Angels Hold Back (Red Herring)
Seed investors eyeing follow-on investments shrink available seed funding.

S&P: Green Light For European Equities? (Business Week)
Clive McDonnell, S&P chief of European equity strategy, explains why it's time for U.S. investors to look more closely at European stocks.

Column: Small Biz Find Slowdown Antidote (New York Times)
With growing evidence that the economy is slowing, many savvy small business owners have adopted strategies that will help their companies weather a downturn.

Save The Date!
Larta Institute is pleased to announce that the 13th Annual Venture Forum will be held at the Marriott in downtown San Francisco on May 1st & 2nd, 2007. This year's Venture Forum in Silicon Valley had a record breaking number of over 1,000 attendees and showcased over 200 innovative technologies. Be sure to mark this event on your 2007 calendar! Larta's Venture Forum is the must attend event for those seeking to get access to deal flow from around the world.

For more information on next year's Forum and to see highlights from the 2006 Venture Forum, click here.

Larta Institute CEO Rohit Shukla to Speak at OECD
Policies for Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship: This briefing will touch on mechanisms to enhance the success rate of global innovators who seek to develop better access to global market partners, strategic alliances, and the investment community. It will provide an introductory glimpse to provide government, foreign government and non-government economic development organizations an opportunity to explore current approaches to mapping the assets of innovation; aligning them with best practices from around the globe; developing competitive innovative companies ready to “go global”; and thus enhance the ability of regions to compete and win in the new global economy.
The breakfast series will take place on October 5th at the OECD Washington Center.

NIH-CAP Commercialization Training Workshop

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2005 Federal Technology Funding Guide
Larta Institute's annual guide to government technology funding is recognized as the nation's leading survey on Federal technology funding opportunities. Winning Government R&D Money: Federal Technology Funding Guide 2005 provides detailed information on Federal funding processes, programs, and ways to win government R&D money.


University Tech Transfer: Licensing Intellectual Property from Universities 
Universities are among the best sources of intellectual property. This white paper from Larta Institute includes approaches for finding and accessing university research, recommendations for avoiding potential pitfalls when licensing university IP, suggestions for successfully negotiating university tech transfer agreements, and illustrations of typical licensing terms and types of licenses. 

Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies 
It is vital for startup companies involved with wireless technologies to employ sound intellectual property strategies within the context of FCC regulations. A new Larta Institute white paper, Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies, details IP strategies while addressing considerations for obtaining FCC approval.

>> October 5:
Women's Technology Cluster’s 2006 Entrepreneur Venture Conference
The Entrepreneur Venture Conference will gather Silicon Valley’s premier venture capitalists to view presentations by high potential life science, clean technology, and high technology companies with women in management roles. Investors should not miss this opportunity, which last year had a success rate of over 56%.

>> October 10:
Environmental Exploratory Grant Program
Deadline For Receipt Of Applications: 5:00 Pm Pacific Time, October 10,
2006! The California Energy Commission's PIER Environmental Area (PIER-EA) Team is accepting proposals for research projects through its
Environmental Exploratory Grant Program (EEGP). This program is administered through the University of California with the goal of supporting the early development of promising, new scientific concepts with the potential to impact the way we understand and/or address energy-related environmental issues.

>> October 10:
U.S. Middle East Ambassadors Tour
This is an unprecedented opportunity for your company to enter the Middle East marketing sector. Never before have the top eight Ambassadors and Senior Commercial Officers of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce from the Middle East joined together to create this unique business environment. Hear firsthand from U.S. ambassadors and senior commercial officers about the benefits of trade with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. 

>> October 12:
Ready to Commercialize 2006
Fast-paced sessions combined with deep technology perspectives and compelling presentations that are relevant to the issues facing tech commercialization today: new models, industry trends, unlikely deals, "linking" within the tech ecosystem, and more. Whether you're starting a new company or looking for the product to bring in your next million in sales, you can jumpstart the process by commercializing university-based technology.

>> October 13-14:
DesignTech Connect Series
Integrated Branding and Strategic Positioning: Course for busy technology and design entrepreneurs with Robert Brunner, Partner, Pentagram Design.

>> October 17-18:
Engineering Insights 2006
A symposium dedicated to moving research from lab to laboratory: Engineering Insights is designed to present research and discoveries that are truly right around the bend, ripe for industry input and application. Hear where top minds in engineering and business are going and learn how you can harness UCSB's commitment to working closely with business to advance new technology.

>> October 21:
Caltech & MIT Enterprise Forum
Two Views of Technology Entrepreneurship: Do investors think the same as entrepreneurs? As the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum kicks off its 2006-2007, Bill Davidow is going to give us his view of what it takes to succeed as a technology entrepreneur in 2006. We'll then convene a panel discussion, bringing together two additional venture capitalists -- who have somewhat different focuses and attitudes -- with two seasoned entrepreneurs, one from the computer and the electronics sector and the other from the life sciences sector and see what they have to say to one another.

>> October 26:
Growth Capital Conference
Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and firms seeking capital. DEAL DISPLAY ™ showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. View products, videos, on-line demos. Hot Networking Breakfast at 7:00 AM sharp! Register on-line! You may submit financing your DEAL online here.

>> December 16:
CONNECT’s 19^th Annual Most Innovative New Product Awards Luncheon
The MIP Awards is CONNECT's annual competition honoring the vision, hard work and perseverance that transform ideas and technologies into products. Now in its 19th year, the Awards continue the tradition of showcasing local companies with cutting-edge high technology.