Beatrice A. Rothweiler In December 1997 Beatrice A. Rothweiler joined Portage Capital, Inc., a consulting firm serving selected emerging companies seeking to grow. Rothweiler has an extensive corporate background not only with clients raising capital, but also those growing through joint ventures, licensing, acquisitions and franchising. Rothweiler has over twenty years of experience working with early stage, emerging and growing companies in the United States and internationally. Rothweiler is a founder, or advisor for companies such as Reliastar Investment Research, Demand Video Inc., Iconoculture Inc., and Chart Industries. Rothweiler is also part of the team managing day to day operations of Portage Equity Investments II LP, an early stage accredited venture capital seed funds. Portage Equity invests in software, Internet content and Internet enablers, medical device, biotech, telecommunications, wireless web, and IT technology companies.

Prior to joining Portage Capital, Rothweiler was a partner of the Minneapolis law firm of Larkin Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, focusing almost sixteen years of practice on international corporate transactions as will as advising clients on business and legal issues affecting their growth. Prior to joining Larkin Hoffman, she began her corporate international career in Germany working on various international transactions.

Rothweiler has been active for over ten years in and is a past President of the Minnesota Chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners, an international organization of women entrepreneurs. In 1991 Rothweiler received the Minnesota Women in Business Advocate of the Year from the US Small Business Administration. She is also currently on the SBA District Advisory Council and in 1996 was a Minnesota delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business.

In addition to her professional practice, Rothweiler is very committed to various community activities. She is active in and prior Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, Minnesota Dance Alliance, a nonprofit service organization advocating dance in Minnesota. She has also served on numerous other Board of Directors, including Families with Children from China, a volunteer led nonprofit supporting families who have adopted children from China as well as the Living at Home/Block Nursing Program, Ltd., a nonprofit health care organization. Rothweiler is also an adjunct faculty member of the School of Business, St. Thomas University where she has taught in their Taiwan program. Rothweiler has also spoken and published extensively throughout the world on various business and legal topics.

Rothweiler graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota in 1976 with BA in political science and received a JD with honors from Hamline University School of Law in 1979.