Triton Value Partners and TopRight LLC will co-sponsor Goizueta Business School’s eighth annual Venture Capital Investment Competition. The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the business school and will be attended by participating teams and local venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Join us for the networking event following the competition, starting at 4:00 pm in the Goizueta Coke Commons.  Anyone interested interested in venture capital and entrepreneurship is welcome.

The VCIC is a one-of-a-kind competition that gives MBA students from top business schools a realistic venture capital experience in a competitive environment. Compared to a traditional business plan competition, where teams participate as entrepreneurs seeking venture capital funding, the VCIC teams assume the role of venture capitalists and evaluate and “fund” investment opportunities.

This year’s presenting companies includes Fusion Sleep, My Shopping Safe, Site Minis, and Urban Planet.

The winning MBA student team will go on to the Southeastern Regional VCIC round, at Georgetown University in February 2010.

The Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) brings real startup companies and venture capitalists together with venture capital-minded MBA students for a uniquely powerful learning experience.

The VCIC is a one-of-a-kind competition that gives MBA students from top business schools a realistic venture capital experience in a competitive environment. Teams of MBA students from Goizueta Business School’s full-time MBA and Evening MBA programs will be placed in the role of venture capital firms deciding among various investment opportunities.

The investment opportunities are real companies that are seeking venture capital investment. The student teams analyze each company in the same way a venture capitalist would, by: reviewing the business plan, listening to the company presentation, engaging in question-and-answer sessions with the company management team, and performing additional due diligence about the company. Students prepare term sheets for the investments that they would seek out and present their analysis of all presenting companies to a judging panel. Real venture capitalists serve on the judging panel and select the top student teams to win cash prizes.

ATLANTA, Sep 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TopRight, a leading strategic marketing consultancy, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with Triton Value Partners, a premier private equity and strategic advisory group. As a result of this alliance, both TopRight and Triton will augment and extend their strategic advisory capabilities for their clients. TopRight will bring deep strategic marketing expertise and hands-on marketing practitioner experience to Triton’s clients and portfolio companies. Likewise, Triton will bring a full breadth of operational optimization strategies, business development capabilities and capital structure and funding expertise to TopRight clients. This unique combination will enable both companies to create value for their respective clients in an unprecedented way.

TopRight is an innovative strategic marketing consultancy headquartered in Atlanta, GA. offering strategic marketing services through their proven methodologies. Applying hands-on marketing practitioner experience, TopRight helps clients accelerate growth through a rigorous analysis of their customer buying cycle (the Customer BuyWay(TM)), increasing marketing spend effectiveness and optimizing sales & marketing operations. TopRight builds marketing capabilities with a blend of art and science including strategy, creativity, execution and analytics that power growth and guide business performance.

Triton Value Partners, also headquartered in Atlanta, is a unique private equity and strategic advisory firm focused on maximizing enterprise value for company owners. Triton’s team of seasoned professionals uses “real-world hands-on experience” to help owners drive value by focusing on the strategies and execution capabilities needed to optimize operational efficiency, drive top line revenue and properly capitalize their business. Triton is fully committed to not only developing the plan, but they are prepared to take ownership of the process and drive it to completion.

TopRight’s Managing Partner, Dave Sutton, expects that the alliance with Triton will further strengthen TopRight’s market presence and capabilities to serve clients. “Triton’s ability to develop and implement operational optimization strategies, identify and execute proper capitalization techniques and their extensive network provide a robust platform for accelerating our clients’ growth plans.” Sutton continued: “By aligning with Triton, we will not only develop our clients’ strategy to win in their markets but also give them the opportunity to access the talent and capital they need to execute their plan.”

“This is a very strategic and important move for Triton,” expressed Jeffrey Zwitter, Managing Director of Triton Value Partners. “TopRight gives us access to world-class strategic marketing capabilities to help our clients meet their revenue generation objectives.” Zwitter also pointed out that “The alliance with TopRight is consistent with our strategy to bring our client and portfolio companies the best talent and services available to maximize enterprise value.”

For more information please email Maryellen Carducci.

Triton Value Partners, an Atlanta-based business advisory/private equity firm, sponsored Emory’s Goizueta Business School’s first-annual venture capital case competition. The competition was hosted by the Alternative Investment Group, a student-run undergraduate club.

The competition represents the first of its kind for undergraduate business school students in the Southeast. In the competition, student groups evaluated business plans submitted by professional entrepreneurs through the lens of a venture capitalist. They conducted due diligence sessions with the entrepreneurs, analyzed the various financial models, and presented investment decisions to a panel of judges from the Atlanta area. TopRight judge Joe Walker noted how valuable this competition was for students in their application of classroom learnings to real world practices.

Paul H. Freischlag, Jr, a Managing Director of Triton Value Partners, stated, “The Triton Value Partners is honored to continue it close association with Emory and the Goizueta Business School by participating and sponsoring this event. As with the Graduate School’s Venture Capital Case Competition we have been involved with over the years, extending this program to the undergraduate school further unites the business and academic communities by providing real world experience for the students and a fresh perspective to the entrepreneurs and investors.”

About Triton Value Partners

Triton Value Partners is a full-service management advisory group that provides small and medium-sized U.S. and international enterprises with the mission critical experience, services and resources required to help them create and execute business plans that make the companies more valuable.