Venture Atlanta Continues to Showcase High-Quality Presenting Companies

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Over forty-five innovative, high-growth companies to be featured alongside
keynotes and industry leaders at this year`s event
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
Venture Atlanta, Georgia`s premier technology innovation event, announced today
its presenters for the annual investor event this fall. More than 20 tech firms
were selected to speak at Venture Atlanta 2009, held Oct. 13-14 at the W Hotel
in Midtown Atlanta. The 20 companies were selected from a record number of
applications and represent a wide array of technologies and diverse markets
including software, communications, wireless, new media, healthcare IT,
transaction processing, and medical device.

"With more companies than ever before presenting at this year`s event, investors
have a better look at what the metro-area has to offer," said David Hartnett, VP
Economic Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber. "Each company represents the
innovation and diversity of the Atlanta market."

The companies selected to present this year are:

* AccelerEyes * Omnilink Systems
* Arterain Medical * Oversight Systems
* Asankya * Pardot
* Cloud Sherpas * RentWiki
* CRE Commerce * SoloHealth
* Efreightsolutions * Top Eye View
* Endavo Media and Communications * Transfusion & Transplantation Technologies (3Ti)
* FirstView * Utility Associates
* Greenway Medical Technologies * Vertical Acuity
* Message Technologies * Zooz Mobile
* Music Intelligence Solutions

* Vertical Acuity

* Message Technologies

* Zooz Mobile

* Music Intelligence Solutions

Premiering this year on the first day of the two day conference on Tuesday,
October 13 is the new Venture Atlanta Showcase. This portion of the event gives
investors the opportunity to see an additional 25 companies and interact with
them individually. Each company will set up a booth and is given the chance to
network with the investors directly. Companies selected to participate in the
showcase will not be charged a fee for the event.

"We had an overwhelming number of highly qualified applicants for this year`s
event," said Dale Kirkland, Venture Atlanta Selection Committee Chair and Senior
Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank., "As a result, we are extremely excited
about the quality of both the presenting and showcase companies to be featured
at the 2009 conference. Innovation and entrepreneurship are clearly alive and
well in Georgia."

In addition to showcasing the best emerging growth companies in Georgia, Venture
Atlanta is attracting top-tier venture capitalists from around the country,
including: Arcapita Ventures, Ballast Point Ventures, Canaan Partners, Chrysalis
Ventures, C&B Capital, Core Capital Partners, Edison Venture Fund, Frontier
Capital, Grotech Ventures, Harbert Venture Partners, H.I.G. Ventures, Imlay
Investments, Intel Capital, Intersouth Partners, Kinetic Ventures, Noro-Moseley
Partners, Prism VentureWorks, River Cities Capital Funds, TechOperators, Total
Technology Ventures, Updata Partners, UPS Strategic Fund, Wellington Financial,
and more.

Venture Atlanta, Georgia`s technology innovation event, is where Georgia`s top
technology innovators meet the country`s top-tier investors. As the state`s
largest investor showcase, Venture Atlanta connects local entrepreneurs with
venture capitalists, bankers, angel investors and others who can help them raise
the capital they need to grow their businesses. The annual nonprofit event is a
collaboration of three leading Georgia business organizations: Atlanta CEO
Council, Metro Atlanta Chamber and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).
For more information, visit www.ventureatlanta.org.

For registration information, or to learn more about Venture Atlanta, please
visit www.ventureatlanta.org.

Venture Atlanta
Media and Event Contact:
Allyson Eman, 770-298-4202
aeman@ventureatlanta.org

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