SVASE VC Breakfast Club with David Hartwig, Managing Director, SAP Ventures Focus: Information Technology July 14, 2011

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with David Hartwig, Managing Director, SAP Ventures Focus: Information Technology

Start: 07/14/2011 - 8:00 am
End: 07/14/2011- 9:30 am

Contact Info:
Jai Kumar
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 408-406-4693

Location: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
390 Lytton Avenue,
Palo Alto, CA 94301

URL:-www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-david-hartwig-managing-director-sap-ventures-focus-information-technology

SAP Ventures, www.sapventures.com
SAP Ventures partners with outstanding entrepreneurs worldwide to build industry-leading businesses. We seek innovative, disruptive and proven companies and help fuel their growth by adding our expertise, relationships, geographic reach and capital.

Over the last 15 years, we have supported more than a hundred companies on 5 continents. We are currently investing out of a 2011 vintage $353M Fund.

We are affiliated with SAP AG, the leading global enterprise software company, and leverage our relationship with SAP AG and its ecosystem for the benefit of our portfolio companies. Our goal is to generate superior financial returns, and our corporate partner also benefits from the exposure to innovative and disruptive companies and trends.

David Hartwig, Managing Director, SAP Ventures
David has been involved in venture capital investing since 1997. Most recently, he was a vice president within American Capital’s Technology Group, responsible for identifying, evaluating, and leading investments in early to late stage private companies across a variety of technology market segments.

Before joining American Capital, Dave was a senior associate with Battery Ventures, working as a member of the company's communications group. While at Battery, he worked on data-center, software, and components investments, including investments in Advanced Analogic Technologies [AATI] and Sigmatel [SGTL]. Dave also worked at Deloitte Consulting, where he primarily managed enterprise software and call-center technology integration prjects.

He received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a BSE with honors from Princeton University. Dave is a board member at On Deck Capital and a board observer at Datria, Payscale, Ping Identity, Qumu, and Tremor Media. He led the investment in and was a board observer at Greenplum (acq. by EMC) and managed the investment in Ops Technology (acq. by RealPage).

Dave is interested in opportunities related to financial services, on-demand applications, big-data analytics and infrastructure, digital media. He also evaluates investments related to China.

When: Thursday, July 14
8 – 9:30 AM

Location: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 390 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Pre-Registered Rates:
Members - $25; Affiliates who advertise this event - $39; General Public - $49.

This event is intended for entrepreneurs seeking feedback on their startup ideas and funding strategies. Please do not register if you do not fit this profile.

This event is co-sponsored by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, www.sheppardmullin.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-david-hartwig-managing-director-sap-ventures-focus-information-technology