WBTshowcase Summary Profile

The WBTshowcase is the premiere event showcasing the world's largest collection of cutting-edge, first-to-market technologies before leading seed investors and Fortune 500 licensees.

The WBT facilitates the movement of breakthrough technologies from top universities, federal laboratories, federal agencies and leading research institutions into the marketplace by leveraging industry professionals in a disciplined manner and unbiased environment.

Submissions range from pure or idea-stage technologies still in the lab to startup companies that meet the following criteria:

• “Platform technology” – could spawn many products
• “Close to market” – few barriers remain for commercial application
• “First in the space” – could create a whole new industry

• Researchers and research institutions seeking to license or commercialize advanced technologies.
• Enterprises or businesses with advanced, proprietary technology seeking seed stage venture capital.

• Up to 75 technologies. All selected receive exhibit space and the opportunity to make a 6-minute investor-oriented presentation.
• All selected presenters are coached by Mentor teams comprised of investors, licensees and/or tech commercialization experts.

• Complete an on-line two-three page summary application.
• There’s no cost to apply.

• No industry sector is expressly excluded.
• A breakdown of previous years including WBT02 through WBT07 presenting technologies reflects a cross-section industry sectors

Each year over 400 participants attend the World’s Best Technologies Showcase.

The audience can be broken down into the following sectors (based on total attendees from WBT02, WBT04, WBT05, and WBT06):

Of the 402 total identified investors/licensee who have attended in previous years (WBT02, WBT04, WBT05, and WBT06) 353 are bonafide Venture Capitalist and Fortune 500 licensing scouts with committed funds. With investors and licensees making up almost half of the audience (not presenting a technology) selected exhibitors can expect roughly 1 out of every 2 participants entering his or her exhibit booth will be a bonafide investor or Fortune 500 licensee.

The following list highlights selected participants: Dupont ♦ GlaxoSmithKline ♦ Arch Venture Partners ♦ Dow Chemical ♦ DFJ Mercury ♦ Merck & Co. ♦ Samsung ♦ Millilkin ♦ Taproot Ventures ♦ Conoco Phillips ♦ 3M ♦ Ecolab ♦ Gefinor Ventures ♦ Raytheon ♦ Millenium Ventures ♦ Intel Capital ♦ Procter & Gamble ♦ IBM Venture Capital ♦ Research Corporation Technologies ♦ InterWest Partners ♦ Solutia ♦ Triton Ventures ♦ Roche Diagnostics ♦ Lockheed Martin ♦ Texas Instruments ♦ Emergent Technologies ♦ Wyeth ♦ S C Johnson ♦ Toucan Capital ♦ Air Products ♦ Radio Shack ♦ SBC ♦ Headwaters CleanCoal ♦ Corning ♦ Nokia ♦ Cargill ♦ STARTech Early Ventures ♦ Pfizer♦ SEMATECH ♦ Philip Morris ♦ PTV Sciences ♦ Siemens Westinghouse

Past participants are drawn from coast to coast, representing 39 states plus Canada, Germany, China, Israel, Chile, and Spain

Corporate

• AT&T
• 3M
• Haynes and Boone, LLP
• Lockeed Martin
• NineSigma
• The Procter and Gamble Company
• Roche Diagnostic
• Fort Worth Business Press

Private Equity / Fund-of-funds

• Cimarron Capital

Foundation

• National Science Foundation

Government

• Federal Lab Consortium for Technology Transfer
• NASA
• Department of Energy
• Department of Defense
• Department of Homeland Security
• Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center
• Army Medical Research & Materiel Command
• Canadian Consulate General

University

• University of Texas at Arlington
• University of Texas System
• University of North Texas Health Science Center
• Southeastern University Research Association