Early Stage East 2001 Applicant Information

Early Stage East offers a forum for high growth entrepreneurial investment opportunities for companies in search of their initial round of institutional venture capital.

 

Presenting Companies

  • Presenting companies have an opportunity to describe and offer their business opportunity in an eight-minute live presentation to an audience of private investors, venture capitalists and investment firms. The presentations should describe the company's business investment opportunity, growth and exit strategy.

  • Companies are required to submit an official application form along with an eight-minute PowerPoint presentation.

  • The ESE Selection Committee competitively chooses up to 24 companies to present. These presenting companies must attend a mandatory coaching session. The session will be held on May 21st in Wilmington, Delaware.

  • The mandatory coaching session will allow companies to present a preliminary run of their PowerPoint presentation to the coaches.  Presentation tips and hints from venture experts will be offered.  A networking barbeque will follow the session.

  • Selected presenting companies are also provided with exhibit booth space that will be open for the entire conference day.

Exhibiting Companies

  • Exhibiting companies have an opportunity to showcase their business opportunity through an exhibit booth that will be open to an audience of private investors, venture capitalists and investment firms for the entire conference day.

  • Companies are required to submit an official application form.

  • The ESE Selection Committee competitively chooses up to 12 companies to exhibit.  Exhibiting companies may attend the coaching session for presenters.

Required Fees

  • Selected Presenting Companies $495
    Includes two event tickets for opening night ceremonies and  conference (breakfast, lunch and closing reception) along with conference materials. Company is also assigned one exhibit booth location.

  • Selected Exhibiting Companies $495
    Includes two event tickets for opening night ceremonies and  conference ( breakfast, lunch and closing reception) along with conference materials. Company is also assigned one exhibit booth location.

Presenting and exhibiting fees are due with applications. Application fees will be returned to companies not selected to present or exhibit prior to the date of the event.

 

 

 

Participant Benefits
and Criteria

 

Application Info

 

Application Process

Step-by-step  information 
on the ESE application 
process

 

Submit Application

 

 

Success Stories

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the impact of the event 

 

Application Fee
$495 payable at the time 
your application is submitted.

100% of your application 
fee is refunded if your
company is not selected.

 

Application Deadlines
March 28 and April 18 
All applications must
 include payment.

 

 

 

 

 

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