About Us > Raising Money for Homeland Security Companies
The event was held on Wednesday,
December 1, 2004, from
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
Center for Beautiful Israel
(Hamerkaz Limuday Yisrael Yafah) in Tel Aviv. More than 150 people
were in attendance.
"Raising
Money for Homeland Security Companies" was sponsored by MarketReach
America, The Trendlines Group, Ha'aretz, and the
Maryland Israel Development Center. MarketReach
America is the exclusive, highly subsidized business development program
created to connect Israel's most promising homeland security
companies to American market opportunities. MarketReach America accepted
applications until December 12, 2004 for its third program: Homeland
Security 2005.
Photos from the event (click to enlarge).
Conference Highlights
Registration
Welcome Steve
Rhodes, Chairman,
The Trendlines Group Azriel
(Azi) Hemar,Deputy Chief Scientist and Director
International Relations and Cooperation Division
MarketReach
America Homeland Security 2005 D.
Todd Dollinger, Managing
Director, The Trendlines Group
Our
MarketReach America Experience Francois
(Tal) Shazar, Business Development, Israel Aircraft
Industries
The Maryland/Israel
Development Fund Barry Bogage, Executive Director,
Maryland/Israel Development Center
A new Maryland/Israel initiative providing matching
funds for innovative Israel and Maryland-based innovations
Israel Government Development
and Business Support Programs Azi Hemar, Office of the Chief Scientist
Homeland
Security Opportunities Christopher
T. Cushing, President, The Commonwealth Group Expert
in U.S. public policy, government relations activities,
and political organizations on the state
and federal levels
(The Commonwealth Group is WolfBlock's
strategic advisors on homeland security matters.)
Panel:
Venture Capital for Homeland Security Companies Panel members: Gideon Federmann, Eurofund; Joel
Fisch, Intel Capital; Shlomo
Kalish, Jerusalem Global Ventures; Stuart
Shorenstein, WolfBlock Government Relations. Moderator: D.
Todd Dollinger
of The Trendlines Group.
Closing Steve Rhodes, The Trendlines
Group
Conference Sponsors
MarketReach
America offers expert advice and support on
business strategy formation, market intelligence,
investment recruitment, key industry contacts,
and business development. The program helps homeland
security companies introduce their products into
the American market. Selected participants attend
a five-day strategy
and planning conference in Baltimore, Maryland;
receive professional consulting in order to determine
their optimal American market strategy and action
plan; and prepare for and organize and a U.S.
road show to meet targeted companies.
Applications for Homeland Security 2005 are open until December 12, 2005.
The
Trendlines Group is Israel's leading international
marketing and business development firm, moving
businesses from concept to market to success. The
company's unique focus is on assisting businesses
of all sizes looking to start or expand their operations
in the American, European, and Israeli marketplaces.
The Maryland/Israel
Development Center (MIDC) promotes trade,
joint ventures, and investment between Maryland
and Israeli businesses and research institutions.
It is a non-profit partnership between the State
of Maryland Department of Business and Economic
Development and THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community
Federation of Baltimore.
Other sponsors: Haaretz, the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology
Foundation, the State of Maryland, THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, WolfBlock
Government Relations, the Marvin Schapiro Family Foundation, and the Straus Family Foundation.
MarketReach
America
