ÿþ&nbsp;<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><!-- saved from url=(0043)file://J:\LAVox\2006\Copy%20of%20092006.htm --><HTML><HEAD><TITLE> Larta VOX December 2007</TITLE><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><STYLE>DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } SPAN.style11 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #330066 } SPAN.GramE { } SPAN.articlehed1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } SPAN.articledek1 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana } H1 { FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 6.75pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } span.homebody1 {font-family:Arial; color:black;} H2 { FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } span.SpellE {} </STYLE><META content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD><BODY text=#333333 vLink=#000000 aLink=#000000 link=#333333 #FFFFFF bgcolor leftmargin="5"?><DIV align=center> <TABLE borderColor=#FFFFFF height=596 cellSpacing=0 borderColorDark=#666666 cellPadding=0 width=866 bgColor=#ffffff borderColorLight=#999999 border=1 name="icl"> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#999999> <TD colSpan=3 height=99 width="864"> <DIV align=center> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/head_vox4.gif" width="887" height="157"></a></DIV> </TD> <TR align=middle bgColor=#dfcd66> <TD colSpan=3 height=22 bgcolor="#000066" width="864"> <div align="center"><b> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 16pt" color="#FFFFFF">December 2007 </font> <font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF">v.9, n.10</font></b></div> </TD> </TR> <TR bgColor=#cccccc> <TD vAlign=top borderColor=#5276ab width=149 bgColor=#f6f1d4 height=452> <table width="157" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" height="781"> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff" bordercolordark="#5276ab" bordercolorlight="#5276ab"> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=18 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="145"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <strong> <font face="Arial" size="4" color="#99CCFF">Contents</font></strong><font color="#99CCFF"> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#666699" height="94" width="145" valign="top"> <p align="left"> <b><a href="#Feature Articles"> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Feature Articles</font></a></b></p> <p> <b><a href="#Announcements"> <font face="Arial" style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> Announcements</font></a></b></p> <p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" style="font-size: 10pt"><b> <a href="#Larta in the News"><font color="#000000">Larta in the News</font></a></b></font></p> <p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" style="font-size: 10pt"><b> <a href="#Companies to Watch For"><font color="#000000">Companies to Watch For</font></a></b></font></p> <p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" style="font-size: 10pt"><b> <a href="#Tech Sector News"><font color="#000000">Tech Sector News</font></a></b></font></p> <p> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" style="font-size: 10pt"><b> <a href="#Other Industry Events"><font color="#000000">Other Industry Events</font></a></b></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff" bordercolordark="#5276ab" bordercolorlight="#5276ab"> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=18 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="145"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face=Arial color=#99CCFF size="4"><b>Larta Institute Publications<font style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" face=Arial color=#99CCFF> </font></b></font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#666699" valign="top" width="145" height="1550"> <p align="center"><span class="661065315-04122006"><b><font color="#5276AB" face="Arial"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.old.larta.org/Veda/FTFG/Final%20FTFG.pdf"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/veda/FTFG/FTFG-Cover-2006.jpg" hspace="7" width="93" height="118"></a></font></b></span></p> <p align="left"><span class="661065315-04122006"><b> <font color="#666699" face="Arial" size="2">The 2006 Federal Technology Funding Guide<br> &nbsp;</font></b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><b><br> A</b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">vailable for download at no cost.</font></b><i><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> </font></i><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><br> Larta Institute's annual&nbsp;publication is recognized as the nation's leading survey on Federal technology funding opportunities.&nbsp;<em><span class="467183922-01122006">The 2006 </span> Guide </em></font><font face="Arial" color="#333333" size="2"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> provides detailed information on Federal funding processes, programs, </font> <font color="#000000">and&nbsp;<span class="381273000-02122006">tips on applying for&nbsp;</span>government</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> R&amp;D money. </font> <font color="#000000"><br> Download the Guide <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/Veda/FTFG/Final%20FTFG.pdf"> here.</a></font></font></span></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Other reports available for purchase:</b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><b> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=UTechTrans&MajorCategory=Reports "> <img height=90 hspace=8 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/img_university2.gif" width=79 vspace=4 border="0"></a></b></font></p> <p align="left"> <font face=Arial color=#333333 size=2><strong><font color=#5276ab>University Tech Transfer: Licensing Intellectual Property from Universities <font color="#000000">Purchase price of $99.</font></font></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> 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.</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">&nbsp;To purchase this report, click <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=UTechTrans&MajorCategory=Reports%20"> here</a>.</font></p> <p align="center"><b><font face=Arial color=#5276ab size=2><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=IPWirelessStrategies&MajorCategory=Reports"> <img height=91 hspace=8 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/img_intellectual3.gif" width=80 vspace=4 border="0"></a></font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font color=#333333 size=2><strong> <font face=Arial color=#5276ab>Intellectual Property Strategies for Wireless Technologies</font></strong></font><font face=Arial color=#5276ab size=2>&nbsp;</font><font face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><br> </font></b><font face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><b>Purchase price of $99. </b>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. To purchase this report, click <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/ecommerce/Shop/MnCatalogDetail.asp?ProductID=IPWirelessStrategies&MajorCategory=Reports"> here</a>.</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <span class="661065315-04122006"><b><font color="#5276AB" face="Arial"></font></b></span></TD> <TD vAlign=top borderColor=#5276ab width=583 bgColor=#ffffff height=452> <DIV align=left> <table height=1 cellspacing=5 bordercolordark=#5276AB cellpadding=4 width=533 bgcolor=#ffffff bordercolorlight=#5276AB border=1 align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111"> <!-- MSTableType="layout" --> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b> <font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> <a name="Feature Articles">Feature Articles</a></font></b><a name="Feature Articles"> </a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle height=233 width="588"> <p align="left"> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/articlelinks/2007/122007_Sanaria.asp"> <font color="#000000">Q&amp;A Session with Sanaria: How to bring a malaria vaccine to market?</font></a></font></span><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000"><br> </span></b> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Sanaria, a current NIH-CAP participating company, is exclusively dedicated to the research and production of a malaria vaccine. VOX had a conversation with David Dolberg, its Director of Intellectual Property, about the challenges Sanaria faces and its strategies for success in this unique market. Click on the link above to read more about the interview with David.</span></font></p> <p align="left"> <b><font size="2" color="#000000"> <span style="font-family: Arial"> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2007/122007_Angels%20Make.asp"> <font color="#000000">What Angels Make</font></a></span></font><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"><br> </font></span></b> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><font color="#000000"> What exactly is the return on investments for angel investors?</font></span><span style="font-family: Lucida Grande; color: #000000"><font size="2" face="Arial">&nbsp; Read more if you are curious about the specific success angels have. </font> </span> </p> <p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"><font color="#000000"><i>Published in partnership with Innovation Pipeline.</i></font></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-style:normal"> <b> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=1> Send comments and submissions to Stephanie Watt, Larta VOX Editor, at </font> <font face=Arial color=#314e51 size=1> <a href="mailto:voxeditor@old.larta.org" target=_blank><font color="#000000">voxeditor@old.larta.org</font></a></font></b></span><font color="#000000"> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> <a name="Announcements">Announcements</a></font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=left height=422 bordercolor="#5276AB" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="588"> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.theventureforum.com/index.asp"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/lsvf08_banner.gif" width="491" height="78"></a></p> <p align="left"> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 115%"> <font color="#000000"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Mark your calendars for May 30, 2008: </font>The Country's Largest Seed &amp; Early Stage Investment &amp; Partnering Event is back!</b> The Life Sciences Venture Forum is the largest - and longest running - showcase of early stage innovation and entrepreneurship on the planet. It is the must-attend event for those seeking access to untapped quality deal flow from around the world. Now 14 years strong, Venture Forum presenting companies are drawn from Larta's robust pipeline, and prepared by world-class mentors to deliver <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">presentations focused on a solid business proposition, excellent science, and strong growth potential for an audience of investors, partners and customers. </font></font></span><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">Larta Institute's commercialization practice advises hundreds of innovative companies with breakthrough technologies funded by or spinning out of U.S. Federal Agencies, universities and research institutes, and innovative regions from across the globe. <b> Mark your calendars, May 30, 2008 Santa Clara Convention Center, and look out for more updates!<br> </b> </font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b> <a href="http://www.theventureforum.com"> <font color="#000000">www.theventureforum.com</font></a></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b> </b></font></p> <div> <span class="887260923-26102007"><b> <font face="Arial" color="#000000">USDA COMMERCIALIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NOW LAUNCHED </font></b></span><font face="Eras Light ITC" size="2" color="#000000"><img style="width: 241; height: 112" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/USDA%20banner.bmp" align="left"></font></div> <div> <p> </p> <p> <font face="Eras Light ITC" color="#000000">Agribusiness up your alley? Keep yourself updated on this&nbsp; commercialization assistance program from Larta!</font></p> <font size="2"> <p><font size="+0"><b> <font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"> <span class="887260923-26102007">Los Angeles</span>,&nbsp;<span class="887260923-26102007">CA</span>  &nbsp;<span class="887260923-26102007">November 28, </span>200<span class="887260923-26102007">7</span></font></b></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span class="887260923-26102007">&nbsp; Larta Institute</span>, under contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has recently launched the 2008 USDA Commercialization Assistance Program (USDA-CAP).&nbsp; </font></p> <p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000">The program, called USDA-CAP, begins in January 2008 and will comprise of training seminars, individual mentoring/coaching sessions, exposure to potential partners/investors networks and the development of a brief commercialization plan/roadmap which participating companies may adopt at the conclusion of the program. This roadmap will be customized for each USDA-CAP participant and will include clear commercialization objectives for the company, and the steps it needs to take to achieve those objectives.</span></p> </font><p><span class="887260923-26102007"> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">The program is geared to provide support services to USDA's SBIR Phase II&nbsp;grantees, which is now in its enrollment phase.&nbsp; </font></span> <font face="Arial"><span class="887260923-26102007"> <font size="2" color="#000000"> If you would like to learn more about the USDA-CAP, visit <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/usda/"><font color="#000000"> http://www.old.larta.org/usda/</font></a>.</font></span></font><font size="2" color="#000000"></font></div> <font SIZE="2"> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </font> <p align="left"> <b> <font color="black" face="Arial"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: black">KOREA - U.S. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BRIDGE</span></font><font face="Verdana" color="black"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> </span></font><font color="#000000"><span class="SpellE"> <font face="Arial"> RECAP<img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/Korea%20TT.bmp" align="left" width="172" height="152"></font></span></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><b> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> Los Angeles, California- December 3, <span class="GramE">2007&nbsp; <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">&nbsp;The</span></span></span></font></b></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial" size="2"> Korea-U.S. Technology Transfer Bridge concluded its last day of events on November 20<sup>th</sup>, as the Koreans returned to their home country after a warm response to the program.&nbsp; As a collaboration between <span class="SpellE">TechnoValue</span>/Business Network &amp; Systems Development International (<span class="SpellE">bnsD</span>) and Larta Institute, this Technology Transfer Bridge hosted a comprehensive educational program and study tour for technology transfer managers of various regional technology transfer centers (<span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE">RTTCs</span></span><span class="GramE">)</span> from Korea.&nbsp; </font>&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#000000">As the Network T2 program and the U.S. SBIR Mandate &amp; Program represent a solid picture of successful technology transfer in California, these two studies were highly well-received by the <font color="blue"> <span style="color: #000000">Korean delegation</span></font><font color="#000000">, and set the stage for a complete and informative program on program management and business development in this field.&nbsp; Moreover, the participants were given the opportunity to grasp issues surrounding technology transfer directly from the research and financial points of view, upon visiting and making contacts with several institutions such as the California Institute of Technology Office of Technology Transfer, CONNECT, and <span class="SpellE">CommNexus</span>. Overall, the </font> <font color="blue"><span style="color: #000000">participants</span></font><font color="#000000"> will be looking forward to applying the valuable lessons learned to their own areas of experience and hope to return to Larta for future capacity building programs.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font></span></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> For more information about the program please visit </font> <a title="http://www.old.larta.org/globalbridge/Korea.asp" href="http://www.old.larta.org/globalbridge/Korea.asp" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single"> <font title="http://www.old.larta.org/globalbridge/Korea.asp" face="Verdana" size="2"> <span title="http://www.old.larta.org/globalbridge/Korea.asp" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> http://www.old.larta.org/globalbridge/Korea.asp</span></font></a></p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#000000">LARTA PARTNERS WITH YOUNG ARAB LEADERS ORGANIZATION<img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/YAL.gif" align="left" width="177" height="144"></font></b></p> <p><font face="Eras Light ITC">A new opportunity to forge a partnership between the the Arab world and the rest of the world! </font></p> <font SIZE="2"> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#000000">New York-- October 22, 2007&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></b><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Larta institute and Young Arab Leaders (YAL) announced a partnership today which will jointly develop a multi year program to stimulate and expand innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab world. The program will be launched formally at the next Global Action Forum in New York in March 2008. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial" color="#000000">YAL is a network of business professionals with a mandate to encourage leadership values and foster the development of future Arab leaders, contribute to regional development efforts, and help bridge the awareness gap between the region and the rest of the world. Details will be forthcoming at the next YAL Global Action Forum. </font></p> </font> <p><b><strong> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">LARTA INSTITUTE HAS PARTNERED WITH CHISK</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 9pt" SIZE="2"> </font> </strong> <font SIZE="2"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</b>to provide businesses with outsourced, cost effective and high quality office support combined with the convenience and quality assurance that comes from local contact. To learn more visit <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/chisk.asp"> <font color="#000000">www.old.larta.org/chisk</font></a></font></p> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b> <font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> <a name="Larta in the News">Larta in the News</a></font></b> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle height=234 bordercolor="#5276AB" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="588"> <p align="justify"><font color="#99CCFF"><b> <font color="#666699" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"> <img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/globe_hands.gif" width="92" height="97" align="left" hspace="33"></font><font color="#666699" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"> Watch this space for exciting news as Larta gets around&nbsp;in the world! </font></b></font></p> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">December 12-13, 2007 </font><font face="Arial" size="2"> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/about/staffbios/rshukla.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">Rohit Shukla</font></a><font color="#000000"> will be moderating the panel for &quot;Dedicated Seed/Translational Funding&quot; during the Fifth Annual Global CONNECT Conference in London, England.&nbsp; This conference is intended to </font> </span></font><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">drive the development of regional technology clusters through global alliances.&nbsp; For more information, visit <a href="http://globalconnect.ucsd.edu/events/london07agenda.cfm"> <font color="#000000"> http://globalconnect.ucsd.edu/events/london07agenda.cfm</font></a>.</font></span></h4> <p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000"><b> October 12, 2007: </b>Rohit Shukla was a featured speaker at the &quot;October Symposium: Bundling Technology, Larta At Work&quot; for the The iBridge<sup>SM</sup> Network, a program of the Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc.&nbsp; He introduced the iBridge Network to the project Larta Institute has been working on with the Kauffman Foundation in regards to bundling technologies.&nbsp; For more information, visit <a href="http://www.ibridgenetwork.org/"><font color="#000000">http://www.ibridgenetwork.org/</font></a>. </font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b> <a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/articlelinks/2007/122007_Croatia.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">October 1, 2007</font></a></b><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/articlelinks/2007/122007_Croatia.asp" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">&nbsp; </font> </a>Neven Karlovac, Larta's Senior Advisor, recently helped organize the 1st US-Croatian Conference on Cooperation in the ICT, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Industry in Split, Croatia, October 1-4, 2007.&nbsp; The conference was attended by the executives of Croatian and American companies, NIH, and representatives of Croatian and US government. <a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/articlelinks/2007/122007_Croatia.asp"> <font color="#000000">Click here to read more!</font></a></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Arial" size="4" color="#99CCFF"> <a name="Companies to Watch For"><b>Companies to Watch For</b></a></font><a name="Companies to Watch For"> </a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle height=139 bordercolor="#5276AB" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="588"> <p align="justify"><b><font face="Georgia" color="#666699"> <img src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/binoculars.jpg" width="129" height="102" align="left"></font></b></p> <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p> <p align="justify"><font size="3" color="#666699" face="Georgia"><b>Our picks of companies</b></font><b><font face="Georgia" color="#666699" size="3"> that are making the news and already on their way to making it big!</font></b></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Georgia" color="#666699">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font size="4" face="Georgia" color="#666699">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fresh Faces </font></b></p> <p align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"><b><u> <a href="http://www.svisionllc.com/?page_id=16"> <font color="#000000">SVision LLC</font></a></u>&nbsp; </b> SVision LLC, a 2007-08 NIH-CAP participating company, recently announced that Nikon has selected its SVCell as the analysis software for Nikon s BioStation CT, which is a cell culture observation and monitoring system. Marketed under the name  CT Analysis Software SV , SVCell will be used to analyze time-lapse, phase and fluorescence images acquired on the BioStation CT. Based in Bellevue, WA, SVision is a technology-based company that has a number of patents in high-speed image processing, pattern recognition, machine vision, automatic learning, spatial reasoning, and data mining applications. </font></p> <p align="left"><b><u><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://blog.mlive.com/oak_business_review/2007/10/oxford_biomedical_chosen_for_f.html"> <font color="#000000">Oxford Biomedical Research Inc.</font></a></font></u><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Located in Rochester Hills, MI, Oxford Biomedical Research develops and manufactures high quality biological reagents and assay kits for the life science research market.&nbsp;The company is one of the participants in the 2007-08 National Institutes of Health Commercialization&nbsp;Assistance Program (NIH-CAP),&nbsp;funded by NIH and managed and executed by&nbsp;Larta. Denis Callewaert, the company s founder, has extensive start-up experience; Oxford is the second of four biotechnology companies he has founded. Through the NIH-CAP, the company hopes to expand its </span> </font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Arial"> current market and explore licensing opportunities or joint ventures.</span></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; text-decoration: underline"><strong><a href="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/ArticleLinks/2007/100107_Atmospheric%20Glow.asp"> <font color="#000000">Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc.</font></a></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000"><strong style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp; </strong></span></font> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma (OAUGDP®) technology from this Tennessee company that could pave the way for air purification, biotechnology, healthcare, and manufacturing.&nbsp; </font></p> <p align="left"><i> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">AGT was chosen to particpate in the NIH-CAP program this year.</font></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle height=173 bordercolor="#5276AB" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="588"> <p align="center"><font face="Georgia" size="4" color="#666699"> <b>Larta Alumni</b></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><b> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://www.liquid-logic.com/index.html"> <font color="#000000">Advanced Liquid Logic</font></a></font></b><font color="#000000"> </font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">&nbsp;Advanced Liquid Logic, a 2006-07 NIH-CAP participating company, was recently named a runner-up in the Semiconductors category for the 2007 Technology Innovation Awards. Based in Morrisville, NC, Advanced Liquid Logic develops products for a variety of diagnostic and other applications based on its unique droplet-based liquid handling technology. The Technology Innovation Awards is sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. More than 800 applications were submitted for this year s awards in 12 categories and the winners were selected by an independent panel of judges.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b> <font face=Arial color=#99CCFF size="4"> <a name="Tech Sector News">Tech Sector News</a></font></b><a name="Tech Sector News"> </a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle height=237 width="588"> <p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font color="#5276AB"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a href="http://www.cnet.com/4520-13655_1-6809633-1.html?tag=txt"> <font color="#000000">Tech innovation in 2008</font></a> </span> <a href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22307&hed=VC+Investment+Down+in+China,+Europe+" style="text-decoration: none"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#5276AB"> (CNet</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22307&hed=VC+Investment+Down+in+China,+Europe+"><font color="#5276AB"><span style="text-decoration: none">)</span></font></a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22307&hed=VC+Investment+Down+in+China,+Europe+"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-decoration: none"> </span> </font></a><span style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000"> <br> </font></span></span></font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"> The CNet staff give their magic ball predictions for the technology of the future in the coming new year. </font><p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><i> 1 December 2007</i></font> <p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;<p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font color="#000000"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007122_076508.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">T.J. Rodgers' Startup Strategy</font></a></b></font><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; color:black; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none"><font color="#5276AB"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial"><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19806&hed=Hedge+Funds+Move+Into+VC+Turf" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#5276AB">(BusinessWeek</font></a></span></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#5276AB"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; color:black; font-size:10pt; text-decoration:none"><a target="_blank" href="http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19806&hed=Hedge+Funds+Move+Into+VC+Turf" style="text-decoration: none; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial"><font color="#5276AB">)</font></a></span></font></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#5276AB"><b><br> </b> </font></span> <span style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 400"> <font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000">The Cypress Semiconductor CEO provides his approach to new markets, a successful one in his case.</font></span></p> <p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><i> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000">3 December</font></i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font color="#5276AB" size="2" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><i> 2007</i></font><b><br> <br> </b></font></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><u> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/03/smbusiness/Who_owns_small_business.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2007120313"> <font color="#000000">Who owns small business?</font></a></u><font color="#000000"> </font></b><font color="#5276AB"><b>(CNNMoney) </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font> </p> <p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <span style="font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none"> <font size="2" face="Arial" color="#000000">Pending legislation could potentially qualify VC-backed startups for federal research grants.</font></span></p> <p align=left style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font size="2" color="#000000"> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic">3 December</span></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><i> 2007</i></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=31 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="588"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b> <font face="Arial" color="#99CCFF" size="4"> <a name="Other Industry Events">Other Industry Events</a></font><a name="Other Industry Events"> </a> </b> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top align=left height=471 width="588"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="661065315-04122006"> <div style="width: 553; height: 454"> <p> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/appointment%20book.jpg" align="left" width="169" height="250"></p> <p><b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> December 6-7 2007: <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/17491"> <font color="#000000">The Venture Summit West</font></a><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </i> </font> </b> <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Venture Summit West is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit West features the most innovative and influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, investment bankers, research analysts, financial and technology media and corporate buyers in keynote presentations and panel debates. The Venture Summit&nbsp; will also host 14 Best of Breed CEO Showcases hand-picked from the <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/"> <font color="#000000">AlwaysOn</font></a> annual top 100 private company list, and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers. The Venture Summit s goal is to match growth company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities. </font> </p> <p><font face="Arial"><font size="2" color="#000000">As a friend of LARTA, we are pleased to extend to you a 33% savings on tickets to the Venture Summit West. </font> <font size="2"><b><font color="#000000">To take advantage of the discounted ticket price we have reserved for you, click </font><font color="#cc6600"> <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/17721"> <font color="#000000">here</font></a></font><font color="#000000"> and use the promo code </font><font color="#0000FF">vsw33</font></b></font><font size="2" color="#000000">.</font><span style="font-size: 12px"><br> </span></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></b> </p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000"><b>December 12, 2007:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=2042108&c=1067820777&m=m&type=1&h=A0827F3E6350BB7AB25A06FDB474BC8B"> <font color="#000000">AAMA Connect 2007: Technology's Middle Kingdom</font></a></b><br> <i>China's Rising Influence in Asia and the West</i><br> For years the annual Connect Conference has been facilitating meetings between thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and high-level executives. This event lays the groundwork for many multimillion-dollar deals every year. Given the current state of China's booming economy, and the changes and development taking place in the Asia Pacific Rim, 2007 is sure to be the most promising and invigorating conference to date. </font> </p> </div> </span></div> </td> </tr> </table> </DIV> </TD> <TD vAlign=top borderColor=#5276ab width=211 bgColor=#f6f1d4 height=452> <TABLE height=1627 cellPadding=5 width=25 align=center> <TBODY> <tr> <td valign=top align=middle bgcolor=#5276AB height=18 bordercolor="#5276AB" width="216"> <div align=center> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <b> <font face="Arial" size="4" color="#99CCFF">&nbsp;Register or Apply Today!!</font></b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#666699" height="93" width="216" valign="top"> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.theventureforum.com/registration.asp"> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/vertical_banner08.gif" width="140" height="155"></a></p> <p align="center"> <b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#666699">Early bird registration, and first round of applications are now open.</font></b></td> </tr> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=120 width="216"> <DIV align=center> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/vox_credit-banner.gif" width="140" height="105"> </DIV> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top height=176 width="216"> <P align=center><FONT face=Arial> <A href="http://larta.blogspot.com/" target=_blank> <IMG height=160 src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/img/blogad1.jpg" width=140 border=0></A></FONT></P> <P align=center> <img border="0" src="http://www.old.larta.org/oldlarta/lavox/images/Vox_FTF-link.gif" width="140" height="69"></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=middle bgColor=#5276AB height=51 width="216"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#99CCFF size=4> About Larta </FONT></STRONG></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#CCCCCC height=488 width="216"> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=1><font color="#000000"><B> Larta Institute<BR> </B></font><I><font color="#000000"><b>Connecting People to Drive Innovation<BR> <BR> </b> </font></I><b><font color="#000000">We manage the nation's largest innovation pipelines. </font> </b> </FONT> <b> <FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=1>Larta Institute is a professional services firm providing entrepreneur training, commercialization, and technology transfer services for governments, companies, and universities. <BR> <BR> The core of Larta's mission is to&nbsp;facilitate deal making between&nbsp;qualified suppliers of technology and corporations seeking outside sources of technologies as well as investors seeking investment opportunities.<BR> <BR> We accelerate the transition of cutting-edge technologies to the marketplace by connecting innovators to investors and companies. Our programs leverage our extensive network of relationships and resources. Since 1993, companies helped by Larta Institute have raised over $1.5 billion in capital. Our programs serve thousands of businesspeople each year. Our electronic magazine on business innovation is read by over 25,000 people. </FONT></b></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#CCCCCC height=214 width="216"> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=1><A href="http://www.old.larta.org/" target=blank> <FONT size=2 color="#000000"><STRONG>www.old.larta.org</STRONG></FONT></A><font color="#000000"><b> <BR> <BR> </b><STRONG>Los Angeles Office:</STRONG><b><BR> 606 S. 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