Tuesday, October 26 2010, 8:30am - 10:30am
Do’s & Don’ts for Cleantech Ventures
April 21 | June 22 | Oct 26 | Mountain View, CA The Do's and Don'ts for Cleantech Ventures is a three-part series designed to provide a in-depth review of the tools and process required to making a cleantech venture fundable, presentable and defensible. Sessions April 21: Sharpen the Tools to Secure Financing June 22: Preparing for Due Diligence October 26: Strategic IP: Building a Portfolio & Managing Exposure Registration • Full Three-Part Series: $60 • Full Three-Part Series Partner Rate: $50 • Individual Session(s): $25 • EBC Clients and Mentors: FREE ( RSVP to Nancy) • On-site Registration: add $10 to the above Space is limited for this event, so early pre-registration is recommended to avoid disappointment on the day! Venue Fenwick & West LLP 801 California Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Click here for venue directions Sharpen the Tools to Secure Financing April 21, 2010 Agenda 8:30-9:00: Networking & Registration 9:00-10:30: Presentation & Q&A Getting seed and Series-A funding in a downturn economy is tough … so a young company needs to know how to best pitch and market their viability long BEFORE they go before their judges. Investors want to back the best … - Teams with domain expertise in their target market space. - Companies with a clearly articulated & believable growth path. - Products (and services) with some level of defensibility … built on technology or processes that are not easily replicable once the market starts growing alongs its”S” curve. - Business models that scale to generate interesting valuation multiples over time. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to gear up for your first investor encounter and position your company for “capital” achievements. Speakers: Darrell Kong , Director of Venture Capital Services, Fenwick & West LLP Sayre Stevick , Partner Corporate Group, Fenwick & West LLP Preparing for Due Diligence June 22, 2010 Agenda 8:30-9:00: Networking & Registration 9:00-10:30: Presentation & Q&A Your business plan may look great, your product and technology roadmap may be sound … but, frankly, that’s just the first step in preparing for fundability. Investors want to complete a thorough due diligence audit of your company -- intellectual property, regulatory certifications and tangible/intangible corporate assets, and more -- before agreeing to back your new cleantech venture. In this workshop, you’ll learn what to do – and not to do -- to prepare for your investor’s first due diligence audit of your company. You’ll learn how to avoid the 10 pitfalls of “unfundable” companies by establishing IP value, anticipating and clearing away IP roadblocks and structuring and staffing your company to deliver on your IP promises. Speakers: Mark Ostrau, Partner Technology Transactions Group , Fenwick & West LLP Strategic IP: Building a Portfolio & Managing Exposure October 26, 2010 Agenda 8:30-9:00: Networking & Registration 9:00-10:30: Presentation & Q&A Investor want to make sure your patents, copyrights, trade secrets & trademarks are secure so that the value of their investment will increase, not diminish, over time. One little omission in your company’s key pending patent application could lead to your “giving away the farm” downstream. Sharing IP ownership could lead to the loss of your “crown jewels” to a future spinoff. Hiring an employee from a competitor without the proper safeguards could land you in court. In this workshop, you’ll learn what to do – and not to do – as you build the IP protfolio of your cleantech start-up and protect it from the claims of others. LocationFenwick & West LLP 801 California Street Mountain View, CA 94041Contact Informationchelsea@environmentalcluster.ccsend.com |
