Pitch Night & Investor Panel Discussion With Draper Athena, Garage Tech Ventures & Sand Hill Angels
Date: September 21, 2017
Join us for our Pitch Night and Investor Panel Discussion with Perry Ha, Founder of Draper Athena, Bill Reichert, Managing Partner at Garage Tech Ventures and Hermann Eul of Sand Hill Angels.
Perry Ha is the Founder and Managing Director of Draper Athena, a venture capital firm that was launched with Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 2007. The firm focuses on areas such as big data, mobile, robotics and security and has invested in companies such as CallGate, coinplug and OG Planet.
Bill Reichert is Managing Director at Garage Technology Ventures, an early stage VC firm, along with business partner Guy Kawasaki of Apple fame and author of the best selling book, “The Art of the Start.” Pandora and Simply Hired are just some of the many exits for Garage Tech Ventures.
Hermann Eul is an angel investor with both Sand Hill Angels and Band of Angels, and the ex VP at Intel. After his successful career in multinational corporations, he is now a sought after advisor for boards and industry associations.
Apply here at the link below for an opportunity to pitch your company to the investor panel. You must purchase a General Admission ticket to submit your pitch deck for consideration.
All pitch deck submissions must be in a PDF format. There are a limited amount of pitch slots available, so submit your pitch deck now for consideration.
Selected companies will have 5 minutes to pitch their company, including slide deck, to the investor panel. Questions and feedback from the investor panel will follow for an additional 5 minutes.
The event will start with a round-table discussion where our investors will talk about the fundraising process and what it takes to successfully raise funding.
Whether you are attending as an audience member or have been selected to pitch, all attendees can learn from these investors, their quality feedback and unique insights. Connect with these investors afterward during general networking, and create a relationship with them and their firms.
If you are a startup founder or entrepreneur, this is an event you do not want to miss!
Dinner and drinks are provided. Free parking available.
Seating is limited, so reserve your ticket now.
Agenda
7:00pm – 8:30pm: Investor Discussion & Startups pitches
8:30pm – 9:30pm: Meet the investors and network
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Date:
Thursday, 09/21/2017
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6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
COWORKING ACCELERATOR
Interested in taking your startup to the next level?
Investor Panel
Perry Ha
Founder
Draper Athena
Prior to Draper Athena, he was a management consultant at Gemini Consulting advising Fortune 1000 clients to better manage technology portfolios and develop new products.
Bill Reichert
Managing Partner
Garage Tech Ventures
Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He was a founding board member and a Chairman of the Churchill Club, and a Board Member of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Currently he is the Chairman of the Small Fund Roundtable of the VC Taskforce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Hermann Eul
Angel Investor
Sand Hill Angels
He is a seasoned executive with a background in telecommunications, automotive, industry, and security. After his successful career in multinational corporations, he is now sought after for advisory roles such as independent member in board of directors or board of advisors or industry associations. As an angel investor he is engaged in the Silicon Valley as well as Munich/Germany to transform innovations into businesses.
Who Should Attend
In addition, startup founders and entrepreneurs who are NOT ready to pitch are welcome to attend as audience members. This can be a highly valuable learning experience to better understand the pitch process and what investors look for as well as learn from feedback given by the investor panel, then, apply these learnings to your own startup!
The Pitch Night Format
Selected companies will then have 5 minutes to pitch their company, including slide deck, to the investor panel. Questions and feedback from the investor panel will follow for an additional 5 minutes.
Use the below URL for an opportunity to pitch your company to the investor panel.
All pitch deck submissions must be in a PDF format. There are a limited amount of pitch slots available, so submit your pitch deck now for consideration.
Free street parking
Free parking garage
Public transportation
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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