SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ted Driscoll, PhD, Technology Partner, Claremont Creek Ventures Focus: Information Technology December 15, 2011

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Ted Driscoll, PhD, Technology Partner, Claremont Creek Ventures Focus: Information Technology

Start: 12/15/2011 - 8:00 am
End: 12/15/2011- 9:30 am

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

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

URL:-www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-ted-driscoll-phd-technology-partner-claremont-creek-ventures-focus-informat

Claremont Creek Ventures, www.claremontcreek.com

Claremont Creek Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early stage information technology companies. Our investment professionals are experienced managers and proven venture investors. Our team shares a deep commitment to helping entrepreneurs build successful companies from the ground up. We focus on IT sectors where we have deep domain expertise, including – but not limited to – energy efficiency, IT healthcare, sensor based systems and security markets.

Claremont Creek Ventures is based in the East Bay. It is the premier funding source for early stage technology opportunities in the local area. We strive to reach a wider population of entrepreneurs – from Silicon Valley to the East Bay Area and beyond. Our East Bay location allows us to work closely alongside a strong entrepreneurial community and excellent research-driven "incubating institutions", such as UC Berkeley, UC Davis and the Lawrence Livermore and Berkeley Laboratories.

Ted Driscoll, PhD, Technology Partner, Claremont Creek Ventures
Ted Driscoll is a Technology Partner at Claremont Creek Ventures. He is also an active angel investor in the Life Science Angels and a founding director of the Sand Hill Angels.

Prior to his venture capital experience, Ted helped found five successful companies in imaging-related markets. He was founder and CEO of Be Here Technologies, a pioneer in Internet, Broadcast and Videoconferencing technologies. He served as a Division President and CTO of Diasonics, with responsibility for its MRI, ultrasound, digital X-ray, lithotripsy and acoustic ablation technology areas. He had earlier directed the Diasonics technology team that developed the first commercial MRI scanners and numerous advances in MR imaging. Previously, Ted was also Vice President of Engineering and R&D of Identix, now a world leader in fingerprint and face recognition; and Director of R&D at International Imaging Systems, an early pioneer in remote sensing. His research and patents in ultrasound therapy and acoustic hemostasis also led to the founding of another company, Therus, now partnered with Boston Scientific.

Ted holds a PhD from Stanford University in Digital Imaging, Masters degrees from Harvard University in Computer Graphics and Remote Sensing and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Ted holds 40+ granted US and foreign patents in image-related fields, with approximately 30 additional pending applications.

Investment Portfolio

Gene Security Network

Geneweave Biosciences

Tibion

When: Thursday, December 15
8 – 9:30 AM

Location: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 379 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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

Preregistration is required and walk-ins will not be allowed.

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-ted-driscoll-phd-technology-partner-claremont-creek-ventures-focus-informat