It’s official: We’re in recession.
Store closures, job losses are nothing new during a
recession, but it has also been a time when great
companies like Cisco and Sun Microsystems have been
formed.
History has many examples of successful companies being
built during recessionary periods. The question on every
startup’s mind is how 2009 is going to shape and if the
VCs will continue to fund technology companies.
We’ve assembled a team of investors who will
discuss issues including :
- Are they still funding early
stage/Series-A? What's
the real scoop?
- What about follow-on rounds?
What has changed?
- How has their funding criteria
changed in today's market?
- Where are the VCs advising their
companies to cut back?
- What kind of deals are they
looking for now?
- How do they expect
2009 to shape out?
- What are the “hot segments” or
“hot applications”
that are attracting their attention?
- How will the job/talent market
evolve?
- Impact of India/China & more
Limited number of non-member guests
are allowed at this event. Register below to reserve
your spot as a guest or
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event.
John Kunhart, Managing Director, American
River Ventures
John brings a quarter-century of broad-range
experiences starting new ventures and working in major
corporations to complement his investment background.
Before co-founding American River Ventures, John was an
active seed-stage investor. He was a co-founder of
Professional Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a multimillion
dollar IT consulting and staffing company where he was
Vice President of Sales & Marketing. John was
responsible for the sale of PSI to Iron Mountain, where
he served on the executive committee as Director of
National Sales. Before founding PSI, John held senior
technical and marketing positions with IBM, Tandem, and
Boeing Computer Services. During his tenure at IBM, John
was a key contributor to the launch of what is now IBM
Global Services.John's current board memberships include
intelliDOT and SpectraSensors. John holds a B.S. in
Computer Science from Seattle Pacific University.
Bruce Taragin, General Partner, Blumberg Capital
Bruce has 17 years experience as a venture capital
investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and
corporate attorney. Bruce’s venture experience includes
the following exits: eVoice – acquired by AOL [TWX],
PureSight – acquired by Boston Communications Group
[BCGI], Vista Research – acquired by McGraw Hill [MHP],
IP Infusion – acquired by ACCESS CO., LTD [TSE: 4813]
and GoNetworks - acquired by NextWave Wireless [WAVE].
Prior to joining Blumberg Capital in 1998, Bruce held
several senior management positions within technology
companies including Charles River Computers. Bruce also
structured and managed early-stage technology
transactions at Hambrecht & Quist, Mayer Brown & Platt
and Bankers Trust Company. Bruce serves as a member or
observer on the Board of Directors of
CaseStack,
Insightix,
LiteScape,
Correlix,
Nolio and
Revionics. He also serves on the board and the
investment monitoring committee of the Jewish Community
Foundation of Northern California.
Lisa Suennen, Managing Member, Psilos Ventures
Ms. Suennen is a co-founder and Managing Member
of Psilos Group, a healthcare-focused venture capital
firm with over $450 million under management. Ms
Suennen has headed Psilos' West Coast office since the
firm's founding in 1998 and focuses on the medical
device, healthcare information technology and healthcare
services sectors. She serves as a Director on the
Board of several Psilos portfolio companies, including
AngioScore, Inc. (chairman), InSound Medical,
Inc., IntelliDOT Corp., Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation
Centers of America, Inc. (chairman), VeraLight, Inc
(chairman) and a board observor for Health Hero Network
and Estech. For more information, please
click here.
Andrew Hargadon, Associate Professor of
Management, UC Davis
Hargadon is an expert in technology management,
management of innovation, entrepreneurship and new
product development. His research is focused on the
point at which technology and innovation meet and the
interplay between product development and marketing. He
looks at the sources of new ideas and the notion of
“knowledge brokering.” His recent book,
How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How
Companies Innovate (Harvard Business School Press,
2003) describes how engineers and entrepreneurs pull
together old ideas and ways of thinking from different
areas and “cross-train” them to create revolutions in
other industries and fields. A former design engineer
for IDEO Product Development and Apple Computer,
Associate Professor Hargadon also studies how
entrepreneurs and designers must overcome the fact that
people adopting innovations rely on familiar
understandings and ideas to make sense of new
technologies. His research offers insights into how an
innovation’s design shapes its acceptance and ultimate
impact.
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