Venture Capital Panel Night & Networking

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Venture Capital Speaker Series & Networking Sponsored By

New York Entrepreneurs, Startup & Business Coalition
& DownToDash Tuesday, April 3, 2018
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EST) New York, NY
6:30- 6:45 pm- Meet & Greet
6:45- 7:45 pm- Speaker Address + Q&A
7:45- 8:30 pm- Networking Agenda

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Introduction
Raising Venture Capital Funding and Panel Discussion
What do VCs look for in a Pitch Deck?
What do VCs want in the founder?
What is the best way to get in touch with Angel Investors or VCS?
What are the biggest mistakes founders make when pitching VCS?
Advice on how founders should calculate and justify their valuation at an early stage.

Speakers: Charlie O'Donnell, Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of Canary, The Wing, Orchard Platform, Tinybop, Hungryroot, Clubhouse, Ringly, and goTenna among others.  Working in venture capital since 2001, he apprenticed his way through the asset class with analyst roles on the original Union Square Ventures team as well as at the General Motors pension fund--a long time limited partner in many top tier funds.  At First Round Capital, he sourced the firm's investments in Singleplatform (sold to Constant Contact) and GroupMe (sold to Skype).  Charlie discovered GroupMe at the Techcrunch hackathon where the service had been built.  He also sourced investments in Backupify (which was an idea he had tweeted to the founder, a friend of his), chloe + isabel, and Refinery29.

Sumeet Shah, VC in Residence at Galvanize & Chief Strategy Officer, NewsPicks USA Sumeet is the Chief Strategy Officer at the US division of NewsPicks, a refined news experience where content is picked by experts and thought-leaders. The platform was designed to bring users the most important stories with commentary from trusted experts across the world. He also assists in sourcing and managing new opportunities as the VC in Residence at the New York City campus of Galvanize, an 8-campus strong community making education and growth accessible to anyone – especially underrepresented groups in the tech industry.

Jackie Karceski -Chief Revenue Officer at SeeWriteHear, Investor Arc Angel Fund and Principal 1020 Partners.Jackie Karceski is an accomplished Senior Executive, Board Member, and Thought Leader with more than 30 years of success in theeducation and technology industries. Leveraging extensive experiencewith restructuring and business model development, Jackie is avaluable asset for companies seeking guidance on revenuediversification and capital raising. Her broad areas of expertise includecompliance, regulatory environment, technology services, finance,operations corporate strategy, planning, growth strategies, capitaldevelopment, overseas and outsourcing, and supply chainmanagement

David Segura - Entrepreneur and Angel Investor David Segura is an accomplished Entrepreneur and Angel Investor with experience in a number of industries including AdTech, Marketplaces, and eCommerce among others.
David previously served as the Founder & CEO of Giant Media, a pioneering Native Video Advertising platform that included Toyota, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, and Dollar Shave Club as clients. Giant Media was successfully acquired in 2014.

Event Details:

DATE: 04/03/2018

LOCATION: WeWorkNoMad
79 Madison Avenue
NYC - 10016

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