BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3222beac24b0b8c1ecf4e5a9241b312011 CATEGORIES:Past Events SUMMARY:Venture Capital in the Pacific Northwest LOCATION:Law Offices of K&L Gates\, 925 4th Ave #2900\, Seattle, WA 98104\, USA DESCRIPTION:
We have seen tremendous growth in our reg ion over the last decade. Although the Pacific Northwest boasts a strong hi story of diverse industry, much of this growth is driven by innovation in t he tech sector. While Silicon Valley still sits in the epicenter of venture capital investing, the Northwest offers a less-hyped opportunity to benefi t from the surge of tech talent that’s flocked to the region. SAIA will bri ng to the stage a number of experienced investors representing venture capi tal firms or business accelerators who focus on NW companies. Our goal is t o learn more about these funds, the early stage investing landscape, and wh at makes the PNW a unique opportunity for this stage of investing. We hope you’ll join us for an intimate look into this elusive market!
Sajan founded TCG in 1997. He leads the firm’s fund placement business, including new business development, sales, and strategi c initiatives, and is responsible for overall firm management. Before formi ng TCG, Sajan was a Managing Director at Frank Russell Capital (now Russell Investment Group). Prior to Russell, Sajan spent seven years at The Pruden tial, where he had investment, portfolio, and strategic responsibilities at various merchant banking and investment units. A Certified Public Accounta nt and Chartered Financial Analyst, Sajan earned an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.B.A. magna cum laude from James Madison University. He holds series 7, 63, 79, and 24 registrat ions.
Aviel Ginzburg is a General Partner at Fo unders' Co-op and Managing Director of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Te chstars, which is backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund. In 2010 Aviel co-founded S imply Measured, one of Founders' Co-op's first investments and was later ba cked by Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, and MHS capital. When Simply Measured sold to Sprout Social at the end of 2017, Aviel transitione d from his role as Venture Partner into a full time General Partner. Aviel got his start as one of the first software engineers at Appature (acquired by IMS Health), which was also backed by Founders' Co-op in 2009. Though a new addition to the partnership, Aviel knows the Founders' Co-op ecosystem well, and has played every role from portfolio founder, to company employee , to partner over a 10 year period. Aviel holds a BS from Vanderbilt Univer sity.
Jim Huston is a Founder and Managing Director of Portland Seed Fund. PSF is an early stage venture firm focused on diverse and impact-oriented s eed stage investments across the greater Northwest region. Jim has led or co-led investments in more than 95 companies for Portland Seed Fund. Jim br ings more than 25 years of technology industry experience, having worked wi th and invested in early stage technology companies throughout the world. Previously Jim was a Managing Director with Blueprint Ventures, a Bay Area technology growth capital firm. Prior to Blueprint, Jim served in numerous positions within Intel Capital from 1995-2004, the world’s largest corpora te venture organization. Jim has an MBA from Kellogg, Northwestern Univers ity, and an chemical engineering from Rose Hulman. Jim is an Oregon Ventu re Fund investor member and past chairperson of Angel Oregon. Since 2012 he has taught a popular MBA “Venture Finance” class at Portland State Unive rsity. He is the past Chairman of the Board of Oregon Public Broadcasting a nd served on the OPB Board from 2007 - 2018. He is currently on the board s of Onboard Dynamics, and has been on more than a dozen corporate boards o ver his career.
Michael Self, is the G eneral Partner of StagedotO, founded in 2016, an early stage venture fund p roviding expertise, capital, and services to entrepreneurs. SDO focuses on assisting entrepreneurs from ideation/MVP/commercialization to Series A fi nancings. Michael previously founded Lake Union Capital Management, a long short small cap hedge fund achieving top quartile returns for 12 years. Pri or, he was a Managing Director of trading and risk for JPMorgan (previously Hambrecht and Quist) bringing IPO’s including Amazon, F5 Networks, Wynn Re sorts, and Siebel Systems public. Michael was appointed to the Global Techn ology Committee for JPMorgan. Mr. Self received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington in 1992 and is registered investment adv isor (RIA)
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
INCLUDING OPEN BEER AND WINE BAR AND HORS-D O EUVRES
PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q & A
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