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VentureNet 2008

The heavyweights of Southern California high-tech business and venture capital showed up in full force for VentureNet 2008, Southern California's premier investment capital event for the information technology industry. The conference was held on Friday, September 12th in Orange County, California. There were 13 capital presenters, 11 speakers, 38 exhibitors and 445 registrations. It was a high energy day of networking and education for everyone that attended.

2008 Capital Presenters:

Screening Committee:

The capital presenters were selected from a large number of applications submitted. Our screening committee scored the applications and selected the top 13 companies for this years program. The committee also spent a day mentoring the presenters prior to the conference. We thank the committee for their time and leadership to this process.

  • Jim Andelman, Rincon Venture Partners
  • John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners
  • Uri Blackman, GIDEON Informatics
  • Jeff Carmody, Agility Capital
  • Jeff Cohn, Hunt Ventures & MHS Capital (committee co-chair)
  • David Cremin, DFJ Frontier (committee co-chair)
  • Steve Dietz, GRP Partners
  • Daniel Docter, Intel Capital
  • Erik Ekstrom, Deloitte & Touche
  • Shahin Farshchi, Lux Capital Management, LLC
  • Brian Flucht, Blade Ventures
  • Mike Hedge, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
  • Bob Holmen, Miramar Venture Partners
  • Kevin Jacques, Palomar Ventures
  • Oleg Kaganovich, DFJ Frontier
  • Steven Kan, Clearstone Venture Partners
  • Kris Kaufmann, Deloitte & Touche
  • Ben Kuo, socalTECH.com
  • Jef Kurfess, Tech Coast Angels
  • Beau Laskey, Steamboat Ventures
  • Jeff Lee, Mission Ventures
  • Peter Lee, Prism VentureWorks
  • Eric Manlunas, Frontera Group
  • Randy Merritt, Vencore Capital
  • Brian Mesic, Anthem Venture Partners
  • Derek Norton, The Watertower Group
  • Dorothy Pavloff, California Technology Ventures
  • Joe Platnick, Pasadena Angels
  • Alain Rothstein, Kline Hawkes
  • Ali Saleh, Deloitte & Touche
  • Darius Sankey, Zone Ventures
  • Al Schneider, Tech Coast Angels
  • Tom Siegel, Shepherd Ventures
  • Mark Skaist, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
  • Rick Smith, Crosscut Ventures
  • Mark Suster, GRP Partners
  • Stephen Watkins, Arcturus Capital
  • Andy Wilson, Momentum Venture Management, LLC
  • Richard Wolpert, Mailroom Fund

 

The date for VentureNet 2009 will be held in the fall of 2009.
Date will be announced in June 2009.


VentureNet is produced by the Technology Council of Southern California.
Visit our association website for other programs that we offer to the technology community.
www.tcosc.org

 

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Profile of attendees

  • 400+ attendees
  • Venture Capitalists & Angels
  • Technology executives
  • Professional services firms

Register to Attend

VentureNet always sells out, so register today, before it's too late. link here.

Investors registered:

Agility Capital, Jeff Carmody
Anthem Venture Partners, Brian Mesic
Anthem Venture Partners, Samit Varma
Athenaeum Capital Partners, John Glanville
Arcturus Capital, Darin Chen
Arcturus Capital
, Stephen Watkins
Artiman Ventures, Justin Boland
Beringea Ventures, Jeff Bocan

Bessemer Venture Partners, James Cham
Blade Ventures, Brian Flucht
Blade Ventures, Craig Gunther
Blade Ventures, Darren MacDonald
California Technology Ventures, Dorothy Pavloff
Clearstone Venture Partners, Jim Armstrong
Clearstone Venture Partners, Steven Kan
Crosscut Ventures, Rick Smith
DFJ Frontier, David Cremin
DFJ Frontier, Oleg Kaganovich
Frontera Group, Eric Manlunas
Garage Technology Ventures, Bill Reichert
GKM Ventures, John Morris
GRP Partners
, Steve Dietz
GRP Partners, Mark Suster
Hunt Ventures & MHS Capital, Jeff Cohn
InnoCal Venture Capital, Jay Houlihan
Intel Capital, Daniel Docter
Keiretsu Forum, Connie Koch
Kline Hawkes, Alain Rothstein
Kline Hawkes, Jason Beck
Lux Capital Management, Shahin
Farshchi
Mailroom Fund, Richard Wolpert
MHS Capital, Mark Sugarman
Miramar Venture Partners, Bob Holmen
Miramar Venture Partners, Maneesh Goyal
Mission Ventures, Jeff Lee
Mission Ventures, Leo Spiegel
Momentum Venture Management, Andy Wilson
New Enterprise Associates, Patrick Chung
Next-Gen Ventures, Adam Gold
Next-Gen Ventures, John Wander
Palomar Ventures, Kevin Jacques
Pasadena Angels, Joe Platnick
Primal Ventures, Andy Donkin
Prism VentureWorks, Peter Lee
Qualcomm Ventures, Albert Wang
Redpoint Ventures, Greg Martin
Rincon Venture Partners, Jim Andelman
Rincon Venture Partners, John Greathouse
Rustic Canyon Partners, John Babcock
Shepherd Ventures, Tom Siegel
SoftBank Capital, Tarang Shah
Steamboat Ventures, Beau Laskey
Tech Coast Angels, Dave Berkus
Tech Coast Angels
, Ken Deemer
Tech Coast Angels, Jef Kurfess
Tech Coast Angels, Mike Stuhley
Tech Coast Angels, Al Schneider
The Watertower Group, Derek Norton
Trinity Ventures, Gus Tai
Velocity Interactive Group, Ross
Levinsohn
Vencore Capital, Randy Merritt
Vencore Capital, Eric Speer
Zone Ventures, Darius Sankey


 

 


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