Subject: Re: Venture Summit | Top Innovator Nominations
From: "Neil Callahan" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 10:51:30 -0400

Very cool.  I will try to go and think of companies we could nominate.
Would you go?

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
wrote:

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> RHB
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> *From:* "Joseph Cope" <[email-masked]>
> *Date:* October 5, 2014 at 12:29:24 PM EDT
> *To:* <[email-masked]>
> *Subject:* *Venture Summit | Top Innovator Nominations*
> *Reply-To:* <[email-masked]>
>
> Hi Hunter –
>
> We’re bringing together a large group of investors at the New England
> Venture Summit and wanted to see if you’d like to nominate any of the
> companies in your portfolio to present as one of the Top Innovators.
>
> Additional details about the opportunity are below.  We’d also be
> delighted to have you join us and the many investors already confirmed.
>
> Partial list of VCs and Corporate Investors already confirmed:
> John Albright, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Relay Ventures | Grant
> Allen, Senior Vice President, ABB Technology Ventures | Jim Andelman,
> Managing Partner, Rincon Venture Partners | Gil Beyda, Managing Partner,
> Genacast Ventures | Eric Bielke, Senior Investment Associate, Siemens
> Venture Capital | Sim Blaustein, Principal, BDMI Fund | David Blumberg,
> Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital | Steven Chrust, Managing Director,
> Centripetal Capital Partners | Daniel Chui, Manager, Verizon Ventures |
> Andrew Clapp, Managing Partner, Arctaris Capital Partners | Charles Curran,
> Senior Director, Qualcomm Ventures | David Donabedian, Vice President,
> AbbVie Biotech Ventures | James Dugan, CEO & Managing Partner, OCA Ventures
> | Imran Eba, Partner, Action Potential Venture Capital | Rami Elkhatib,
> General Partner, Acero Capital | Kevin Ferro, CEO, Vatera Holdings |
> Alexander Galitsky, Managing Partner, Almaz Capital Partners | Rich
> Gliklich, XIR & Partner, General Catalyst Partners | Bosun Hau, Partner,
> MVM Life Science Partners | Laurence Hayward, Partner, Independence Equity
> | Ben Hemani, Analyst, Braemar Energy Ventures | Tetsuro Iwata, Senior
> Manager, MP Healthcare Venture Management | Shamez Kanji, General Partner,
> North Hill Ventures | Roman Kikta, Managing Partner, Mobility Ventures |
> Carey Lai, Director, Intel Capital | Al Lauritano, Director, Technology
> Licensing & Collaboration, BD Technologies | Jim Macdonald, Managing
> Director, First Analysis | Ignacio Martinez, Partner, Flagship Ventures |
> Vincent Miles, Partner, Abingworth | David Miller, Executive Managing
> Director, Clean Energy Venture Group | Jay Onda, Principal, DoCoMo Capital
> | Praveen Sahay, Managing Director, Wave Equity Partners | Akhil Saklecha,
> Managing Director, Artiman Ventures | Cory Steffek, Managing Director,
> Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures | Jason Tagler, Partner, Camden Partners |
> Sebastian Titz, Manager, New Ventures, 3M New Ventures | Tibor Toth,
> Managing Director of Investments, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center | Brent
> Traidman, General Partner, Fenox Venture Capital | Kathleen Utecht, Venture
> Partner, Core Innovation Capital | Geeta Vemuri, Senior Managing Director,
> Baxter Ventures | Sonali Vijayavargiya, Founder & Managing Director,
> Augment Ventures | David Ward, Managing Partner, MTI Ventures | Jan
> Westerhues, Investment Partner, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH | Keith
> Witek, Corporate Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, AMD
> Ventures | Tim Wright, General Partner, Grandbanks Capital; among many
> others.
>
> Regards
>
> Joseph
>
> ---
> The New England Venture Summit being held on December 9th-10th 2014 at
> the Hilton in Boston Dedham is an annual gathering bringing together over
> 500 executives for the purpose of high-level networking and deal making.
>
> The summit features high-level networking among investors and startups,
> insightful panel sessions and presentations by cutting edge Top Innovators.
> Early stage and emerging companies seeking funding have the opportunity to
> attend and/or apply to present and be showcased in the Top Innovator
> showcase.
> The Top Innovator Showcase program is a paid presentation and demo
> opportunity designed for early stage and emerging growth companies seeking
> to raise visibility amongst an audience of active VCs, Corporate VCs,
> Private Investors, Investment bankers, press, entrepreneurs, and corporate
> development officers.  A select group of more than 50 qualified early stage
> and emerging growth companies seeking capital will be chosen to present on
> 5 tracks including Tech, Life Sciences/Healthcare, Ed-tech, Clean-tech and
> Mobile.
>
> Below is a link to the NEVS website, video highlights from the 2013 summit
> as well as testimonials from investors and startup participants.
>
> To nominate a company simply email us:
>
> Startup #1
> Company Name:
> Industry:
> Founder or Other Contact:
> Telephone:
> Email:
> Why is this company’s business model sure to succeed:
>
> Startup #2
> Company Name:
> Industry:
> Founder or Other Contact:
> Telephone:
> Email:
> Why is this company’s business model sure to succeed:
>
> Startup #3
> Company Name:
> Industry:
> Founder or Other Contact:
> Telephone:
> Email:
> Why is this company’s business model sure to succeed:
>
> Warm regards
>
> Joseph
>
> Testimonials
>
>
> “YoungStartUps conference was a well structured and organized event with a
> very high bar for qualifying ventures selected to present. This is the
> major issue for VC's to consider when selected events to attend as many are
> diluted with too many companies, many of which have not vetted their
> concepts.”
>  -- Konstantine A. Drakonakis, PE // Director // LaunchCapital, LLC
>
> “The caliber of the companies presenting has improved every year, and is
> actually at quite a nice level…. It’s also impressive that companies can
> get up there and present what they’re doing in a very short period of time,
> so it’s a very efficient way to hear about a lot of companies quickly, and
> I think the panels are good topics; good panel members and a lot of good
> issues are being addressed. So I think all the way around it’s been a good
> day overall for everybody.”
> -- Noah Kroloff, Managing Partner, NGN Capital
>
> “It’s a great venue for networking first and foremost.  This conference
> has introduced us to a number of people that we would never have seen
> otherwise, as well as collaborations with our portfolio companies and other
> portfolio companies.
> So there is good energy in the air, and a very constructive environment.”
> -- Dr. Douglas Lind, Managing Partner, GBP Capital
>
> "The quality of the feedback given to entrepreneurs by investors prior to
> "showtime" was unparalleled in my experience. I highly recommend this
> conference."
> -- Mary Lincoln Campbell, Managing Director, EDF Ventures
>
> “The level and quality of folks that are real venture capitalists, manage
> in private equity; Folks that are actively looking for opportunities.”
> -- Wolf Shlagman, CEO, Consult a Doctor
>
> “I have seen about 50-60 business opportunities both in pharmaceuticals,
> in Healthcare/IT and also medical devices, and I have met so many different
> venture capitalists and heard their perspective, so that really is and eye
> opener for me today.”
> -- Iqbal Hussain, President, Meridian Laboratories
>
> “ I think the most impressive thing is probably the ratio of venture
> capitalists to entrepreneurs. There are at least 50, if not more venture
> capitalists that were walking around looking at the deals, and again I
> think that’s a really nice and healthy ratio for the entrepreneurs, because
> at the end of the day it’s all about them connecting with us.   I would say
> the quality of the presenters was very high relative to some of the
> conferences both on the West coast to the Midwest, and mostly I would say
> the CEOs are very well prepared and knowledgeable at what it’s going to
> take to raise money, and I think that they’re prepared for the long haul to
> meet and make relationships with the venture community.”
> -- Mina Sooch, General partner, Apjohn Ventures
>
> “I thought the attendance with investors that are active was impressive,
> and we had a number of good conversations. I think that in this day and age
> looking for investors for whom a specific value proposition is a fit, is a
> little of a needle in a haystack, and there were a few needles in the
> haystack, that was good.”
> -- Walter Greenblatt, Hygeia Therapeutics
>
> “The actual decision makers are here. And I like the fact that a lot of
> companies are here, a couple west coast companies are coming here, it’s not
> just the east coast. Not to mention that being able to tell your story to a
> large audience and get your name out there is part of what every little
> company needs.
> I’m very impressed; I think we’ll definitely come back next year.”
> -- Ali Tehrani, CEO, Zymeworks
>
> “I’m very impressed by the turnout. There’s been a lot of interest from
> the VC industry, and you guys have seemed to capture a lot of the quality
> firms and representatives here. You guys have done a really good job.”
> -- Daniel Wood, General Partner, Mesa Verde VP
>
> “We currently have invested 45 million dollars, the real attitude and
> feeling of this conference is much more upbeat than the last couple of
> years have been in bio technology. So I’m quite impressed.
> We have a lot of people that are very interested in investing, and we have
> a substantial number of companies that have progressed their company in
> lean times, and are now ready for further investments.”
> -- David Wurzer, Managing Director, Connecticut Innovations
>
> “ I was impressed by the number of people here, the level of energy. You
> wouldn’t think the market conditions were as tough as they are when you
> walked into this room, people are more optimistic than I expected.
> Quality of the deals- technology companies that I have talked to, I was
> pleasantly surprised across all sectors of pharma, bio, and med-tech. some
> very strong technology companies with interesting ideas that I think have a
> lot of promise. We’ll definitely look at a number of business plans that we
> were introduced to at the conference today.”
> -- Sinclair Dunlop, Managing Partner, Rock Spring Ventures
>
> "There are very few venues for emerging companies to receive critical and
> constructive feedback as well as an opportunity to present to the venture
> capital community. In both design and execution, the Young Start-Up Summits
> do just that, effectively and repeatedly. I highly recommend their forum
> for both investors and emerging companies."
> -- T. Forcht Dagi, M.D., Partner, HLM Venture Partners
>
> We look forward to reviewing your nominations and hope to see you at New
> England Venture Summit!
>
>
>
> New England Venture Summit
> December 9th-10th, 2014
> Hilton | Boston Dedham
> http://www.youngstartup.com/newengland2014/overview.php
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> Video Highlights: http://www.youngstartup.com/newengland2014/video.php
>
> <http://lnk.ie/U5RO/e=[email-masked]/http://www.youngstartup.com/newengland2014/video.php>
> Regards,
>
> Joseph
>
> Joseph C. Cope
> Venture Consultant | youngStartup Ventures
> “Where Innovation Meets Capital”
>
> P: 212.202.1004
> f: 206.202.0225
> e: [email-masked]
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Neil Callahan
Rosemont Seneca Partners
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