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Fundraising Series (Part One) – Building Your Story with Lightspeed Venture Partners, SoftTech VC, LanzaTech, and PBworks

Start:
April 26, 2012
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Time: 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. (Light Breakfast & Networking)
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Presentations)
Location: Orrick
Mesa Verde Cafe
1100 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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The Fundraising Series is back!  As part of Orrick’s complimentary TOTAL ACCESS program for entrepreneurs, you’re invited to participate in “Building Your Story,” Part One of the Fundraising Series, a multi-part program designed to connect you with the inside information and contacts you need to accelerate your capital campaign.

Please note that registration for Parts One and Two are open to all, but Part Three is reserved for companies that will be selected from Parts One and Two.  A separate invitation will be sent for Part Two.

Learn what VCs really want to know about your company.  During the Fundraising Series, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Review an operating plan
  • Analyze and build your target market size
  • Study market strategy
  • Understand your competitive landscape
  • Build your financial model
  • Construct an investor value proposition

Speakers:
Arif Janmohamed, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jennifer McFarlane, CFO, LanzaTech
Stephanie Palmeri, Senior Associate, SoftTech VC
Chris Yeh, VP Marketing, PBworks

Please accept or decline by Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Chuang at 650.289.7178.

Fundraising Series (Part Two): Fine-Tuning Your Story

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 & Thursday, May 10, 2012
8:00 am – 11:00 am
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

To participate in this session, your company must submit a slide deck.  A panel of VCs will review the presentations and give specific feedback to help you understand what investors want to hear in each major section of a pitch.

Please note that this is a group workshop session for educational purposes.  It is geared specifically so that each company can learn from the feedback given to other companies in the session.  You will be asked to present only a portion of your deck.

  • Each CEO will present his/her “tag line” and “elevator pitch.”
  • CEOs will be selected to present a section of their pitch and receive feedback from the investors.
  • No CEO will make his/her full presentation during this session.

From this session, the investors will select CEOs to continue on to the Part Three.

Fundraising Series (Part Three) – Presenting Your Story to Venture Funds

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

With new skills and a revised presentation, you will pitch to our VCs and experts and get the feedback you need to further hone your pitch.  In Part Three, you will be able to present your pitch deck in its entirety with no other companies in the room.  Just you and the investors.

  • Is your investor presentation ready for the prime time?
  • How does your business model stack up against the competition?
  • Would you get invited back to a second VC meeting?

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