Please join us for an incredible day of expert panels addressing your questions around fundraising, exit strategies and team building. Regardless of your company’s stage, this will be time well spent.
The current economic climate has left many entrepreneurs wondering what next for their venture. Carve out a few hours from your busy lives to hear the latest updates from the experts. Representatives from top firms will share the most current status of options, exits and strategic team building in today’s environment.
Location
Fenwick & West LLP
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Thursday, November 6th
9:00am - 10:45am
Advanced Fundraising and Options Beyond Venture Capital
(Open to the Public)
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11:00am - 12:30pm
Adeo Ressi, The Funded
1:00pm - 2:30pm
M&A Exit Strategies
(Open to the Public)
Register!
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Retaining and Building Your Executive Team in the Later Stages
(Open to the Public)
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Friday, November 7th
The Art of Communication & Strategic Communication Objectives Workshop
9:00am - 9:45am
Pitch Practice
9:45am - 3:00pm
Advanced Track: Panel Descriptions
Thursday, November 6th
Advanced Fundraising and Options Beyond Venture Capital (Open to the Public) Register!
Series B and beyond there are a different set of investment parameters to consider. A panel of experts will discuss the different types of investors, process, typical deal terms, preference structures, valuations and provide tips on how to successfully negotiate terms in the current economic environment. The panel will also discuss non-equity financing options, including venture debt and A/R financing, and will address the implications of insider rounds, bridge financing and down rounds/recapitalizations.
Speakers
Moderator: Philip Korn, SVB Financial
Brian Best, Leader Ventures
George Bischof, Meritech Capital Partners
Anurag Chandra, Galleon Group
Lara Druyan, Allegis Capital
Matt Quilter, Fenwick & West
Mark Watt, TriplePoint Capital
M&A Exit Strategies (Open to the Public) Register!
Align and understand the issues around the M&A process including: considerations for an exit (including dual M&A/IPO path), if/when to engage a banker, evaluating and selecting bankers, managing the due diligence issues, soliciting term sheets and finally evaluating key terms (no shop clauses, earn outs, asset vs. equity sale).
Speakers
Moderator: Lynda Twomey, Fenwick & West
Cabot Brown , Seven Hills Partners
Milledge Hart, Pagemill Partners
Pete Michelsen, Goldman Sachs
Tracy Lewis, Citi Capital Strategies
Retaining and Building Your Executive Team in the Later Stages
As companies mature, so do the management teams. Hear issues and strategies for recruiting and compensating executive team members as you bring them into a later stage organization. Panel will address founder/early employee transition challenges. Panel will also discuss employee option pools and 409a regulation, and specific executive employment agreement terms such as stock option target ranges, acceleration, carve outs and severance packages.
Speakers
Moderator: Andy Weyer , Square 1 Bank
Abby Adlerman, Russell Reynolds Associates
Norm Fogelsong, Institutional Venture Partners
Pascal Levensohn, Levensohn Venture Partners
Blake Martell, Fenwick & West
Lori Ogden Moore, OM Associates, CORPORATE | EDGE
Friday, November 7th
The Art of Communication & Strategic Communication Objectives Workshop
10 Cardinal Rules including: grooming the team, executive presence and interpersonal dynamics.
Speaker
Dan Sapp, San Sapp & Associates
