MedVentures 2011 saw a record number of applications from
startups to present, record number of sponsors, a record number of
speakers and individual sessions and got us the best reviews we
have ever received for an event we have put on. We had over 350
attendees which a record for a fall event for us as well.
This year MedVentures featured an angel investor panel, a venture
capital panel and 20 presenting startup companies. The "Top 10"
startups and the 10 Quickpitch startups were carefully selected by
our advisory board, as we have done in the past, with an objective
measuring system that allows us to pick the companies with the
highest likelihood of commercial success. NTEC received 70
applications to present at MedVentures 2011. the geographical
distribution of applicant is as follows.
The majority of applicant companies were from Texas:
Within Texas the majority came from the DFW area:
Out of the top 10, we had four DFW startups, another two from
Houston and Austin each. Rounding out the Top 10 were startups from
Ohio and Georgia.
New this year, was that we also had 4 breakout sessions on hot
topics like neurostimulation, mobile health, regulatory news and
alternative financing pathways.
The session on mobile health was such a great success that NTEC is
planning a Mobile Health series at NTEC's new conference center,
here in Frisco.
The MedVentures 2010 top 10 presenting companies collectively
raised over $15M in the year following the 201 conference. We wish
the 2011 participants similar success and will report at
MedVentures 2012 how they have done. Meanwhile, if you are
interested to attend, sponsor or present in 2012, contact us and
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