[May 24, 2013] Mid-Atlantic Venture Association Names Companies to Take Main Stage at Capital Connection 2013 Tweet May 24, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) announced the 16 companies selected to take the Main Stage of this year's Capital Connection 2013 conference. According to a release, Capital Connection brings together investors and top performing technology executives for an intense series of company presentations showcasing technology companies at all stages of development, along with high-level CEO addresses, keynotes and networking sessions. MAVA said Capital Connection 2013 will shine a spotlight on a number of dynamically changing industries - including education technology, mobility and the intersection of Big Data with health IT - emphasizing a broad array of industry sectors that are expanding exponentially throughout the global market and where the Mid-Atlantic tech community brings particular strength and experience. This year's conference takes place June 5-6 at the Mead Center for American Theater, home to Arena Stage, in Washington, DC. The newly announced Main Stage companies are quite diverse on a phenomenal growth trajectory. Others are now poised for an inflection point in their growth, either through a change in their market position or by raising new capital. All represent indicators of technology trends in key sectors. These companies will share their stories at one of the industry's most respected gatherings of technology companies and on the tech/invest platform of its kind on the East Coast, with an eye toward national and international reach for their message and their products. "These Main Stage presenters are at the heart of Capital Connection and represent leaders in their individual fields, often sought out by policy makers and thought leaders for their insight into the tech market. They are bringing innovative products to the commercial market, and for many, are well on their way to being dominant industry leaders. Those seeking financing represent attractive investment opportunities across sectors. When I look at these companies collectively, I am struck by the wealth of ground-breaking technology and business acumen fueling this strong technology sector," said Julia Spicer, Executive Director of MAVA. Companies featured in the Main Stage program, as described by the group, include: -9Lenses is a provider of Social Enterprise Performance Software, and delivers an insight platform for the most critical resource in business - customers. -AnyPresence is a mobile development platform that adjust the time and cost of mobile-enabling enterprise business processes, products, and services. -Arxan Technologies provides a solution to protect the integrity of applications against attacks by enabling application owners to build protections directly in the application. -ControlScan delivers payment security and compliance solutions to payment service providers and the merchants they serve. -Decision Lens provides software solutions to take the guesswork out of mission-critical enterprise planning, financial, IT and performance-related decisions. -Fixmo is a mobile risk management (MRM) company that helps organizations identify, mitigate and manage the risks associated with mobile devices in the workplace. -Geostellar provides Earth intelligence for the new energy economy. Their big-data geomatics platform models renewable resource supply in the context of infrastructure, land use, economics and policy. -Invertix addresses complex research and development, engineering and mission support challenges in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; enterprise information technology; and communications mission systems. -Invincea delivers a virtualized browser, PDF reader, Office suite, .zip and .exe solutions that seamlessly run in their own virtual environments separate from the desktop operating system to protect users against all types of malware threat. -Kaltura provides Open Source Online Video Platform. -Lotame enables publishers, agencies, and brands to unlock the full worth of their audience data with unifying data management platform, Crowd Control. -Notable Solutions Inc's flagship product, AutoStore, captures paper and electronic documents from a copier, scanner, or printer, then routes the information into the appropriate business system based on the document type. -Orchestro powers demand execution for consumer-driven supply chains. Its adaptive analytics engine (Maestro) makes sense of tens of thousands of real-time data feeds daily, across point-of-sale (POS), consumer sentiment and operational data. -Univa unifies Big Compute and Big Data workload management by allows users to fully leverage shared cluster resources with solutions like Hadoop support, multi-core systems, hybrid servers and cloud computing - ensuring organizations are future-proofed. -VideoBlocks.com is a subscription-based website that provides members with unlimited downloads of stock video, motion backgrounds, production music, sound effects, special effects, After Effects templates and much more. -Videology is an enterprise media technology for agencies and publishers. Videology provides holistic, cross-device and cross-format solutions to influence ROI for advertisers, agencies and publishers. As a forum for technology companies on the East Coast, the group noted that Capital Connection sets the standard for early stage, expansion and growth companies to present their business models and their potential for accelerated growth to a broad audience of investors, advisors, strategic partners and peers across all stages and sectors. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) represents a spectrum of private capital investing. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]