December 4th, 2019
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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.
Anil Achyuta
TDK Ventures
Omair Ahmed
Echo Health Ventures
Navneet Alag
HIG Capital
Mati Amin
Walnut Ventures
Dave Anderson
Supply Chain Ventures
Mark Austin
Viridian Impact
Shannon Austin
Financial Venture Studio
Frank Balas
Emerald Technology Ventures
Anna Batarina
Apple Tree Partners
Kyle Beatty
American Family Ventures
Anthony Bellafiore
LaunchCapital
Ned Berman
Differential Ventures
Matt Bloom
Connecticut Innovations
Carsten Boers
Rhapsody Venture Partners
Greg Bohlen
Union Grove Venture Partners
Lee Bouyea
Fresh Tracks Capital
Maureen Boyce
Good Growth Capital
Eric Breese
Evonik Venture Capital
Nathaniel Brinn
VC23 Investors
Brendan Brits
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments
Peter Bruce-Clark
Social Impact Capital
John Brzezenski
Launchpad Venture Group
Ciara Burnham
QED Investors
Dan Burstein
Millennium Technology Value Partners
Jeffrey Carter
West Loop Ventures
Anup Chamrajnagar
Point72 Ventures
Sean Cheng
Philips Ventures
Ian Chiang
Flare Capital Partners
Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh
MEDA Angels
Tyler Churchill
Bonfire Ventures
Andrew Clapp
Brightside Venture Capital
Brett Cook
F-Prime Capital Partners
Mark Cupta
Prelude Ventures
John Curtin
Waterline Ventures
Tim Del Bello
New York Life Ventures
Kapil Desai
Catalyst Investors
Damien Despinoy
Energy Foundry
Dan Doble
SABIC Ventures
Lisa Dolan
Link Ventures
Tyler Durham
Schlumberger New Energy Ventures
Laura Easton
Real Ventures
Alec Ellison
OurCrowd
James Falkoff
Converge
Jonathan Friedlander
Digitalis Ventures
Lisa Frusztajer
Portfolia Enterprise Fund
Stan Fung
FarSight Ventures
Robert Garber
7wire Ventures
Olivia Gaudree
Fuel Venture Capital
Stephen Gilfus
Blackboard Inc.
Elianna Goldstein
Boeing HorizonX Ventures
Alex Golod
Chicago ArchAngels
Emilia Gonzalez
Joyance Ventures
Ed Greer
Dow Chemical
Vicky Guo
Pearson Ventures
Robert Hamlin
Portag3 Ventures
Jana Hanova
Evok Innovations
Sven Harmsen
NOVA External Ventures Saint-Gobain
Andrew Hartford
Hartford Lab
Chris Ho
Vickers Venture Partners
Ben Jen
Ben Jen Holdings
Del Johnson
Backstage Capital
Jay Karandikar
New Crop Capital
Roman Kikta
Mobility Ventures
Frank Klemens
DuPont Ventures
Jak Knowles
Leaps by Bayer
Diana Kontsevaia
Dell Technologies Capital | Ventures
Luda Kopeikina
DSM Venturing
Elaine Kunda
Disruption Ventures
Logan Langberg
Imaginary Ventures
Tiffany Le
Kaiser Permanente Ventures
James Lee
Photonfund
Claire Leurent
Johnson & Johnson Innovation –
JJDC
Debbie Lin
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
Darwin Ling
Good AI Capital
Ben Littauer
Walnut Venture Associates
Jim Lockheed
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Mary Long-Irwin
Northern Ontario Angels
Bion Ludwig
Savano Capital Partners
Josh Lumer
Allstate Strategic Ventures
Bernard Lupien
Rhapsody Venture Partners
Daniel Ma
Riverside Technology Capital Solutions
Stephanie Maas
Anzu Partners
Alan MacIntosh
Real Ventures
Saba Malak
Angel Investor
Wasim Malik
Iaso Ventures
Ricky Margolis
ARIE Capital
Hollis McGuire
Impact NH Fund
Theo Mendez
Insight Partners
Mhamed Mengad
Vickers Venture Partners
Philip Mertens
DSM Venturing
Sarah Millar
City Light Capital
David Miller
Clean Energy Ventures
Mark Miller
Good Harbor Partners
Scott Mize
Network Society Ventures
Yiannis Monovoukas
SpringTide Ventures
Craig Mullett
Angel Investor Forum
Clay Norris
Carolinas Fintech Ventures
Michael Pachos
Samsung Ventures
Anna Palmer
XFactor Ventures
Nihar Patel
Journey Venture Partners
Akhilesh Pathipati
MVM Partners
Charles Paul
Henkel Tech Ventures
Caroline Pelletier
Anges Québec
Michael Perry
Link Ventures
Damien Petty
Morpheus Ventures
Valerie Photos
Iaso Ventures
Daniel Pinault
Cycle Capital
Benjamin Price
NOVA External Ventures Saint-Gobain
Annie Que
Intact Ventures
Suraj Rajwani
DoubleRock
Jeff Ransdell
Rokk3r Fuel ExO
Alison Andrews Reyes
1843 Capital
Mark Robinson
WAVE Equity Partners
Gus Roman
Global Founders Capital
Rob Rosenberg
Prolog Ventures
Brita Rosenheim
Better Food Ventures
Robert Rothman
InFocus Capital Partners
Tayo Sanders
Anzu Partners
Sugam Sarin
American Express Ventures
Gayatri Sarkar
Hype Capital VC Fund
Jennifer Schretter
PROOF VC
Brian Schuman
PepsiCo External Innovation
Xavier Segura
Tessera Venture Partners
Paul Seidler
Clean Energy Trust
Shantnu Sharma
AMD Ventures
Charles Sidman
ECS Capital Partners
Jason Smith
IP Group
Matt Snow
Greenspring Associates
Vivek Soni
Prithvi Ventures
Adarsh Sowcar
Saint-Gobain NOVA
Joseph Spivack
Angel Investor
Lindsay Karas Stencel
Thompson Hine
Neil Swami
Catalyst Health Ventures
Byron Thom
Framework Venture Partners
Michael Thomas
Inova Health System Strategic
Investments
Alexander Urban
Shell Ventures
Erica Van
Charles River Ventures
Kutral Veerabadran
Flow Capital
Sonali Vijayavargiya
Augment Ventures
Patrick Walsh
National Grid Partners
George Wang
Global Founders Capital
Raymond Wang
Two Sigma Ventures
John Wei
SABIC Ventures
Jeffrey Weiss
Clean Energy Ventures
Catherine Friend White
Golden Seeds
Henry White
Good Growth Capital
Alex Whitney
ManchesterStory Group
Jacqueline Wibowo
Insight Partners
Tom Wisniewski
Newark Venture Partners
Joanne Wong
REDDS Capital
Zac Yu
Magnet Ventures
Greg Zaic
NMT Capital
Lu Zhang
Fusion Fund
Sebastian Zhou
Alpha Square Group
Chris Zock
Sandbox Insurtech Ventures
The 14th 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 2019 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 4th, 2019
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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WELCOME REMARKS |
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| 9:00am |
THE CHANGING VENTURE WORLD: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS? Venture Capital thought leaders debate the challenges and opportunities facing Investors and Entrepreneurs Location: Fairbanks Ballroom
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BREAK |
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| 10:00am |
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND I Track I: Technology (Charles W. Fairbanks Ballroom) |
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| 11:00am |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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| 11:40am |
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND II Track I: Technology (Charles W. Fairbanks Ballroom) |
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| 12:50pm |
LUNCH & NETWORKING (12:50pm – 1:50pm) Please see below for information on concurrent session running throughout lunch. |
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| 1:00pm |
RAISING ANGEL MONEY – INFO & INSIGHTS FROM SEASONED INVESTORS Location: Grace Ballroom
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COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND III Track I: Technology (Charles W. Fairbanks Ballroom) |
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CONCURRENT PANELS: |
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THE ART OF NEGOTIATING TERMS SHEETS 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-up funding, attend this panel to learn what you should know about negotiating term sheets. Location: Fairbanks Ballroom
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ENERGIZING THE FLOW OF CLEAN-TECH DEALS This session will discuss the trends in the financial markets and the future of venture capital investment in clean-tech. Location: Grace Ballroom
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BANKING ON FIN-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: New England Suite
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| 3:50pm |
NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
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CONCURRENT PANELS: |
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FUNDABLE DEALS: MAKING VCs SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE 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: Grace Ballroom
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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: Fairbanks Ballroom
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LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE VC CHECKUP VCs compare and contrast the growth of seemingly healthy companies. What did these companies do right? Where did they go wrong? Which one would be considered a healthier investment and why? Does your company measure up? What healthy habits will make your company a more desirable investment? Find out if you pass the VC health checkup. Location: New England Suite
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AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
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SUMMIT ADJOURNS |
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