David Bradbury, president of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), will speak at the August meeting of Brattleboro Area Tech on Thursday, August 20. The meeting will take place in the Atrium of the Brooks House on Main Street in Brattleboro at 6:00 p.m.
Mr Bradbury will speak about the Vermont Seed Capital Fund and other financing opportunities available to new or growing technology companies in Vermont.
VCET assists technology oriented companies in a number of ways in addition to financing. Plus, it operates incubators for startups at two locations in Burlington and one in Middlebury.
The Vermont Seed Capital Fund invests in early stage technology companies in Vermont. The revolving fund of $5 million was started with federal and state funds and makes investments of $25,000 to $250,000 to Vermont firms with strong growth potential. The fund is administered by VCET.
Brattleboro Area Techies is a networking group for those interested and/or working in technology in the greater Brattleboro area. The group gathers to informally network, discuss and provide people with an excuse to get out from behind their computers. The group includes designers, makers, educators, programmers, freelancers, videographers, artists, consultants and business people who work in these fields. There is no cost.
For more information, contact Bob Lawson, Internet Consultant, at bob@lawsontechconsult.com, 802-490-8409 or Caleb Clark, Faculty Chair, Teaching with Technology MAT, Marlboro College Graduate and Professional Studies, at 917-703-5580 or cclark@gradschool.marlboro.edu.