota, currently manufactures professional and consumer light therapy devices. Using selected wavelengths of natural light, these devices are used to improve the appearance of skin (anti-aging), heal acne, grow hair, strengthen nails, relieve pain, and improve athletic performance. The Company will soon launch a new line of mass consumer products priced below $100.
• Physical Health Insights, LLC, Palm Harbor, was formed to provide a low cost (<$10), first of its kind, web and medically based, health assessment of the human musculoskeletal system. This proven on-line self test will identify, prevent, or mitigate the incidence of musculoskeletal injury and disease (MSD) with a comprehensive intervention program to address each person’s needs.
• Voalte, Inc.,(www.voalte.com), Sarasota, designs, develops, markets, sells and supports innovative healthcare solutions for the emerging class of highly mobile computing devices. This new generation of Smartphones employs high-resolution graphics; touch interface and multiband communications including cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth.

About The Florida Venture Forum

The Florida Venture Forum is Florida’s oldest, largest and most prestigious statewide support group for venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, helping emerging growth companies come together with sources of capital from across the country. Throughout the year, the Florida Venture Forum provides monthly programs on a statewide basis. For additional information, please visit the web site at http://www.floridaventureforum.org

Source: The Florida Venture Forum