Fireside Chat w/ Bullpen VC: Is there a bubble, who it effects, how to prepare.

Join us for our Fireside Chat & Networking Event with Duncan Davidson, serial entrepreneur and Managing Partner at Bullpen Capital, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, who has invested in companies such as Fanduel, Ipsy, Tanium, Marketo, Zynga, Desk.com, Classy, Life360 among others.

Agenda

6:00pm – 6:45pm – Dinner and networking, demo/sponsor tables
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Intros, demo/sponsor tables mentions
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Speakers program and Q&A
8:30pm – 9:00pm – Meet the speaker, networking

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Date:

Tuesday, 11/10/2015

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6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location:

Founders Floor

2 North 1st St., 5th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113

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Discussion Topics

In this interactive, audience led discussion, Duncan will discuss:

• The “perceived” bubble in venture funding.

• Is seed funding drying up?

• How can you prepare for the funding environment after the bubble does burst?

If you are an entrepreneur or startup founder, you don’t want to miss this interactive, audience led discussion. Gain better insight into the seed funding ecosystem, and hear Duncan’s view of the current funding environment today and how to prepare for 2016 and beyond!!

You must purchase a ticket to attend.

Other topics included:

– How to raise funding from corporate VCs

– How to partner with corporate VCs and big companies

– Landmines to avoid that can be disastrous for startups and other VCs involved

– How to position your startup to be acquired by a large corporation

– How corporations can use venture capital to access startup innovation, a steady pipeline of partnerships, investments and ultimately M&A opportunities

– And much more…

Speaker

Duncan Davidson

Serial Entrepreneur

Duncan Davidson is a serial entrepreneur who most notably founded Covad Communications (the leading independent DSL provider, went public and reached a market value of $9B) and Sky Pilot Networks (developer of outdoor wireless mesh systems, acquired by Trillium in 2009 for connectivity to smart meters).

He served as the SVP of Business Development at InterTrust and led the IPO in 1999 and the secondary in 2000 (InterTrust reached a $9B market value in 2000). He spent four years as a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners where he focused on digital media and telecom investments including Widevine (acquired by Google) and Livescribe.

Prior to Bullpen, he co-founded one of the first mobile social app companies, Xumii, later sold to Myriad Group and now powering over 20M users in the developing world. At Bullpen he focuses on mobile and consumer Internet investments, and sits on the boards of DoubleDutch, SendHub, and Proformative. Key investments include Byliner, PaidPiper and Twenty20. He received a Sc.B. in physics/math from Brown University, with Honors, and a J.D. magna cum laude from Michigan Law School, where he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review.

Bullpen Capital is the leader in post-seed, pre Series A funding of companies that have achieved market fit and that have an operational plan to hit big milestones within 12 months. Some of Bullpen’s current and former portfolio companies include:

Free street parking

Abundant street parking is available for free after 6:00 p.m. in downtown San Jose. Streets closest to Founders Floor with free street parking are Santa Clara St., North Market St. and St. John St.

Free parking garage

Founders Floor will provide a 2 hour free parking voucher to the Market & San Pedro Square Parking Garage. This garage is only one block away from Founders Floor. It’s located at 45 N. Market St., between W. Santa Clara St. and W. St. John St. Upon check-in at the Founders Floor event, make sure you ask for the 2 hour free parking voucher.

Public transportation

VTA Light Rail is right outside our building, and runs every 20 minutes making public transportation fast and easy.  Both the Mountain View-Winchester and the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa VTA light rail stop at the Santa Clara Station(s) which is located just a block away.
Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 48 hours before the event. Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 48 hours before the event cannot be honored. Thank you for your understanding.

Disclaimer

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