Spring 2005 BSI Investor Forum

8 Innovative Companies Present at the 11th BSI Investor Forum

The BSI Spring 05 Investor Forum attracts 150 HNI and funds around Australia looking to Invest in Australian Innovation

Alan Milwidsky and the BSI Team showcased 8 Innovative Companies at the 11th BSI Investor forum, with most of them confident of raising the money necessary to allow them to "have a go". 3 financial service applications were presented, providing "pain killers" to the complex web of the financial service industry in Australia. It is said that there is over $1b pa in inefficiencies that need to be made more efficient in this industry.

Trevor Sinclair Presenting the Corepath opportunity

Trevor Sinclair presented Corepath Corepath has developed "a personal vault" which enables key information to be securely stored and updated by your financial adviser, solicitor or accountant. Your financial adviser will spend less time gathering and processing routine information, and more time identifying and working toward your financial and life goals. The team at Corepath is solid, and has provided business systems from the likes of IPAC to Mobil and Telstra.

Sydney Audience

Vic Audience

Networking in Melbourne

Lisa Donath (BSI and Digital Harbour Events Manager), Ivan Kaye, Ari Berman, Joe Barber, Mat Macdonald, Doron Ben Meir

Walter Adamson of Digital Investor and Eleena Tooh of BSI

Danny Rodgers, the founder of Investment Data Technologies (IDT), has been providing software solutions to over 4000 financial advisers in Australia over the past 13 years. He has now developed U'Insure, which enables the financial adviser to provide "General Insurance" to his client, and have a revenue share model. This can result in substantial revenues.

Jim Taig and Matthew Davis of Seismo

Jim Taig of Seismo has developed "Seismo Sharechart" - a packaged trading and investment tool. It is a plug and play solution for people and advisers playing sharemarkets, both locally and internationally. Seismo is used and endorsed by major brokers and is now looking to market and promote the product locally and iternationally. Seismo has strong market validation, a proven market and a strong management team, who has successfully exited a previous company for 9 times investors initial input.

Richard Arnold providing advice to Jason Polites and Alan Sonnenshein

John Fitzpatrick of Middletons networking with serial Entrepeneur Quintin Freeman

Jason Polites of Synetek presented the "LeaseEagle" opportunity. Lease Eagle is a web based lease management system designed to allow retailers and franchisees to manage and analyse their store portfolios. The product has recently been released and currently has a number of chains using the product with a fat pipeline of users in the wings. The product is charged for on a user pays, and is initially targeting the 100,000 stores in Australia and then the 25 million store outlets internationally.

ICETV has developed an electronic TV Guide for free to air television, which enables the user to choose recording his programs ith a touch of a button for $3 per week. The Technology has the ability to get rid of advertisements, and provide permission based advertising (the sleeping giant). Since launcing in April, subscribers have been increasing at a compound 35% per month. Breakeven goal is 30,000 subscribers within 13 months.

2 companies who presented based on the "new bubble" of "building communities". Both Danielle Lehrer of M-Swap and Mike Gibbons of EMOVE understood the value of building communities around their service. Both mentioned the succesful $39m exit of RSVP , $269m exit of Realestate.com.au and $300m exit of wotif.com

Danielle Lehrer of mswap talking with Anton Donde of Macquarie Bank

m-swap was presented as "the ebay of mobile content" - Mswap lets users collect and swap mobile content (wallpapers, ringtones, voices etc). It drives the use of premium SMS, data traffic and content. It will provide the raid growth of a Global Content Community. MSwap will have a revenue share between themselves and the content provider.

Mike Gibbons and Jay Hennock of Emove speaking with Mike Galgot

e-move is targetting the "2.4 million online home movers per annum" market. It is a free online tool for the mover, whereby the service provider is charged a fee based on service that they provide. These include change of addresses to banks and societies, movers, utilities et al. Rich Arnold of Committed Capital suggested that they would be a "reseller" for utilities, therefore increasing their revenue model!! Jay Hennock presented the opportunity and told us hat he was a founder of RSVP and sold out in 2000. Hopefully he will stay the distance with Emove!!

Jonathan Glass and Ramin Marzbani with David Chen

Comet Advisers Richard Dale and Glen Downey at the table with Brian May

Richard Czeiger, Ivan Kaye, Kevin and Tim Manson at the Sydney BSI Investor Forum

Lyle Able, Amir Engler, Sam and Ivan

Michael of Red Rock Consulting, Mat Maconald and Cairman of ADI Russ Bate at the Victorian BSI Investor Forum

Colin Meyerowitz and Johnny Anstey from Elcom

Professor Tom McKaskill of the Entrepreneur School of Swinbourne University and Doron Ben-Meir of CAOS

William Scully-Power of MarketingFX and Mark Robinson of BSI People