We’re bringing this awesome event to Austin for the first time! Want an opportunity to hear from the region’s best investors? Want an opportunity to pitch in front of your peers and investors? And meet investors 1:1? We’re bringing this awesome event to Triangle for the first time! Get a chance to meet with investors, engage with investors on two panels on VC and investing, 2 Lightning Rounds, and a Venture Fair where you get a chance for some 1:1 with the investors there.

We’ll have over a dozen awesome Venture Capital (VC) and Angel Investors there answering your questions on what is VC, the process for getting VC, what investors look for, and more. Plus a chance to tell your story and meet with some of the investors 1:1.

Participating investors

… and more to be announced soon!

Venue & Date

Friday November 13, 2015
8AM to 12:00noon

IBM Innovation Center
11501 Burnet Road
Austin, TX

Presented by Colliers

Colliers International is a leader in global commercial real estate offering comprehensive services to investors, property owners, tenants and developers around the world. Learn more at http://www.colliers.com/en-us/texas/austin

Agenda & Schedule

• 08:00 – 08:20  ::  Registration and Networking
• 08:20 – 08:30  ::  Welcomes
  
• 08:35 – 09:05  ::  VC Panel #1 – “Seed and Series A Financing” + Ask Me Anything
  
• 09:10 – 09:30  ::  Lightning Round #1
  
• 09:35 – 10:05  ::  VC Panel #2 – “Emerging Trends in VC” + Ask Me Anything
  
• 10:10 – 10:30  ::  Lightning Round #2
  
• 10:35 – 11:30  ::  Venture Fair
• 11:30 :: Event Wraps up

VC Panel #1 – “Seed and Series A Financing” + Ask Me Anything

The first panel will be a VC 101 panel focused on Early State Financing, moderated by Ronald Schmelzer, focusing on the following topics:

• What does your firm invest in and focus on?
• How do you even begin talking to a VC?
• What’s the process like for soliciting, interacting with, and getting investment from VCs
• PLUS YOUR questions in “Ask Me Anything” style

VC Panel #2 – “Emerging Trends in VC” + Ask Me Anything
The second panel will be with additional investors identifying emerging trends in Venture Capital and investing, moderated by Ronald Schmelzer, focusing on the following topics:

• What are the latest hot areas for investors?
• What’s big in the this region?
• What’s changing in the way companies are getting funded?
• PLUS YOUR questions in “Ask Me Anything” style

TWO 20 minute Lightning Rounds:

Your Chance to Have Everyone Hear Your Story!
Each Lightning Round will consist of five randomly selected participants who have elected to participate in a public embarrassment, er, I mean public feedback. They will get 1 minute (timed) to do an Elevator Pitch with no slides and no supporting material, plus 4 minutes of questions and feedback from the the full panel. For this event, we’ll be running two of these Lightning Rounds in front of different panels so we’ll maximize the fun and randomness.

The Venture Fair

Want an opportunity to chat 1:1 with investors in your area of interest? We’ll be running a venture fair with our attending investors, who will have dedicated areas, where they will meet as many of you as they can in “Job Fair” style. This means you’ll get an opportiunity to meet with the investor(s) you like as part of a matching process.

Breakfast Sponsored by Invenio Marketing

Invenio Solutions is a full-service sales firm focused on high-quality lead development and outsourced sales for B2B organizations. Find out more athttp://www.inveniomarketing.com

Networking Sponsorship – IDA Ireland

  As Ireland’s Foreign Direct Investment Agency, IDA Ireland  provides a   range of support and services to help foreign companies quickly  establish and develop their operations in Ireland.  Find out more at          http://www.idaireland.com/

 Venue Sponsored by IBM

Bluemix is a cloud-based platform for application development, testing and experimentation. We have over 21 services available and a host of starter applications to try out. Find out more at http://www.ibm.com/bluemix

Partners:

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Event Terms & Conditions

There are no refunds for no-shows or cancellations with 72 hours of the event. Private video or audio recording is prohibited without prior permission.