UNYTECH05 Set for Sept. 21 and 22

BUFFALO -- UB, along with 10 other upstate New York colleges and universities, will present UNYTECH05, a venture forum designed to connect promising university-based start-up companies with potential investors, on Sept. 21 and 22 in the Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway.

UNYTECH05 will showcase business-plan presentations from high-growth start-up companies to venture capital, seed and angel investors. The presenting companies have been selected based on their market opportunity, development stage, intellectual property protection and need for early stage investment.

Local companies based on research done at UB that are being featured include Buffalo BioBlower Technologies and OsteoInvent Biologics.

Ten other companies also will present at UNYTECH representing industries such as biotechnology, medical services, information technology, materials, optics, and energy technology, among others.

UNYTECH05 is sponsored in part by the New York State Science and Technology Law Center and Hodgson Russ, LLP. Additional sponsors include: Nixon Peabody, Honen and Wood, P.C., High Peaks Venture Partners, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology and National Grid.

Attendees can register online at info@unytech.org.