Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The Venture Summit features the most influential venture capitalists and angel investors, corporate buyers, investment bankers, and entrepreneurs in keynote presentations and panel debates. The Venture Summit also hosts 14 Best of Breed CEO Showcases handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers. We debut the Global VC 50, the leading investors who have produced cash returns for their limited partners and entrepreneurs.
Who Attends
Five hundred institutional investors, venture capitalists, investment bankers, research analysts, entrepreneurs and corporate buyers attended Venture Summit Silicon Valley. The most influential members of the financial and technology media and blogging community were also on hand to moderate debates and cover the action. Executives attended Venture Summit Silicon Valley to identify and debate emerging investment opportunities in venture and private equity funds and private growth companies, and to build high-level relationships with technology and greentech CEOs and corporate buyers.
| 8:30am Ballroom 1 |
Opening Remarks Co-Host: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Co-Host: Arden Pennell, Program Director, AlwaysOn |
| 8:45am Ballroom 1 |
Keynote: What is Really Happening to the VC Industry? Bill Gurley, Partner, Benchmark |
| 9:15am Ballroom 1 |
The VC Industry in Transition -- What's Next for Sand Hill Road? Experienced VCs Discuss The Future of the Asset Class, as LPs, Banks and Markets Undergo Changes |
| 10:00am |
Break |
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10:20am Ballroom 1 |
Exits: What's the M&A and IPO Outlook for 2010?
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10:20am Ballroom 2
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Keynote: The Deal -- The Importance of Free-Trade Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| 10:30am Ballroom 2 | Bulls in a China Shop -- The Local Advantage in Chinese VC As the Chinese VC market matures and major American tech firms are bested by Chinese rivals, how do Leading Venture Firms hone their local advantage? Moderator: Rebecca Fannin, International Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Richard Lim, Managing Director, GSR Ventures Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner, GGV Capital |
| 11:00am Ballroom 1 |
What Funding Crisis? Silicon Valley's Leading Early & Angel Investors Discuss What's Whetting Their Appetite and the 2010 Funding Strategy Moderator: Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & West Ron Conway, Founder, Angel Investors LP Joyce Chung, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Aydin Senkut, President & Founder, Felicis Ventures Howard Hartenbaum, Partner, August Capital |
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11:05am Ballroom 2
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CEO Showcase — Internet & Consumer |
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11:45am Ballroom 1
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Fireside Chat: The VC 100 --Insights & VC Outlook Tony Perkins, Founder & Editor, AlwaysOn Victor Boyajian, Global Chair, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group |
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11:45am Ballroom 2 |
CEO Showcase — Mobile & Software Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn Jai Haissman, CEO, Affective Interfaces Rahul Sonnad, CEO, Geodelic John Corshen, CEO, GoingOn Adrie Reinders, CEO, E-Factor During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank Rebecca Buckman, Journalist |
| 12:20pm Ballroom 1 |
Announcing the Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch, Presented by Accenture |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm Ballroom 1 |
CEO Showcase Sessions Rajeev Goel, CEO, PubMatic Edmundo Costa, CEO, Catbird |
| 2:00pm Ballroom 1 |
Corporate Buyers — Where’s the Action for 2010? |
| 2:00pm Ballroom 2 |
Addressing Private-Company Liquidity Which are the best ways for stakeholders in private equities to buy & sell? After a surge in 2009, what's the secondary-market outlook in 2010 and beyond? Moderator: Ken Loveless, Managing Director, SVB Capital Joseph Marks, Principal, Coller Capital Colin McGrady, Managing Director, Cogent Capital Jamie Hale, Partner, Aldenwood Capital Dwight Badger, CEO, Advanced Equities |
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2:45pm Ballroom 1 |
The New-Millennium Strategy for Boutique & Middle-Market Banks In the post-Lehman world, the banking sector is open to disruption. What's the 2010 outlook for leading boutiques and middle-market banks? What are alternate strategies to IPO? Moderator: Craig Menden, Partner, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group Jamie Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co. John Moriarty, Managing Director, Baird & Co. David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners Jason Hutchinson, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey |
| 2:45pm Ballroom 2 |
CEO Showcase — SaaS & Enterprise Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn Lukas Biewald, CEO, CrowdFlower Roman Stanek, CEO, Good Data Wences Casares, Meyer Malka, Co-CEOs, Bling Nation Chris Boone, CEO, Visuvi During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank Jim Parsons, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank |
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3:30pm Ballroom 1
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Break |
| 3:45pm Ballroom 2 |
CEO Showcase Session -- Greentech Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn Phil Henson, CFO, Solar Power Partners Pravin Jain, CEO, Senergen Devices Trevor Stout, CEO, Integrity Block During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank |
| 4:30pm Ballroom 1 |
The IT Outlook for 2010 and Beyond --The VC 100 Weigh In |
| 5:00pm |
Reception |
| 8:30am Ballroom 1 |
Secrets of a Successful IPO |
| 9:15am Ballroom 1 |
Why I Went Social -- And How You Can Too |
| 10:00am Ballroom 1 |
Wireless Devices: Opportunities for the Global Growth Investor Leading Investors Debate What's Promising in the Major-Growth Mobile Sector, from Healthtech to Smart Cities to Mobile Computing Moderator: Bambi Francisco, Founder, Vator.tv Reese Schroeder, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners Nagraj Kashyap, VP, Qualcomm Ventures Kevin Hamilton, US CEO, IREX |
| 10:45am |
Break & Refreshments |
| 11:05am Ballroom 1 |
Corporate Investors: Outlook 2010 |
| 11:50am Ballroom 1 |
The Greentech Evolution — What's Next?
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| 12:35pm Ballroom 1 |
Fireside Chat: We Want Our Internet TV--Where Is It? Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West Jim Lanzone, CEO, Clicker |
| 12:55pm |
Closing Remarks |