High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum

An Investor's Eye's View: Trends in High Tech Funding

Sponsored by Fenwick & West LLP

In January, FountainBlue gathered a panel of angels to share their perspectives on funding. In March, we gathered corporate investors to share their perspectives on how to best partner with them. For our May 14 event, we will gather prominent investors in the valley, each with a different specialty area within the high technology industry, and ask them to share their perspective on trends, and their advice to early stage high tech entrepreneurs regarding securing venture funding.

Facilitator, Linda Prowse Fosler, Prowse-Fosler and Associates

Panelist Clint Chao, Formative Ventures

Panelist Vish Mishra, Clearstone Ventures

Panelist Rich Simoni, Asset Management Company

Panelist Ted Wang, Fenwick & West

Other VCs to be confirmed

It is our hope that this session will help entrepreneurs to better understand the funding trends and strategies for securing funding. We hope also to make connections between like-minded attendees and to foster ongoing discussions on this and other related topics of interest to high tech entrepreneurs and executives.

• Pre-register for the discounted rate of $15-$20 by visiting https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?IDTD=1007596&IDRPH=1059087 by noon on Thursday, May 17. A limited number of on-site registrations are available at the door for $25 on a first come, first served basis. Although we do not offer refunds, unused tickets are transferable to another entrepreneur or to another FountainBlue event.
• For more information about the High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/entrepreneurevents/hightechentrepreneurs.html
• For notes from previous discussions, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/resources/entrepreneursnotes.html.

We are grateful to Fenwick & West for their support of FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum. http://www.fenwick.com. We are also grateful for the generous financial support of Cornish and Carey http://www.ccarey.com. Our work is not possible without their support and we would encourage you to consider their services.