About the Conference
VCIR is held twice per year and is the region's oldest and best attended venture capital conference. VCIR features companies located in the Rocky Mountain region and the Fall event will showcase the region’s most promising emerging growth companies for an audience of hundreds of venture investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs and service professionals. In addition to highlighting the region's most compelling companies.
This year VCIR Fall and Invest Southwest are partnering together to form the premier capital conference in the Southwest. Investors and venture capitalists from all over the globe will gather on November 2nd-4th in Phoenix, Arizona to see the “Best of the Southwest” present their business plans and investment opportunities. The conference includes a nationally recognized keynote speaker, investor seminar, presenting company forum and exhibit booths, and a variety of networking events. Presenting companies of VCIR over the past 10 years have collectively generated nearly $5 billion in exit value for their stakeholders and Invest Southwest presenting companies have received more than a quarter billion in investment dollars since the inception in 1992.
If that's not enough to convince you that you absolutely must attend VCIR Fall/Invest Southwest, consider this:
- Some of the most incredible golfing in the US
- Great hiking trails nearby
- Rich American Indian Culture
VCIR Fall Planning Team
- Brian Smith, Grayhawk Capital, Event Chair
- Brian Burns, Grayhawk Capital
- Harry George, Solstice Ventures
- Karen Katzorke, Invest Southwest
- Christine Lydon, KPMG
- Nanette Schunk, RMVCA





