Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit Northeast ACA Angel Summit is sponsored and hosted by Angel Investor Forum and Connecticut Technology Council on Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut.

The Innovation Pipeline Awards will recognize emerging or start-up technology companies with an existing or new and promising technology product or service.

The event allows attendees to meet the companies and their management teams during a late afternoon "Poster Fair" and elevator pitch competition.

Tickets are $45 for those who attend the afternoon and evening event; $55 for angel investors who attend from earlier in the day.

For information see www.ct.org.

New Campus For Gateway in New Haven?

The amount of $182,730,057 for a construction contract to build the new campus of Gateway Community College in downtown New Haven, Conn., is expected to gain approval when members of the state Bond Commission meet Oct. 30.

Gateway Community College campus will be a four-story structure located on Church Street in the heart of downtown at the sites of the former Macy’s and Malley’s department stores.

Construction is scheduled to begin this fall and be completed in time for the 2012 school year. The project will encompass 360,000 square feet and will include a 600-car parking garage. In addition, the state has completed an agreement to lease 700 spaces in New Haven’s Temple Street garage adjacent to the site.

The new campus will be the state’s first gold-certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) public building. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary standard for achieving the goal of producing a new generation of buildings that are energy efficient.

The LEED designation verifies an environmentally friendly design and sustainable building construction.

Gateway will utilize renewable and alternative energy technologies including solar, hot water, and photovoltaics. Gateway will maximize the use of energy efficient systems and equipment and reduce the demand on the existing energy utilities. The average payback for LEED gold certification is approximately eight and one-half years.

CVG Crossroads Venture Fair

The Connecticut Venture Group (CVG) Crossroads Venture Fair is Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6 in New Haven.

CVG Leadership Awards will be presented to Rib-X Pharmaceuticals of New Haven and Perimeter eSecurity of Milford.

David Scheer, Scheer and Company of New Haven will be presented with the 2009 Venture Capital Leadership Award for his contributions to Connecticut’s Life Sciences cluster. Since founding his firm in 1981, Scheer has been involved in the founding
and has been a member of the board of directors of ViroPharma, Inc., OraPharma, Inc. (acquired by Johnson & Johnson), Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (acquired by Pfizer), and Sopherion Therapeutics, Inc. (of which he was chairman).

Crossroads 2009 will showcase emerging and growing technology and life science firms that have established revenues or have received a prior round of professional venture financing.

The event at the Omni New Haven Hotel is attended by leading venture capital and private equity firms seeking investment opportunities. In addition to showcasing exhibiting companies seeking investment capital, Crossroads includes a distinguished roster of speakers on venture investing and the current economic climate.

Online registration for Investors and other attendees is at www.crossroads-cvg.com or call CVG at (203) 256-5955.

Event sponsors include Connecticut Innovations and event hosts Yale University and the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven.

CVG is a non-profit association of venture capitalists that has served to connect members with high-growth companies in Connecticut for more than 30 years.