‘Money in the Mountains’ doesn’t sound as good

In two weeks VC’s from around the country will be making their way to Sun Valley. While this isn’t really anything new this particular event is.

Venture Capital in the Rockies is the culmination of years of various Venture efforts, serendipity and a large amount of behind the scenes work by Mark Solon.

VCIR Fall ‘08 will be the largest and most high-profile start-up event ever held in Idaho. Hundreds of venture capitalists from places like Silicon Valley, Boston, Seattle and elsewhere around the country will descend on Sun Valley to hear pitches from the best tech start-ups the Rocky Mountain Region has to offer.

Colorado Startups has a great interview with Mark on what VCIR is and how the fall event came to be.

Q. VCIR is always a great annual event. Why was a Fall event set up for the first time this year?

After attending and participating in too many small regional venture events from 2000-2006 without the needed critical mass for success, I knew the region needed a flagship event; you know, a rising tide and all that. In 2006, I approached some of my colleagues who were members of the board of the Colorado Venture Capital Association to talk to them about the idea of expanding their footprint to become a regional association and to my pleasant surprise, they had already begun discussions about the idea. After the CVCA expanded to become the Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association (RMVCA) in ‘06, I was asked to join that board and pleaded my case to expand VCIR to twice a year.

Balihoo and Motion 2 Energy will be representing their home turf. Good luck guys, make us proud.

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