Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has chosen 15 additional companies to present at Venture 2004, bringing the total number of presenting companies to 28.

Scheduled for April 27-28, 2004, at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC, CED’s Venture 2004 will showcase many of North Carolina’s technology investment opportunities.

The 15 new companies annnounced to present at Venture 2004 include:

· Ablatrics (Chapel Hill, NC)

· Alveolus (Charlotte, NC – www.alveolus.com)

· Applied Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC – www.applied-nanotech.com)

· Bandwidth.com, Inc. (Cary, NC – www.bandwidth.com)

· BioPheresis Technologies (Cary, NC)

· Curry Pharmaceuticals (RTP, NC)

· FLX Micro, Inc. (Raleigh, NC – www.flxmicro.com)

· KBI BioPharma, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.kbibiopharma.com)

· Nuada Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.nuadapharma.com)

· Polyglot Systems, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.pgsi.com)

· Red Pelican, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.redpelican.net)

· SCYNEXIS, Inc. (RTP, NC – www.scynexis.com)

· Vital Source Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, NC – www.vitalbook.com)

· WindChannel Communications, LLC (Raleigh, NC – www.windchannel.com)

· Ziptronix (Morrisville, NC – www.ziptronix.com)

These companies will join the 13 previously annnounced compaines in the conference:

· Affinergy (RTP, NC – www.affinergy.com)

· APEX Analytix* (Greensboro, NC – www.apexanalytix.com)

· Chorus Systems (Durham, NC – www.chorussystems.com)

· Constella Group, Inc.* (Durham, NC – www.constellagroup.com)

· DarPharma, Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC – www.darpharma.com)

· Datacraft Solutions, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.datacraftsolutions.com)

· End II End Communications, Inc. (Charlotte, NC – www.eiiecomm.com)

· Metabolon, Inc. (Durham, NC – www.metabolon.com)

· Noverant, Inc. (Raleigh, NC – www.noverant.com)

· Overture Networks (Morrisville, NC – www.overturenetworks.com)

· Piedmont Pharmaceuticals LLC (Greensboro, NC – www.piedmontpharma.com)

· Serenex (Durham, NC – www.serenex.com)

· StrikeIron (Durham, NC – www.strikeiron.com)

More details on all of the Venture 2004 presenting companies are available online at http://www.cednc.org/conferences/venture/2004/presenters/.

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