SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels and Venture Partner, Apax Partners Focus: TBD January 7, 2010

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels and Venture Partner, Apax Partners Focus: TBD

Start: 01/07/2010 - 8:00am
End: 01/07/2010 - 9:30am

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

Location: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301

URL:-www.svase.org/?q=node/3845

Band of Angels, www.bandangels.com
The Band of Angels is Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. We are a formal group of more than 120 former and current high tech executives who are interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge, startup companies. We've seeded over 200 companies in our history with 40+ profitable M&A exits and 9 Nasdaq IPOs. Band members have founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and been senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit.

The Band meets monthly to formally consider three startups selected from among the more than 50 that are screened each month by the Band Deal Selection Process. Entrepreneurs can expect a thorough examination and, occasionally, an investment from some of Silicon Valley's most accomplished entrepreneurs.

Ron Weissman, Member, Band of Angels and Venture Partner, Apax Partners
Ron Weissman is a member of Band of Angels and a Venture Partner with Apax Partners where he joined the firm in 2000. Weissman has more than twenty-five years of experience in high technology operations and marketing. Prior to joining Apax Partners, he was Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Marketing for Verity, a global leader in corporate information retrieval software. During his tenure, Verity's executive team was awarded the large company turnaround of the year (1999) by the Turnaround Management Association and the company saw its market capitalization grow from under $50 million to more than $1.5 billion, and was listed two years running among the top ten technology stocks by the New York Times.

A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Fulbright Scholar, he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
WHEN: Thursday, January 7, 20108 – 9:30 AM

LOCATION: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., 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 Townsend, Townsend and Crew, www.townsend.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/?q=node/3845