Twenty-Three Companies to Present at the Wayne Brown Institute’s 23rd Annual Investors Choice Event

January 30, 2007 (Press Release) -- SALT LAKE CITY – January 30, 2007 – More than 20 companies will present at the Wayne Brown Institute’s 23rd Annual Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference – Utah, entitled, “Putting Together the Pieces – Introducing the Fundable Venture,” to be hosted February 8, 2007 in Salt Lake City.

Interested parties can register for the two-day event online at http://venturecapital.org/utah or by calling 801-595-1141. Registration begins at $395.00 per person for one-day admission to the conference. The cost of registration for the one-day conference drops to $295.00 for any additional conference attendee(s) from the same firm.

The conference provides opportunities for organizations from across the United States to participate in the venture capital process as investors meet with companies and individuals seeking capital for business ventures. Since the conference’s inception 23 years ago, alumni companies have successfully raised a total of more than $1.8 billion based on strategic alliances formed at the conference.

“Participation in the Investors Choice conference is one of the most effective ways a company can raise the capital it needs and reach the next level of its organizational goals,” said Brad Bertoch, president of the Wayne Brown Institute. “We are confident this year’s event will continue to provide education and experience for companies wishing to learn the venture process, build a fundraising presentation and meet with venture, corporate and angel investors.”

The complete list of companies scheduled to present at the conference is as follows, along with each organization’s Internet URL:

§ Alias Semiconductor, no URL available – Seattle, WA
§ AlphaSpine, www.alphaspine.com – American Fork, UT
§ Aviacode, www.aviacode.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ Caveon, www.caveon.com – Draper, UT
§ Clear Play, www.clearplay.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ CoMet Solutions, www.cometsolutions.com – Albuquerque, NM
§ eXpresso, no URL available – Park City UT
§ Flying Sensors, www.flyingsensors.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ High West Distillery, no URL available – Park City, UT
§ Innovasic Semiconductor, www.inovasic.com – Albuquerque, NM
§ iWorld, no URL available – Pleasant Grove, UT
§ Know More Media, www.knowmoremedia.com – Orem, UT
§ LignUp, www.lignup.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ Lingotek, www.lingotek.com – Provo, UT
§ Nanopoint, www.nanopointimaging.com – Honolulu, HI
§ Precision Surveying Solutions, www.pssllc.com – Provo, UT
§ Q-Therapeutics, no URL available – Salt Lake City, UT
§ Simpliphones, http://simpliphones.com – Orem, UT
§ Sopogy, www.spongy.com – Honolulu, HI
§ Techniscan, www.techniscan.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ ThromboVision, www.thrombovision.com – Houston, TX
§ Transparient, www.transparient.com – Salt Lake City, UT
§ Wasatch MicroFludics, no URL available – Salt Lake City, UT
§ Xapio, http://xapio.com – Salt Lake City, UT