RHP Presents 'Why SaaS is Still HOT!' June 14, 2012

After all these years, SaaS is still a HOT investment opportunity. At this event, you will hear from the source where SaaS was, where it is now and where they think it is going.

You will also learn about technical and business requirements the VCs look for in today's SaaS deals and how that might affect your deal. And they will reveal the million dollar question: why is one more interesting over another?

Keynote Speaker: Brian Jacobs, GP at Emergence Capital

Brian Jacobs co-founded Emergence Capital in 2003. He has over 20 years of venture capital experience, a deep national network and an understanding of how technology startups can become market leaders.

Prior to founding Emergence, Brian was an early General Partner at St. Paul Venture Capital. During his 10 years there, Brian helped to grow the firm to one of the 15 largest venture investors in the country and led the firm's Silicon Valley investing activities. His prior venture capital experience was at Security Pacific Venture Capital. Brian also worked for the Raychem, RCA, Westinghouse, and Polaroid, and he holds several patents.

Brian was named to the Forbes' Midas List of the top venture capital investors in 2006 and 2007. He is an experienced board member who has served on dozens of public and private boards. He currently serves on the boards of Intacct, YouSendIt, InsideView and Bill.com.

Brian's reputation for helping entrepreneurs build market-leading technology-enabled service companies comes from his active involvement in HireRight, BigFix (sold to IBM), nQuire Software (sold to Siebel Systems), NetPerceptions (NETP), WebTV (sold to Microsoft), NextCard (NXCD) and others. Brian has backed leading companies in other sectors, including Lexar Media (LEXR), Microchip Technologies (MCHP), and many others.

Panel Speakers: : Brian Jacobs; Carey Li, Director at Intel Capital; and Matt Miller, GP at Walden VC

Moderator: Rebekah Wu, Founder at Right-Hand Partners

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