Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs to Meet Active Investors at FundingPost's VC and Angel Event on Thursday, October 14, 2010

Deal-seeking VCs and Angel Investors slated to speak at "Silicon Valley Venture Capital and Angel Event"

2010-09-25

SILICON VALLEY, CA, September 25, 2010 (Press-News.org) On October 14, 2010, FundingPost (www.FundingPost.com) will be hosting a panel discussion with local Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists at its "Silicon Valley VC and Angel Conference," sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLC. FundingPost has organized 170+ sold-out venture events over the past nine years. Leading Venture Capital and Angel investors are set to speak and coach entrepreneurs at the FundingPost Silicon Valley event on October 14, 2010. The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are online at: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=177&refer=PR

Top Venture Firms will gather at FundingPost's upcoming event to discuss the trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors.

Moderator:
Adrian Shulman, Partner, Bingham McCutchen
Speakers:
Clint Chao, General Partner, Formative Ventures
Karan Mehandru, Prinicpal, Trinity Ventures
Ed Esber, Co-Managing Partner, The Halo Fund
Steve Goldberg, Partner, Venrock
Larry Marcus, Walden Venture Capital
Eric Chen, Angel Investor
Stephen Lee, Principal, Samsung

"We received great feedback from our last Silicon Valley event and are looking forward to returning and introducing a new panel with more deal-seeking Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists," said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. "Early-stage VCs are always on the lookout for great ideas, and FundingPost is proud to provide a forum for these investors to locate promising new ventures."

As with all FundingPost events, there will be pitching, a cocktail party and plenty of networking time! There is still space available, but the event is limited! To register to attend, visit: http://www.fundingpost.com/breakfast/reg1.asp?event=177&refer=PR

ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:
With over 9,500 CEOs and 650 Venture Capital Funds attending events in 19 cities nationwide; a printed Dealflow Magazine; and a deal-exchange website with over 7,600 VC and Angel Investor members and over 125,000 companies, that has, on average, made an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur every business day since its inception, FundingPost believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline. FundingPost has been responsible for Millions of dollars in Venture Capital Raised! For more information: http://www.FundingPost.com

Contact:
Heather Coull
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press@FundingPost.com

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