SOLD OUT: Paul Martino, VC @ Bullpen Capital (Marketo, Zynga, Udemy)

At times we promote or sponsor events that we feel are valuable to our members and the startup community. This event below is organized and managed by Lifograph and Silicon Valley Startup Entrepreneurs. Founders Floor is a sponsor of the event.

Dinner and refreshments are provided. Space is limited. RSVP early.

Paul Martino is a multi-exit serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and the Managing Director at Bullpen Capital, a post-seed venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road.

Steve joined Venrock in 2009 after having been CEO of several early stage companies including DataRunway, Vidient, Arcwave and CoWave Networks. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Research and Development at Nokia Internet Communications and Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless Communications Division at Cylink Corporation. Steve also held senior management and engineering positions at Trimble Navigation and Hewlett Packard. At Venrock, Steve focuses on investments in connectivity, M2M/Internet of Things, robotics and embedded systems. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Asoka, FutureDial, Red Seal, and Quantenna Communications. Previous board seats include Canesta (Acq by Microsoft), Kineto Wireless (Acq by Taqua), Newport Media (Acq by Atmel), and Teranetics (Acq by PLX Technology).

Steve received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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:

Thursday, 05/14/2015

Time:

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

Paul will discuss the most efficient and effective ways to raise capital.

– insight into the fundraising process

– what investors are looking for

– how to reach them

– what you need to do (and not do) to get a meeting.

Speaker

Paul

Founder

Ahpah Software, Tribe, Aggregate Knowledge

Prior to forming Bullpen, he was an active angel investor and personally invested in the first rounds of Zynga, TubeMogul, uDemy, and PayNearMe.

Paul founded Bullpen in 2010 and has led several of its key investments.

He currently sits on the board of FanDuel, the leader in daily fantasy sports, as well as in several other board of directors.

Paul is the holder of over a dozen core patents covering social networking and big data.

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.

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