MOJO MN, Portage Equity Investments & Corporate Finance Success

Bradley Lehrman is an attorney with the Minneapolis based law firm Soffer Charbonnet (www.sofferlaw.com) practicing in the corporate finance and entrepreneurial venture group. Lehrman is also the founder and President of Portage Capital, Inc., a business and venture capital consulting firm serving a select number of emerging companies with business management and investor relation services Lehrman has an extensive background as an attorney, business advisor, private investor, and board member involved primarily in early stage venture capital transactions. Lehrman has also been an active adviser to public companies such as Rudolph Technologies (formerly August Technologies) [AUGT], ReliaStar [ING] Investment Research, and Chart MVE.

Lehrman is also a founder and fund manager of Portage Equity Investments; two early stage accredited venture capital funds. Portage Equity invests in software, medical device, biotech and health sciences, telecommunications, semiconductor, and IT technology companies. Portfolio liquidity events from Fund I include: August Technologies- IPO 2000; Learning Byte Int’l-Acquisition 2001; Media DVX- Acquisition 2001; Profit Solutions- Acquisition 2001.

Additional portfolio holdings include: SterilMed Inc.; Magnum Technologies Inc.; Impres Medical Inc.; Job Dig Inc; Excorp Medical Inc.;Gentra Systems Inc, ; Celleration Inc.; ProUroCare, Inc.; Iconoculture Inc.; Medisyn Technologies Inc., Cima Nanotech Inc.;and Bewiki Inc.

Specialties: Brad Lehrman is a founding "agitator" of MOJO Minnesota: MOJO Minnesota is an innovation advocacy force comprised of business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. Our goals are to provide a unique voice and support to Minnesota-grown innovation and shine the light on new technologies so that we will become a top 5 nationally ranked state for innovation.

For more information about MOJO Minnesota, visit http://www.mojominnesota.com .

About the Meetup

Meet other entrepreneurs and independent product developers. Bring your questions and "group-source" the answers. Hear from specialized experts willing to share their insights. Get energized and stay motivated to pursue your goals. Relax and have interesting conversations. Participants have found clients and collaborators through this Meetup.

Software, electronics, life sciences, med tech, services, products, materials, designs--innovators of a wide variety of value propositions participate. Both for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs participate. Many are starting their second or third business. A partner in McKinsey & Company (NYC) turned up one evening. We have enjoyed meeting people from China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy, India, Bangladesh and other countries. Many are newcomers to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Multi-generational, our age range has been 20 to 70+. Several investors make periodic visits for those of you looking for capital.

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