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Bolton Valley: Wednesday, March 3

Hosted by FreshTracks Capital, the Vermont Peak
Pitch 2010 event took place at the Bolton Valley ski resort on Wednesday, March 3.

The Vermont Peak Pitch was made possible with the support of our sponsors: Champlain College BYOBiz, Chittenden Bank, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network, Dartmouth Regional Tech Center, VT Department of Economic, Housing and Community Development, Fleischer Jacobs Group, Gallagher, Flynn & Company, Launch Capital, Merritt, Merritt & Moulton, University of Vermont Ventures and Technology Commercialization, and the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund.

The 2010 Peak Pitch Schedule
Timberline Lodge – Bolton Valley Resort
8:30 Check-in & breakfast
9:15 Sample Pitch & Rules
9:30 Pitching & Skiing!
12:30 Buffet Lunch
1:00 Keynote Speaker Gregg Fairbrothers,
Director of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network & Chairman of the Dartmouth Regional Tech Center
1:30 Pitch-Off & Prizes awarded
1:45 Schedule Concludes

FreshTracks Capital
FreshTracks Capital II L.P. is the $14MM second fund raised by FreshTracks Capital and is part of the Village Ventures nationwide network of venture capital funds. Since inception, FreshTracks Capital I raised $11 million and invested in 14 portfolio companies. Draker Labs, NativeEnergy, ISIS, NEHP, SolarOne and Vermedx represent FreshTracks II’s first six investments for the new portfolio.

FreshTracks focuses its investment in private growth-oriented businesses, primarily companies in close geographic proximity to Vermont. Its founding partners, Cairn Cross and Charlie Kireker, were joined in the third quarter of 2005 by Lee Bouyea and Tim Davis, whose bios can be found here. FreshTracks is an affiliate fund in the Village Ventures national network of funds, which collectively have close to $500 million in capital under management, directed by some 35 venture professionals in 14 distinct funds. www.freshtrackscap.com