Businesses seeking growth capital for all stages of development will "speed-pitch" to the region’s savviest and shrewdest investors - individuals, angels, venture capital firms, private equity and mezzanine-debt investors - at the Speed Venture Summit on Tues., Oct. 28, 2008 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Center of New Hampshire - Radisson Hotel in Manchester.

Following that event, to which limited invitations are extended to investors and entrepreneurs, there is a networking session open to the public from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The Speed Venture Summit is sponsored by the NH High Technology Council and the NH Small Business Development Center, and will be held at The Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH on Oct. 28, 2008.