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CDVCA, NASVF, STC Offer Free E-newsletters

June 16, 2000

Two venture capital associations and the Southern Technology Council are offering free electronic newsletters to the general public that may be of interest to SSTI Weekly Digest readers. Occasionally stories offered in these publications overlap with Digest articles, however, each provides additional information and perspectives for the S&T community.

The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA) distributed the first issue of its periodic e-mail newsletter this week, which includes updates on the organization and a discussion of the status of the Clinton Administration’ New Markets initiative and the Republican’s Renewal Communities proposal.

As the trade association of 82 community development capital funds, CDVCA promotes use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity, and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities. To subscribe please send a message to cdvca@cdvca.org. Membership information can be found at: http://www.cdvca.org

The National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) is taking a different tack with its biweekly newsletter. Along with information about NASVF, the newsletter includes many e-clips with links to related articles published in newspapers across the country (17 in the last issue). Topics covered include not only risk capital, but often science and technology issues and public economic development policy. A useful web-based press archive was launched in their June 2 issue and is available through their home page.

NASVF is the organization of more than 85 public agencies, state-sponsored private investors, and public/private partnerships concerned with leveraging an abundance of risk capital resources to fully serve the needs of deserving entrepreneurs in the member states. To subscribe or find membership information, please visit http://www.nasvf.org

The Southern Technology Council distributes the Friday Fax, which is free as an e-mail newsletter. Similar in format to the SSTI Weekly Digest, each issue includes three or four S&T related stories, funding opportunities, reviews of new studies, and events. While topics are tailored to the interests of the 14 STC-member states and Puerto Rico, nearly all stories have relevance to a broader S&T community.

Established in 1986, the Council is an advisory body of the Southern Growth Policies Board. The Council's mission is to build a dynamic, diversified, growing, and sustainable Southern economy by serving as a value-added resource for ideas, information, analysis, and solutions in technology-driven economic development. To receive the Friday Fax, send an e-mail request to subscribe to Keecia James, STC policy analyst, at kjames@southern.org. Archived editions can be viewed on the Council’s website: http://www.southern.org/technology/tech1.html

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