Steve Goldberg, VC at Venrock – investors in Apple, Intel, Nest, Zenefits, Klout
Join us for our Speaker Series & Networking Event with Andrew Romans, VC at Rubicon Venture Capital and author of two best selling books on venture capital:
– MASTERS OF CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL: Collective Wisdom from 50 VCs Best Practices for Corporate Venturing How to Access Startup Innovation & How to Get Funded
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– THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game
More than 20% of all venture capital financing’s include at least one corporate VC and thus startups need to understand how corporate venture capital works.
Andrew captured wisdom from interviews with 100+ Corporate Venture Capitalists (CVCs), independent VCs, CEOs of startups, bankers and lawyers to write the definitive book on the topic of corporate venture capital.
If you are a startup or entrepreneur, this is a talk you do not want to miss!
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:
Wednesday, 06/17/2015
Time:
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
COWORKING ACCELERATOR
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Discussion Topics
Andrew will give invaluable advice about how to best raise capital from CVCs, build partnerships between startups and large corporations and how to avoid potential mistakes and other dangers related to corporate venture capital.
Also, Andrew will share findings from his research and experience on why and how corporates should establish CVCs.
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
Steven Goldberg
VC
Venrock
Steve Goldberg is a VC at Venrock, a venture capital firm with a great track record, having invested in some of the most successful companies in Silicon Valley.
Some of Venrock’s investments include Apple, Intel, Nest, Klout, SlideShare, Cloudflare, DoubleClick, AthenaHealth, Castlight Health, Redseal, etc.
Venrock led Apple´s first venture round and held a board seat for nearly 20 years. Also, in its first year Venrock invested in Intel, one of the most successful chip companies in the world.
Steve was CEO of several early stage companies including DataRunway, Vidient, Arcwave and CoWave Networks prior to joining Venrock.
He currently serves in the Board of Directors of several companies. Previous board seats include Canesta (Acq by Microsoft), Kineto Wireless (Acq by Taqua), Newport Media (Acq by Atmel), and Teranetics (Acq by PLX Technology).
Prior to that, he was Vice President of R&D at Nokia Internet Communications and Vice President at Cylink Corporation.
Steve also held senior management and engineering positions at Trimble Navigation and Hewlett Packard.
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.
Steve is also a Level 8 Referee at the US Soccer Federation and he also was a National Champion in figure skating.
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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