Want to Create Buzz and Raise Bucks?

An alert about a great event coming up on June 5 at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA, called “Launch: Silicon Valley,” co-presented by Garage Technology Ventures and SVASE.

I just became aware of a great event coming up on June 5 at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA, called Launch: Silicon Valley. And I hope to get there to blog about it. If you want to present, you can still apply by today, May 3rd, by just submitting a two-page executive summary.

The event is co-presented by Garage Technology Ventures and SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. The latter is dedicated exclusively to helping early-stage entrepreneurs across all technology sectors build successful companies. The event’s theme is “Create the Buzz, Raise the Money, and Build your Business.” It’s actually the second of these events, after a very successful first one in November 2006. Some of the other sponsors of the upcoming event are Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Band of Angels, Sand Hill Angels, The Angels’ Forum, and some other heavies, as you’ll see if you click the link above.

So, if you think you have a cool technology or startup concept and want the world to discover you — and can get to Mountain View — this would be a great platform. It gives you the opportunity to meet, network, and showcase your startup to some key movers and shakers in the Valley. If your application is accepted, you’ll get to present directly to an audience of VCs, angel investors, M&A execs, senior corporate biz dev execs, bloggers, press, and potential business partners. The CEOs of the companies voted “most promising” in each of the six sessions at the event will also receive invitations for two to attend the prestigious Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” dinner on June 29 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

Again, to apply, submit your two-page executive summary by end of day today, May 3rd. Or email LaunchSV@svase.org for more info.

UPDATE: The submission deadline has been extended to May 13.