Venture Startup & Financing Event: A Night with Lightspeed Venture Partners October 17, 2011

Come listen and pitch to Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Lightspeed is a leading global venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion of capital commitments. The firm closed Lightspeed VIII, an $800 million fund, in early 2008. Over the past two decades, their investment professionals have backed more than 150 companies, many of which have gone on to become leaders in their respective industries. The team invests in the U.S. and internationally, with investment professionals and advisors located in Silicon Valley, China, India, and Israel.

Learn about Lightspeed's perspective as to what is they are interested in, what they are investing in and how they operate. We will also talk about their approach to working with companies, how they get their members involved and how they are different from other venture capital firms. We will discuss some of the common traits of those companies selected to present to their partnership and those which ultimately were funded.

We will select up to 8 ventures to do 3-minute pitches followed by 3 minutes of feedback.

Note: If you are interested in presenting, please send your executive summary (no more than 2 pages) to John Lee, at [email protected] no later than Tuesday, October 11. COMPANIES THAT WANT TO PRESENT MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE WE REACH OUR LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES.

Speaker:
Arif Janmohamed, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif joined Lightspeed in 2008 and focuses primarily on investments in the areas of infrastructure, communications, networking, and software.

Moderator:
John Lee, Director, Entrepreneur Services Group, Silicon Valley Bank
John Lee is a director in SVB's Entrepreneur Services Group. Lee establishes banking relationships with early stage technology companies. Lee also assists early and mid-stage technology companies with raising capital through review and feedback on investment materials and targeted introductions to venture capital firms and other investors.

Official Website: http://www.svforum.org