Funding, Exits and IPOs: BABC Venture Capital Forecast for 2013 February 27, 2013

Global growth forecasts are being cut, the Eurozone continues to cause huge concern, and another battle over the US debt limit is looming... All in all, it looks like 2013 is set to be another year of uncertainty - yet VCs continue to raise funds and invest in start-ups around the world. What can they see that we can't? Or are they just following the tried and tested approach of spreading their investments in the hope of hitting a few home runs?

We have pulled together some of the leading venture capitalists from Silicon Valley to seek their views and predictions for the rest of the year at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park.

Here's a flavor of some of the questions we'll be asking...

- Is the Valley a bubble and will VC investment continue irrespective of the rest of the country/world?
- Big Data is a hot topic right now- what other industries are the VC community putting their money on this year?
- Which industries will lose popularity this year and which will flourish?
- On the back of a few notable flops in 2012, what will the IPO market look like for Silicon Valley companies in 2013?

We will also look back to last year's event to see how accurate their 2012 forecasts were - and will try to pin them down to some predictions for 2013 too.
Our exciting panel includes:

BILL REICHERT
Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures

STEPHEN EICHENLAUB
Managing Director Platform Technologies, Cleantech & Digital Health Sectors, Intel Capital

MITCHELL KERTZMAN
Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
RICHARD WATERS
West Coast Editor, Financial Times

Official Website: http://babc.chambermaster.com/Events/details/funding-exits-and-ipos-sillicon-valley-s-best-make-their-predictions-and-bets-193