December 12th, 2018
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Get noticed and pitch to active investors in your industry. Join 100+ Top Innovators presenting across 6 tracks. Best Presenter awards given to one Startup in each track.
Join the exclusive community of 1000+ top-tier VC Investors and leading startup Founders. Send direct messages and schedule 1 on 1 meetings with our Event App. Dedicated networking breaks throughout the event.
Listen to actionable wisdom from Leading VCs and Angels on exciting relevant Panels tailored for you. Get the most out of your conference experience and set yourself up for growth.
Kyle Adkins
Savano Capital Partners
Karine Agajanian
Anzu Partners
Sanjay Aggarwal
F-Prime Capital Partners
Magdi Amin
Omidyar Network
Mark Austin
Viridian Impact
Salman Azhar
Azhar Private Equity
Sunny Bai
CRCM
Janet Bannister
Real Ventures
Peter Bastien
Next47
Alex Beletsky
SideCar Angels
Raghav Bhargava
NEA
Victor Bian
Intellectual Ventures
Blake Billiet
Hyperplane
Laura Bock
QED Investors
Nabil Borhanu
Graphene Ventures
Will Borthwick
Bold Capital Partners
Lee Bouyea
Fresh Tracks Capital
Eric Breese
Evonik Venture Capital
Maxx Bricklin
Bold Capital Partners
Jason Cahill
Carbon Ventures
Neil Callahan
Pilot Growth Equity
Efayomi Carr
Quona Capital
Sara Chamberlain
Energy Foundry
Christopher Chu
Samsung Catalyst Fund
Sam Clemens
Accomplice
Ken Cowan
OpenView
Meghan Cross Breeden
Red Bear Angels
David Cruikshank
ARCH Venture Partners
Sophia Dardashti
Worldquant Venture
Tracy Deforge
The Players' Impact
Alexander Del Balso
BV Investment Partners
Alan Du
Millennium Technology Value Partners
Kathryn Meng Elmes
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Alison Ernst
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
James Falkoff
Converge
Michael Fanfant
Runa Capital
David Feldman
Indicator Ventures
Bill Ferguson
Volition Capital
Mark Fields
Alsop Louie Partners
Hilary Flynn
National Grid Partners
Shawn Flynn
Bay Angels
Prashant Fonseka
Tuesday Capital
Haley Fradkin
Plum Alley
Lisa Frusztajer
Portfolia Enterprise Fund
Kyle Fugere
dunnhumby Ventures
Shaan Gandhi
Longwood Fund
Joy Ghosh
Bain Capital Ventures
Jamil Goheer
CoVenture
Ben Gorman
F-Prime Capital Partners
Ed Greer
Dow Chemical
Jacob E. Grose
BASF Venture
Zain Gulamali
Amazon Alexa Fund
Marina Hadjipateras
Trail Mix Ventures
Hunter Hartwell
Forte Ventures
Laurence Hayward
Independence Equity
Nathaniel Henshaw
CEI Ventures
Michael Hoeksema
Battery Ventures
Marcia Hooper
Branch Venture Group
Bob Hower
G20 Ventures
Ruoxi (Rosy) Hu
Partners Innovation Fund
Stacy Humphrey
Wharton Alumni
Lindsay Hyde
Moderne Ventures
Oren Isacoff
Longitude Capital
Jamie James
GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund
Lacey Johnson
Green D Ventures
Ajay Kamat
Pear
Alex Kaufman
Jet Blue
Shane Kelly
Crowd Smart
Jack Kerrigan
Razor's Edge Ventures
Jonathan Kerstein
Red Sea Ventures
Daniella Kranjac
Dynamk Capital
Daniel Kwak
Point72 Ventures
Donna Lecky
Health Venture Capital
Bion Ludwig
Savano Capital Partners
Kyle Lui
DCM Ventures
Lily Lyman
Underscore VC
Tamim Abdul Majid
OCA Ventures
Nurzhas Makishev
NKM Capital
Eller Mallchock
Jumpstart Foundry
Coppelia Marincovic
Solvay Ventures
Olga Maslikhova
Phystech Ventures
Tom Mastrobuoni
Tyson Ventures
Hiroki Matsuda
Sozo Ventures
David Miller
Clean Energy Ventures
Mark Miller
Good Harbor Partners
Julia Moore
Breakout Ventures
Kirsten Morbeck
SpringRock Ventures
Amit Mulgaonkar
Mithril Capital Management
Sheila Narayan
Golden Seeds
David Nault
Luge Capital
Sara Nayeem
NEA
Preston Noon
Agent Capital
Brian Panoff
Shell Ventures
Sumay Parikh
Quake Capital
Daniel Povitsky
Sinai Ventures
Vinny Pujji
Insight Venture Partners
Devin Quinlan
MPM
Venu Raghavan
Wasson Enterprise
Gopal Rajaraman
Motorola Solutions Venture Capital
Zak Ray
Spring Lake Equity Partners
Wanda Reindorf
Clean Energy Venture Group
Brendan Rempel
OpenView Venture Partners
Martin Ringlein
NextGen Venture Partners
Colin Rogister
Fusion Fund
Dina Routhier
Massachusetts Technology Development
Corporation
Praveen Sahay
WAVE Equity Partners
Louis Schick
NewWorld Capital Group
Raza Shaikh
Launchpad Venture Partners
Connie Sheng
Nautilus Venture Partners
John Simon
Sigma Prime Ventures
Emily Snyder
Borealis Ventures
Vivek Soni
Prithvi Ventures
Siri Srinivas
Draper Associates
Ariana Thacker
Rhapsody Venture Partners
Ting Ting
Nautilus Venture Partners
Lyndsey Toeppen
Sandbox Insurtech Ventures
Tibor Toth
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Chisom Uche
SixThirty Ventures
Claude Vachet
Cycle Capital Management
Maria Velissaris
SteelSky Ventures
John Wei
SABIC Ventures
Jamie M. Weston
Spring Mountain Capital
Troy Williams
University Ventures
Lu Zhang
Fusion Fund
Lex Zhao
One Way Ventures
Sanjay Zimmermann
White Star Capital
The 13th annual New England Venture Summit, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier industry gathering connecting venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies, university researchers, incubators and premier service providers.
Whether you are an investor seeking access to new deals, or founder and/or CEO of a new venture looking for funding, visibility and growth, The 2018 New England Venture Summit is one event you won't want to miss.
This exclusive Venture Capital Summit will feature:
Hear top tier VCs, Corporate VCs and Angel Investors on the key issues facing Investors and Startup CEOs alike. Industry experts will provide updated analyses and share their experience with the audience.
Apply to speakDiscover more than 100 of the hottest early stage and emerging growth technology, mobile, life sciences, healthcare IT, clean-tech and ed-tech innovators as they present live to leading investors.
Apply to presentConnect with investors, startups and potential partners.
PRE-REGISTRATION SAVINGS $100 OFF
Audience Profile: Venture Capitalists, angel investors, corporate VCs, CEOs, CFOs and other senior management of early stage and emerging growth ventures, technology transfer professionals and premium services firms.
To apply, your company must be privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
If you are a seed stage company seeking angel funding and would like to present check out our seed stage track.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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WELCOME REMARKS
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THE EVOLUTION OF EARLY STAGE VENTURE FUNDING Sit in as a panel of Venture thought leaders discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities facing early venture firms, Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs as they forward to 2019. Location: Regency Suite
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BREAK |
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| 10:00am |
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND I Track I: Life Sciences (Embassy Suite) |
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| 11:00am |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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| 11:40am |
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND II Track I: Life Sciences (Embassy Suite) |
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| 12:50pm |
LUNCH & NETWORKING |
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| 1:00pm |
RAISING ANGEL MONEY – INFO & INSIGHTS FROM SEASONED INVESTORS Location: Regency Suite
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COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND III Track I: Life Sciences (Embassy Suite) |
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CONCURRENT PANELS: STARTUP CHALLENGES: YES, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU Ideas are all well and good, but in order to attract capital they will need to be packaged and presented in a way that will entice investors and of course a SOLID business model. This panel will discuss the skills required to make a highly effective pitch that will attract potential financiers and the types of deals investors want. Location: Regency Suite
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CONCURRENT PANELS: FUNDING CLEAN TECH INNOVATION Join top-tier VCs to discuss the rise of fintech, the integration of groundbreaking technologies within financial services, and the future of digital finance. Location: Embassy Suite
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CONCURRENT PANELS: BANKING ON FINTECH INNOVATION Join top-tier VCs to discuss the rise of fintech, the integration of groundbreaking technologies within financial services, and the future of digital finance. Location: Venetian A
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NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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CONCURRENT PANELS: NEGOTIATING THE DEAL Entrepreneurs who don’t prepare well for term-sheet negotiations may find themselves locked into an uncomfortable relationship with their VC for years to come. Whether you’re looking for a first round or follow-on funding, attend this panel to learn what you should know about negotiating term sheets. Location: Regency Suite
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CONCURRENT PANELS: CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW With a new flowering of startup innovation, many giants of industry have decided to enter or re-enter the world of VC. This session will explore the value-added investment approach of Corporate VCs and how it yields important dividends that are “beyond the bottom line,” both for the investor and for the startup. Location: Embassy Suite
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AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
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SUMMIT ADJOURNS |
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