June Meetup: The VC Point of View

Amazon Web Services, Vetr and PsychSignal added to the agenda!

Hello Members, we've finalized our agenda for the June 24th Meetup below. We're thrilled by the great lineup of presenters and are looking forward to seeing everyone there. Make sure you get your RSVPs in soon -- the event is filling up fast.

Agenda

6:00 - 6:20: Arrivals, Refreshments and Networking

6:20 - 6:25: Note of Thanks from our host Goodwin Procter.

6:25 - 6:30: Welcome Remarks: Rio Slaven, Wall Streeter turned FinTechie and Head of Marketing and Community at Tradier.

6:30 – 7:15: The VC Point of View, with Nate Lentz, Managing Partner and David Drahms, Partner, of Osage Venture Partners (http://osagepartners.com/osage-ventures-partners/).

Nate joined Osage Venture Partners in 2008 and as Managing Partner oversees investment and portfolio management activities. He serves on the Board of Directors of BA-Insight (http://www.bainsight.com/), Canvas (http://www.gocanvas.com/), InstaMed (http://www.instamed.com/), FieldView (http://www.fieldviewsolutions.com/), PeopleLinx (http://peoplelinx.com/), Pneuron (http://pneuron.com/), RackWare (http://www.rackwareinc.com/), and Sidecar (http://hello.getsidecar.com/). He is a member of the Technology Investment Advisory Board for Ben Franklin Southeast Pennsylvania. Nate is a frequent speaker and panelist at venture events and is actively involved with numerous venture focused organizations.

David joined Osage in 2005 and, together with founding partner Bob Adelson, helped close Osage’s initial early stage fund and build the foundation for Osage Venture Partners. David has led or played a supporting role in each of OVP’s investments. He covers a broad range of verticals within enterprise software and leads OVP’s investing efforts in healthcare IT. David serves on the Board of Directors of Halfpenny Technologies (http://www.halfpenny.com/), Identropy (http://www.identropy.com/), and Earnest Research Company (http://earnestresearch.com/). David is active with several venture organizations, including the NJEDA, where he is a member of the Technology Advisory Board.

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7:15 – 7:30: Scott Mullins, Worldwide Financial Services Business Development at Amazon Web Services (http://aws.amazon.com).

7:30 - 7:45: Featured Platform 1: Vetr (https://www.vetr.com), an innovative investment research platform that provides simplified crowdsourced star-ratings and delivers personalized insights and alerts based on the people, stocks and funds you follow: JD Singh, SVP - Business Development/Product Development.

7:45 – 8:00: Featured Platform 2: PsychSignal (https://psychsignal.com), a leading provider of social media derived financial sentiment: James Crane-Baker, Co-Founder.

8:00 - 8:30: Cocktails and Networking

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