Nervana ~ News ~ Awards Nervana honored as a 2002 Venture All Star SEATTLE-September 27, 2002 Thirty-nine of the regions top venture backed companies were honored tonight as Venture All Stars, the most prestigious award in the northwest venture capital community, at the 2002 Venture All-Stars Summit at Seahawks Stadium. The event was presented by the Investment Forum, a non-profit organization that promotes promising new companies to the business and investment community. In addition, all the companies are featured in the third edition of The Venture Map, the definitive visual business reference, which will be distributed by Washington CEO Magazine to more than 26,000 subscribers. The event recognized the Venture All Star Company CEO's from the greater Seattle area, Vancouver, B.C., and Portland, OR as voted by a Selection Committee comprised of 35 investors including venture capitals and private angel investors. The Venture All Star Companies are those that the local venture investing community believe have demonstrated the ability to follow in the footsteps of the region's most successful growth businesses, such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Costco, Amazon.com and Immunex, to name a few of the local companies that relied on private venture funds to grow. In order to be selected, these organizations had to meet multiple business and funding criteria indicative of future success including strong management and financial backing.
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