Funding Pitch Workshop

• Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE)

Please note that this event is intended for startup executives and entrepreneurs seeking funding.

“The VC Pitch Workshop was peppered with practical advice that I've been putting into practice since attending. In particular, walking through the 10 slide deck and understanding all of the opportunities to provide evidence to back up the business assumptions has changed my approach to writing a compelling presentation.”Mike McGrath, CEO, Yosho

The vast majority of startups never get the opportunity to pitch their idea to potential investors, so when you do get the chance you shouldn’t throw it away by talking about the wrong things. So if you’ve not successfully raised venture capital before, attending this workshop is a must, to give you critical insights into what information VCs and Angels are looking for, and how they want it presented.

Topics covered in this interactive workshop include:

Is my idea/business fundable?
The successful funding flow – from idea to A round
The Top 10 Funding Pitch mistakes to avoid!
What VCs and Angels look for from a Funding Pitch
Creating the Killer Funding Pitch for YOUR startup
Guest VC: Rich Simoni, Partner, Asset Management. Asset Management is an early stage venture capital firm, focusing on information sciences and lifesciences. See below for Rich's bio.

When: 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Monday Feb 12

Where: Wilmer Hale, 1117 California Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304

PRE-REGISTERED RATES (All Rates Include Hors D’oeuvres)
SVASE Members - $25; Non-SVASE members - $49.

Please note that this event is intended for startup executives and entrepreneurs seeking funding.

Bio - Rich Simoni, Partner, Asset Management
Rich combines a deep technical background with extensive operational business experience. Over the past 20 years he has been involved with numerous start-up companies, in both management and consulting roles. Most recently, he co-founded Talkway Communications, a provider of internet video services such as video email to major providers including AT&T and British Telecom. Talkway's products have received four- and five-star ratings from PC World, PC Magazine, and c|net.
Rich has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Stanford and Rice University. Two of his academic publications were chosen for inclusion in the 25-year retrospective of the International Symposium on Computer Architecture, the premier conference in the computer architecture field. He is an expert in distributed computing, performance measurement and optimization, scalable computing, internet protocols and architectures, digital audio and video, and wireless computing.