(Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Tysons Corner, Va.) The price to attend the 2010 2010 Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) is $390 through January 22; after that date, the price goes up to $490 for attendees who register between January 23 and February 23, and $590 at the conference. All previous Southeast Venture Conferences have sold out. Attendees are encouraged to register early to ensure space availability.

The SEVC has announced influential innovators added to the lineup for the event scheduled for February 24-25 in Tysons Corner, VA. In addition, the SEVC will showcase 70 high growth firms from a variety of industries and stages.

Jimmy Wales is the Co-Founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, Inc. One of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Jimmy is considered an Internet luminary having founded Wikipedia, one of the most visited sites in the world. Wikipedia has become one of the most-referenced, most-used repositories of knowledge on the planet, with more than 14 million articles in English alone.

Vint Cerf, widely known as the “Father of the Internet” and current Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, co-designed the TCP/IP protocols and basic architecture of the Internet during his tenure with the US Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency. Once the Internet began to transition to a commercial opportunity, Vint moved to MCI where he was instrumental in the development of the first commercial email system. Since 2005, Vint has worked for Google as its Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, where he has become well known for his predictions on how technology will affect future society, encompassing such areas as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, environmentalism and the transformation of the television industry and its delivery model among others.

The Fourth Annual Southeast Venture Conference will feature market relevant investor and executive panels, exclusive networking opportunities, featured speakers and dozens of the region’s top private technology firms presenting to a national audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and private equity investors.

The Southeast Venture Conference highlights both early stage and later stage investment opportunities from: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington DC.

The Southeast Venture Conference is expected to feature dozens of the region’s top high growth private companies. Presenting companies will be showcased before a regional and national audience of venture capitalists, private equity investors, angel investors, investment bankers, entrepreneurs and technology industry executives. Presenting companies will be headquartered or have a significant presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

Over the three previous events, the Southeast Venture Conference has sold out each year, while showcasing dozens of the region’s fastest growing companies to an audience representing over $150 billion in private equity. Investor attendees in 2009 included representatives of the following companies:

.406 Ventures
ABS Capital Partners
Amplifier Venture Partners
Ark Capital Management
Arcapita Ventures
Aurora Funds
BlueCrest Capital
Bonsal Capital
Boulder Ventures
Calvert BioCapital
Camden Partners
Chart Venture Partners
Chrysalis Ventures
CIT GAP Fund
Clayton Associates
Clearview Ventures
Contender Capital
Core Capital Partners
Court Square Ventures
Dakota Ventures
Delmag Ventures
Eastward Capital Partners
Edison Venture Fund
Enhanced Capital Partners
Entrepia Ventures
FCA Venture Partners
Forum Capital Partners
Frontier Capital
General Catalyst Partners
Gilfus Ventures
Global Endowment Management
Grotech Capital
H.I.G. Ventures
Harbert Venture Partners
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
IDEA Fund Partners
IDG Ventures
In-Q-Tel
Intel Capital
Internet Capital Group
Intersouth Partners
InterWest Partners
JMI Equity
Joshua Partners
Key Venture Partners
KTEC Investments
Landmark Capital Corporation
Little Hawk Capital Management
Maryland Venture Fund
Meritus Ventures
Midwest Venture Alliance
Motorola Ventures
New Markets Venture Partners
New World Ventures
NewSpring Capital
Noro-Moseley Partners
Novak Biddle Venture Partners
OpenView Venture Partners
Paladin Capital Group
Piedmont Angel Network
Point Judith Capital
Polaris Ventures
QuestMark Partners
Red Abbey Venture Partners
Redshift Ventures
Rho Capital Partners
River Cities Capital Funds
Rustic Canyon Partners
Sea Oats Group
Sierra Ventures
Sigma Partners
Southern Capitol Ventures
Space Angels Network
Spring Capital Partners
Sprint Nextel Ventures
SSM Partners
Sunrock Ventures
Syncom Venture Partners
Tall Oaks Capital
TDFund
Technology Crossover Ventures
Third Security
Trinity Ventures
True Ventures
Tudor Ventures
Updata Partners
UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund
UNC Management Company
University System of Maryland Foundation
Valhalla Partners
VC South
Ventures West
Virginia Active Angel Network
Virginia Investment Capital Group
Virginia Retirement System
Webster Capital
Wichita Technology Ventures
WWC Capital

The mission of the SEVC is to help support the innovation and entrepreneurial activity of emerging high growth technology companies and the resulting economic growth in the greater Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. As part of that goal, the SEVC understands the importance of investment capital to this equation and provides a key forum to facilitate the infusion of growth to the technology community. The SEVC not only showcases top regional technology companies, but provides unparalleled networking opportunities among the region’s technology and investment leaders while providing insightful content through dozens of industry speakers.