The New Realities of Early Stage Funding: Super Angels and the Startup Landscape
Saturday, October 15, 2011 |
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| Cost: $40 on-line registration fee; $50 at-the-door; $10 for students with full-time student ID and free for Caltech students (must show ID at door). Caltech students can now register online. On-line Registration closes at 5:00PM on Thursday, October 13, 2011. There are no refunds for no-shows. |
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Event Preview
Entrepreneurs in the “New Normal” economy face a challenging environment: with less equity funding available they have to execute better and be more capital efficient than five years ago when investment dollars were flowing more freely. Finding the right team and financial backers are even more critical in an economy where Venture Capital and Angel group financing are harder than ever to find. However, a new phenomena is emerging: individuals, (often successful serial entrepreneurs), are investing as “Super Angels” and contributing money, hands on assistance and domain expertise to early stage companies. This event will examine the best way to finance an early stage company in the new environment, and focus on “Super Angels”. How do entrepreneurs find “Super Angels” and work with them once they do? Is the Super Angel model competitive or complementary with traditional investment sources?
This event will feature presentations and a panel discussion made up of Super Angel investors and a Venture Capitalist to examine this new trend, new financing models, and advice on reaching and working with the right investors. There will also be networking time to meet both entrepreneurs and investors.
Keynote Speaker
| John Greathouse (Click to see bio) General Partner Rincon Venture Partners rinconvp.com/ |
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Panelists
Jeff Stibel (Click to see bio)
Chairman and CEO
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
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Zao Yang (Click to see bio)
Chief Operating Officer BetterWorks
betterworks.com
Moderator
Randy Churchill (Click to see bio)
Director, Emerging Company Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Producers
Lynn Foster (Click to see bio)
CEO
BPT Pharmaceuticals
www.bptpharma.com/
Ashish Soni (Click to see bio)
Director/Faculty, IT Program
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
www.viterbi.usc.edu/
Robert Yamashita
Managing Director
Cogentic
www.cogentic.com
Date
Saturday morning, October 15, 2011
Location
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Cost
$40 on-line registration fee. $50 at-the-door. $10 for students with full-time student ID and free for Caltech students (must show ID at door). Registrations are taken on-line up to 5:00pm on Thursday, October 13, 2011. There are no refunds for no-shows.
