Pitch & Demo Night: How to Raise Capital...

Pitch & Demo Night: How to Raise Capital

Friday, March 27, 2015

4:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Good Bar Loft.
2nd Ave. Pioneer Square,
Seattle WA

Pitch & Demo Night: How to raise capital for your startup

Join the Seattle Angels Network, to meet the funders and the Seattle Entrepreneurial community for an evening of networking, pitches, demos, and learning.

Formal talks and speeches about Angel, Early stage, Seed Stage and VC funding and presentations from StartUps.

Learn from investors and founders who have done this and are doing it as their Day to Day work -- how to raise capital to cover your burn rate of acceleration and growth for your startup.

Money, money, money...

How to raise money from investors?

What will change in the capital markets this year?

How can you secure funding before Q3?

How did these fundable founders did it, when they raised money?

What is the comparative advantage of Successful StartUp founders that got funded?

Location, location, location...

Where to start if you want to move your startup from the US to the Developing and the Rapidly Growing Emerging World?

And Why?

Why go to all this trouble, and migrate from Seattle, to Shanghai, from San Fran to Beijing, or from New York to London?

Why go looking for the Silicon Dragon, or the Silicon Valley, and the Silicon Alley, when all you need -- just might be found, right here, amongst all the giant Green Trees of the Silicon Forest?

Where to start if you want to bring up and accelerate your StartUp in the US?

Why?

Innovation, Acceleration, Scale...

Where to go for funding if you are already having a viable product, traction, and experiencing growth.

Where to look if you App and Service is booming?

Why go for VC when you could have all the Angel Capital you need?

What if you are already making money?

Why raise capital then?

And if you want VC cash, who is going to get you there?

Did you know that Angels are the most usual source of cash and VC introductions and follow on investments in the Start Up community?

How do you get there?

All this and more we'll discuss...

If you have any one of those questions, then this is the night for you

Here it goes:

Welcome all startups!

It is time to meet with some of our leaders, Investors and fundable founders.

== Speakers ==

First Speaker: Lucas Michels

Seattle business and intellectual property (IP) attorney and blogger Lucas S. Michels of Ironmark Law Group, PLLC will be talking on IP protection and strategy for start-ups. While most entrepreneurs and angel investors appreciate the importance of IP, shockingly few start-ups understand IP’s full potential, and ever fewer strategize IP as a part of their business plans despite its crucial role in the potential success of their business. Lucas will discuss how the different types of IP impact start-ups as well as how start-ups can strategize IP protection and costs as their business grows.

Lucas is a distinguished Seattle Attorney with expertise in Intellectual Property and the Food industry and the Biotechnology of Industrial Food Innovation and start Ups in that world. He also has European and American Experience having worked in both Brussels and Washington. Lucas, is Big Attorney for Young StartUps, and is also an Angel because he can be the Big protector of the Treasure of your Intelligence, Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, and all related IP, that makes unique, innovative, and novel, Science and Technology StartUps, very valuable properties indeed.

His firm is Ironmark Law Group, PLLC located in Seattle's downtown at 2033 Sixth Avenue, Suite 350, Seattle WA 98121 and today he will answer present his ironclad IP protection seminar and also offer his answers to your most pressing IP questions.

We propose IP protection to all of our StartUps because this is the most valuable property Investors look for in a novel and inventive or innovative enterprise.

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Second Speaker: Dr Pano Kroko.

Dr Kroko is a leader, Investor and powerful Social Change Agent. He is also the founder, inventor of many startUps, and Innovator of WI-FI and numerous telecommunications and mobile Products & Services. He is a Super Angel investor and a serial Innovator and Entrepreneur, that has spawned more than a Thousand unique StartUps. He leads investment rounds with his Angel Capital Fund of $ 21 Million and continuous through Private Equity with serial follow on investments in select companies. He also does offer PE capital, M&A, and strategic exits, and IPO support service through the Green Capital LLP. Dr Kroko's investments span all sectors of Technology and Science and he has invested in all the Innovation centres of the world. His twenty years of practice in East and Wet, from London to New York, and from San Francisco to shanghai and Beijing, make him a valuable partner for the global start Up ecosystem and the Angel and early Investor Venture Capital Network. His diverse and successful investments have led him to be named by Forbes as the ANGEL INVESTOR WITH THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK. His famous quip is that he gets the most bang for the buck from his investments through the power and the long tail of the network. And through his Innovation Master Class which is the original StartUp Weekend Bootcamp, that for the last twenty years has been developing StartUp companies, Social enterprises, and strategic ventures with the Top Universities of the world, such as the London Business School, the ESCP London, ESCP Paris, Sorbonne, IESE, St Gallen, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Waseda, Tsinghua, Shanghai, UW, Draper Uni, etc.

Dr Kroko will speak on the "Tao of the successful StartUp" which is also the title of his upcoming book [https://panokroko.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/the-tao-of-the-successful-startup-the-art-and-science-of-innovation-entrepreneurship-and-angel-investing/], and on the Art of playing "the Zero Sum Game of Innovation & Business" which is another one of his books. But he will also focus on the Angel Funding side of the business of StartUps today in Seattle and will also share dibs on the early stage investments he makes locally.

== Demos ==

Now accepting applications! Applications close Friday March 27th 12:00PM PST.

== Applications ==

Successful Founders & StartUp Applicants, will be selected and admitted to the Draper University Dr Kroko's Innovation & Acceleration Master Class this Summer on the weekend of June 27-29th of 2015.

== Agenda ==

4:00 p.m. Get Connected, have a beer, & start Networking. [No Host Bar]
4:05 p.m. Opening Remarks Marina Vardi [Meetup Organizer]
4:10 p.m. Lucas Michel [First Speaker]
4:30 p.m. Dr Pano Kroko [Second Speaker]
5:00 p.m. Demos & Pitches from 8 Innovative Science & Tech Seattle StartUps.

All StartUp company Pitches & Demos are 15' each. [10' pitch and 5' Q&A]

7:00 p.m. Open Mic/Judges Convene/Shark Tank deliberations & Decisions

7:30 p.m. Awards, Nominations, Winners Announced & Networking
7:00 p.m. Courage and taxis will take us all home...

== Demo Prizes and Nominations ==

Top winner gets One ticket for Dr Kroko's INNOVATION & ACCELERATION MASTERCLASS @ DRAPER UNIVERSITY this JUNE 27th-Saturday, 28th-Sunday, and 29th-Monday of 2015. Come built it, accelerate it, and fund it. Keep in mind that in crazy California you can enjoy the out of this world valuations funding of Silicon Valley...

Second Winner gets One Nomination to the F50 Season 5 $1MM Global Competition.

Third Winner gets One Nomination for Startup Next pre-acceleration program at the VCU [Venture Creation University]

Fourth winner gets One Nomination to Campaign Specialists from Kickstarter for strategic planning of a crowdfunding campaign for their StartUp.

Good Luck to One and All

Let the Games Begin...

Enjoy the Game...

== Disclaimer ==

Winning any of these prizes is not a guarantee of investment by Dr Kroko, or by his Angel Capital Fund, nor of your participation in the upcoming Dragon's Den or Shark Tank - Think Tank, but it is an excellent opportunity that might lead to any of the above, as well as positive exposure to the Community of Seattle & Global Angels.

== Calling for Volunteers ==

Calling volunteers and organizers for this, and future Seattle Angels Network events, conferences, and classes. Come be part of an awesome team and help organize other conferences like this... Come help us, and you will get nominated to participate in Dr Kroko's Innovation & Acceleration Master Class this June 27th-Saturday, 28th-Sunday, and 29th-Monday in Silicon Valley @ the Draper University.

== Network ==

Come connect to the Network...

Consider This: Out of all the people in your posse, in your circle, or in your “social network” and business life -- how many do you really know?

In a space as vast and as insular with many different and sharply divided silos, as the tech and startup community of Seattle, is it possible to truly connect and be friend with many other people without socializing together?

As human beings, we all need something more than just being glued to our devices 24/7 and determining our “network” upon how many LinkedIn contacts and FB friends we have.

What we need is real human connections, that inspire us, and allow us to support & learn from each other.

At Seattle Angels Network Startup & Tech MeetUps, we take an ordinary Friday night and turn it into an extraordinary experience that will leave you inspired by allowing you to meet others, truly tune in to Innovation, deeply engage with others, meet revolutionary Founders, and disrupt the status quo.

By meeting and haring Life experiences with like-minded people, engaging with innovative startups, learning from startup & technology leaders or just letting your hair down, and having a pint; you will find unexpected connections that can transform the direction of your life. Our intention is to gather the best and brightest in Seattle's entrepreneurship community, in order to experience some powerfully motivating, unique, and authentic human connections.

By meeting other Angels, Founders, Funders, Start-Uppers, and interesting folk like you, and by making the bridge to other entrepreneurs and to the early stage Angels Venture Capital community, You can ensure the Success of your Enterprise and the acceleration to scale of your budding company.

You can control how you connect, just by getting involved. Whether you attend the event with your friends, fellow co-workers, co-founders, co-directors, and by featuring your amazing idea, or by getting involved on the back end of Seattle Tech Entrepreneur MeetUp -- you will benefit.

Each option and level of involvement helps you bridge the gap, cross the chasm, and walk through the Valley of Death because it makes a difference towards bettering your start up company, the community, and yourself.

So we ask you, how do you want to connect?

Yours,

Dr Kroko

PS:

You can also come to present your StartUp or your VC fund to our small group of Seattle's Best Entrepreneurial Minds for Co-operation and apply to present to our Dragon's Den events.

Come share, learn, and socialize, also with the Co-ordinator Dr Kroko who as a Leader has worked with, has started, been involved in, co-founded, and/or taught others how to start, over a Thousand StartUps that led to a blooming market and a tartUp Ecosystem...

How can anyone start a Thousand StartUps?

Dr Kroko and this team accomplished this through the Innovation Master Class, through the Weekend StartUp Bootcamp, and through the Venture Acceleration Bootcamps.

The next Innovation & Acceleration Master Class weekend Bootcamp will take place at THE DRAPER UNIVERSITY IN SILICON VALLEY this coming early Summer on JUNE 27th-Saturday, 28th-Sunday, and 29th-Monday of 2015.

APPLY HERE as a STARTUP TEAM TO PITCH & DEMO AND WE'LL CHOOSE THE BEST TO ACCELERATE AND FUND -- THIS JUNE, IN THE DRAPER UNIVERSITY OF SILICON VALLEY.

Through our wide stream of Innovation in New Tech Companies and as Venture Capital deal flow, Dr Kroko chooses chiefly Science and Technology based companies, to support, accelerate, and place in the orbit of the public markets. He gets involved not only as an Investor, but also as a Mentor, and Network Thought Leader.

THIS is Because his wide COMPANY BUILDING EXPERTISE and powerful LIFE EXPERIENCE as a LEADER, has taught that all startups need good directional leadership. And Dr Kroko has been involved in StartUp leadership from the beginning, as a hands on Creator, Teacher, Innovator, Funder, Technology Inventor of Wi-Fi community, and wireless Internet, and as the responsible parent of the many hundreds of StartUps that came out of his 20 years of teaching the vaunted INNOVATION MASTERCLASS.

Dr Kroko can easily teach the basics of what it takes for new tech companies to innovate, accelerate, and get a product off the ground, and then get funded widely. But he will also share /syndicate the "deal" with his friends and colleagues in Green Capital and other VC funds he participates into, in order to bring the most valuable players in the room to support the StartUp companies we invest into.

Come be part of the group and have a pint with us...

PPS:

For those of you that want to take part in this MeetUp and PRESENT, please email us ahead of time here.

PPPS:

For all others who are only able to participate remotely, we will have a simulcast feed so you can join us from other geographical spots, countries, cities, or on the road and on the air -- and still you can participate in this Seattle centred and nascent global village conversation.