Slater Technology Fund Senior Managing Director Richard G. Horan to Present at Brown Enterprise Forum

WHO: Richard G. Horan, senior managing director of the Slater Technology Fund, will speak at the Brown Enterprise Forum’s “Early Stage Funding Sources & Strategies” event. Horan’s presentation will address the value of seed funding as a method of solving the early-stage capital gap and reducing equity dilution in smaller start-ups.

WHAT: The Brown Enterprise Forum works to build enterprise in the region by drawing together enterpreneurs, industry, researchers, capital sources and business professionals through educational programs and other networking opportunities.

WHERE: RI Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RI-CIE)
One Davol Square
2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903

WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2009
6 – 8 p.m.

About Slater Technology Fund
The Slater Technology Fund is a state-backed venture capital fund that invests in new ventures committed to basing and building their businesses in Rhode Island. Slater focuses its resources on the support of entrepreneurs who have the vision, leadership and commitment to build substantial commercial enterprises. Slater typically invests at the inception stage in the development of a new venture, often based upon ideas and technologies originating in academic institutions and/or government research laboratories located within the region. In most cases, investments are premised upon the possibility of raising substantial follow-on financing, from venture capital investors or from strategic partners, with a view toward accelerating the generation of significant numbers of high-value, high-wage jobs over the intermediate to longer-term. For more information, visit www.slaterfund.com.

For More Information:

Laura Nelson or Kaycee Roberts
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
laura.nelson@svmpr.com
kaycee.roberts@svmpr.com