Clean Green Investment Trends: The Opportunities and the Challenges

Presented by VLAB Emerging Business Track, Clean Green Team

In response to the requests of VLAB community members, and the feedback and discussions from an invitation-only roundtable, the VLAB Emerging Business Clean Green Track is pleased to feature two panels of investors:
Panel 1: Clean Energy success stories, featuring stories on successful clean green investments in markets with high potential; and
Panel 2: Breaking Into Clean Green Markets, featuring established venture firms leveraging established connections, technologies and markets for new clean green investment opportunities.

Panel 1: Successful Clean Green Investments:

Moderator: Dan Lankford, Wavepoint Ventures
Rob Koch, NGEN
Bessemer Ventures, to be confirmed
Ullas Naik, Globespan Venture Partners

Panel 2: Breaking Into the Clean Green Markets:

Moderator: Mike Goguen, Sequoia
Andrew Chung, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Craig Lawrence, Accel Partners
Chris Sun, Storm Ventures

Agenda

9:00am Registration and Networking
9:30am Welcomes and Thank Yous
9:45am Panel: Successful Clean Green Investments
10:30am Break
10:45am Panel: Breaking Into the Clean Green Markets
11:30am Meeting Adjourn and Additional Networking (until noon)

Logistical Information

Time: 9:00am – 12:00 PM

Location: Silicon Valley Bank’s Kellogg Auditorium
3005 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara

Registration: Please note that there will be no on-site registrations. To pre-register for $50 please go to the VLAB website.

Further Details

To find out more about VLAB’s Emerging Business Track, and the three teams associated with that track – clean, green/life science and high tech – visit the VLAB website.