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SVForum Main Event
at Cooley LLP
Corporate Investing
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

Online registration is now closed. Walk-ins welcome; $10 more at the door.

Description:

Many big companies, including Google, Dell, PayPal, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, SAP have long utilized Corporate Venture Capital, to generate healthy returns on their investments, and/or gain strategic insights and advantages. And while many companies pulled back from corporate investing when the bubble burst in 2000, there’s recently been a strong resurgence of Corporate Venture Funds.

Why is this? Are they all looking for the same, or different, things, and how do startup founders and entrepreneurs get their hands & brains around what’s happening, so they can leverage it to their best advantage?

Join us at the October Main Event when a lively panel of active corporate investors will explore current trends and panelist opinions, to help you find your way through the Corporate Venture Capital maze...

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• What sort of partnerships or investment opportunities are Corporate Venture Funds looking for?
• How do Corporate Partnerships and Venture Funds respond to these opportunities?
• What are their goals – maximize return on investment, new technology acquisition, or what?
• What levels of involvement do they want in a portfolio company?
• How do Corporate Partnerships and Venture Fund deal structures differ from independent Venture Funds?
• What is the ideal outcome – partnership, acquisition, IPO?
• What technologies and deals are most attractive to Corporations right now

Agenda:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm    Networking and hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm    Panel discussion and Q&A
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm    Additional networking 

Speakers:
Debbie Brackeen, Citi Ventures
Andrew Clark, IBM Venture Capital Group
Patrick Eggen, Qualcomm Ventures
Jim Lussier, Dell Ventures
Moderated by: Chris Gill, SVForum

Please check back for speaker additions!

Speaker Bios:

Debbie Brackeen, Managing Director, Head of Incubation, Citi Ventures. Debbie Brackeen is Managing Director, Head of Incubation in Citi Ventures. She is responsible for driving growth through innovation by identifying and executing new business incubations in partnership with Citi businesses globally. Debbie joined Citi from HP, where she was most recently Vice President, Strategic Alliances responsible for HP’s worldwide relationship with Adobe. Prior to that Debbie was Vice President, HP Corporate Ventures, where her team incubated disruptive new business opportunities and managed HP’s relationship with the startup and VC community. Debbie is a versatile technology executive with over twenty years experience at Fortune 500 companies in Silicon Valley including Apple, Sun, Cadence and eBay. She has founded new ventures within large companies, and held executive roles in two VC-backed startups. Debbie graduated from Stanford University with a BA in American Studies. She serves on the board of directors of the SV Forum, a non-profit that fosters innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership around emerging technologies in Silicon Valley, and is an advisor and startup coach with Astia, a global not-for-profit dedicated to the success of women-led, high-growth ventures.

Chris Gill, CEO and Executive Director, SVForum. As CEO and Executive Director, Chris is responsible for managing the SVForum strategic direction and all major initiatives. Most recently, Chris was President & CEO of SVASE, the Silicon Valley Academy of Startup Entrepreneurs, where he extended the value and reach of the organization through the introduction of programs such as Launch: Silicon Valley, First Impressions workshops and the Startup Advantage 12 week course. Prior to SVASE Chris held senior management positions in the US and Europe at ZF Micro Devices, Avnet, The Access Group and Mostek. Chris is also a Board member of the Mission College Center for Innovation and Technology and a member of Sand Hill Angels. Chris received a BSc in Computer Science from The University of Manchester, UK.

Jim Lussier, Managing Director, Dell Ventures. Mr. James R. Lussier is Managing Director at Dell Corporate Ventures. Mr. Lussier focuses on early and late venture investments. Previously, Mr. Lussier served as a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners. He joined the firm in 2000 and focused on investments in software, services, and consumer and Internet companies. Previously, Mr. Lussier served as a Vice President and General Manager at the Direct E-Commerce Solutions division, which he created, of Beyond.com Corporation. Earlier, he served at Beyond.com Corporation as a Vice President of Operations, responsible for category management, transaction processing, demand fulfillment, and customer service. Prior to this, Mr. Lussier managed Accenture's electronics and high technology strategy practice at North America and was a Member of the firm's E-Commerce Core Group. While there, he worked with senior executives to develop and implement winning business and operations plans for emerging technology companies in areas including software, Internet, online services, computers, communications equipment, and wireless broadband services. Mr. Lussier has also held executive positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton and Metaphor Computer Systems. He serves as a Director of Double Fusion and Starcite. Mr. Lussier served as a Member of the Board of Directors at CollabNet, Inc., HedgeStreet, G2 Switchworks, Acta Technology, M-Factor, Mercora, OnVantage, Inc., and Escalate. His previous investments and Boards include AmberPoint, Annuncio Software, and Arbortext. Mr. Lussier is a Venture Advisor for BUILD.org. He serves on the Board of SVForum. Mr. Lussier holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and a B.Sc. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Online Registration Pricing:
SVForum members: $25
General Public: regularly $59
On-site registration/Door Price: Additional $10

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Location:
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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