Winning Investors with your Pitch and Presentation
Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 7:00 to 10:00 pm, in Waltham MA
The investor presentation is crucial to any startup. It is your primary vehicle for conveying an organized thought process to investors about your business, team, and pathway to success. Entrepreneurs need well-conceived investor presentations and executive summaries to raise capital and grow their businesses. Our panel consists of three successful investors (venture capitalists and angels). They will provide advice on how to put an investor presentation together, tell you what works and doesn’t work in today’s investment climate, network with you, and answer your questions.
Panelists:
Royalty Capital’s funds were the first successful venture capital funds to employ a unique royalty-based investment methodology that Arthur conceived. He is a nationally recognized authority on royalty based venture finance and advises Cypress Growth Capital on this. Previously, Arthur was the co-founder and Executive VP of Octek, Inc., which was acquired by a Fortune 500 company. He also co-founded Lexidata Corporation, which went public in 1981. He holds an MSEE degree from MIT.
Launchpad Venture Group is an angel group that makes early stage investments in the range of $100K-$500K. Launchpad has over 100 members from the Boston technology community. Ham has 25 years of experience in the software industry, where he co-founded three software companies. He is currently an investor and advisor to early stage companies. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in computer science from Brown University.
CatalystHealthVentures is a VC firm that invests in early stage companies with technology solutions in health care and the life sciences. Initial investments are usually in the $1-3M range with $5-8M invested through the life of the Company. Darshana led Catalyst’s investments in Hepregen, Augmenix, Lantos Technologies, and nVision Medical. She previously worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Genome Therapeutics, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She has an MPA degree from Harvard University.
Moderator
Alan has been the part-time chief financial officer for over 60 technology start-ups over the last 17+ years. At Andover.net he was the part-time CFO from when the company had fewer than 10 employees until just 5 months before the company went public. He has an MSM degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management, is treasurer of the Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network, and has been a panelist at MIT Enterprise Forum Start-Up Clinics.
Price:
Our regular, first-Tuesday-of-the-month events are free to members and $20. to non-members. Venues and pricing for special events, such as the July Boston Harbor Cruise, are posted separately
Time and Location(s):
5:15 PM Pre-meeting Self-pay Dinner Bertucci's Restaurant 475 Winter St., (exit 27B off Route 128), Waltham, MA ("pay-as-you-go")
7:00 - 10:00PM Meeting Presentation Note: Meeting at the Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000 (north entrance), Waltham, MA Directions to the EEC at Foley Hoag
New entry policy: The doors to the north entrance of 1000 Winter Street are locked at 7:00 pm. For admittance after 7:00, please use your cell phone to call the number that will be posted at the door. Thank you.
Reservations:
No reservations are needed for the dinner.
To expedite sign-in for the meeting, we ask that everyone -- members as well as non-members -- pre-register for the meeting online. Pre-registration is available until midnight the day before the meeting. If you cannot pre-register, you are welcome to register at the door.
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