CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL ROUNDTABLE CURRENT DYNAMICS IN VENTURE CAPITAL AND ANGEL INVESTING Monday, November 15, 2010 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Naperville Campus - Northern Illinois University 1120 East Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563 Venture capital firms and angel investors have been major sources financing for high-growth companies for decades. But, how has the venture capital landscape changed in the past few years with the Great Recession and the dearth of initial public offerings? A panel of experienced venture capital and angel investors will share their perspectives about today's VC and angel marketplace. Join us to hear them discuss what has changed, what remains the same and what companies need to do today to have a reasonable prospect of getting funding from venture capital firms and angel investors. Learn what types of companies these investors are most interested in, what industries are receiving the most VC funding, and how to get your company before VC firms and angels. Our panel will be moderated by Frank Ballantine, Partner at the global law firm of Reed Smith where he id the Chicago head of Emerging Growth and Venture Capital. Frank represents entrepreneurial businesses and the angel, venture capital and private equity investors who fund them. He attended Oxford University and graduated from Haverford College and the University of Michigan Law School. Our panel will include Scott Button of Venture Investors, Sam Guren of Hyde Park Angels, and Jim Pavlik of Baird Ventures. Scott Button is a Managing Director of Venture Investors. He focuses on investments in techology and medical devices. Scott previously worked for McDonald's Corporation and Rockwell Automation. Scott Button received an engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Sam Guren is Managing Director of Hyde Park Angels and a Senior Advisor to OCA Ventures. The Illinois Venture Capital Association has recognized the significance of Sam's more than 30-year career in private equity and venture capital by awarding him the Stanley C. Golder Medal. Sam Guren graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received an MBA from Wharton. James Pavlik is a Principal at Baird Venture Partners. He focuses on investments in business services. Jim previously worked for Madison Dearborn Partners and Salomon Smith Barney's investment banking group. He received an economics degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Kellog School of Management.
Venture capital firms and angel investors have been major sources financing for high-growth companies for decades. But, how has the venture capital landscape changed in the past few years with the Great Recession and the dearth of initial public offerings? A panel of experienced venture capital and angel investors will share their perspectives about today's VC and angel marketplace. Join us to hear them discuss what has changed, what remains the same and what companies need to do today to have a reasonable prospect of getting funding from venture capital firms and angel investors. Learn what types of companies these investors are most interested in, what industries are receiving the most VC funding, and how to get your company before VC firms and angels. Our panel will be moderated by Frank Ballantine, Partner at the global law firm of Reed Smith where he id the Chicago head of Emerging Growth and Venture Capital. Frank represents entrepreneurial businesses and the angel, venture capital and private equity investors who fund them. He attended Oxford University and graduated from Haverford College and the University of Michigan Law School.
Our panel will include Scott Button of Venture Investors, Sam Guren of Hyde Park Angels, and Jim Pavlik of Baird Ventures.
Scott Button is a Managing Director of Venture Investors. He focuses on investments in techology and medical devices. Scott previously worked for McDonald's Corporation and Rockwell Automation. Scott Button received an engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Sam Guren is Managing Director of Hyde Park Angels and a Senior Advisor to OCA Ventures. The Illinois Venture Capital Association has recognized the significance of Sam's more than 30-year career in private equity and venture capital by awarding him the Stanley C. Golder Medal. Sam Guren graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received an MBA from Wharton.
James Pavlik is a Principal at Baird Venture Partners. He focuses on investments in business services. Jim previously worked for Madison Dearborn Partners and Salomon Smith Barney's investment banking group. He received an economics degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Kellog School of Management.