Michael Roer, Connecticut Venture Group

Mike Roer is the Executive Director of the Connecticut Venture Group. CVG was the first association of venture investment professionals. Its mission is to stimulate economic growth by encouraging investment in high-growth companies. Through chapters in Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, the organization produces technology-focused seminars and expositions, updates on financing and market trends, university tech transfer conferences, and the annual Crossroads Venture Fair.

Companies that have approached CVG for funding have raised over $2 billion in venture capital; $300 million in 2006 alone.

A new division of CVG, the Angel Guild, is attempting to fill the funding gap for start-ups by delivering training and administrative support to high-net-worth private investors and connecting them to promising new ventures.

Roer is also president of the Academy Group, an Association Management firm whose clients include the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the Venture Investors Association of New York, the National Association of Corporate Directors, and the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association.