Access to capital is a recurring challenge for start-up and early stage companies. Venture Capital is a prime source of funds, but the process to get to the funding stage is generally long, arduous and not very transparent for first-timers. Strategic investors are not only an alternative to VCs, but also an important alternative for exit strategies.
Please join representatives of four Renaissance Fund managers (Arch Ventures, Walden Capital, Vantage Point and Celtic Ventures) and two representatives of active strategic investors (Microsoft and Schneider Electric) to discuss this important subject.
Keynotes by Todd Tessier, Vice President - BC Renaissance Capital Fund, Marc van den Berg, Partner at Vantage Point and Jon Gelsey, Director, Corporate Development, Microsoft will be followed by a panel discussion and question and answer session.
Key issues will include:
• What are VCs looking for in a company and how fertile is BC as a hunting ground?
• BC technology companies and their exit trends
• The prime objectives of the BC Renaissance Capital Fund
• How do companies best prepare to engage with VCs?
• Why and how do strategic investors look for acquisition targets?
• How do they engage and how does the process work?
• Recent examples of successful transactions and what happened to the acquired team
As the largest and most influential association representing BC's technology industry, BC TIA is dedicated to fostering growth and development in... [more]
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