Seed VC/Founder Showcase: VC@Bullpen, VC@CrunchFund and CEO of Wag

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Please join us on July 28 for the first of our Access Silicon Valley (https://www.meetup.com/svaccess/)series of events, "Seed Investors and Their Portfolio Companies," where seed investors and their star portfolio companies discuss topics relevant to entrepreneurs and investors. This first event features Duncan Davidson, a serial entrepreneur and Managing Partner of Bullpen Capital (http://bullpen-capital.com/) (investors in Marketo, Zynga, Desk.com, Life360 and many more), Pat Gallagher, co-founder (with Michael Arrington) of Crunchfund (http://www.angel.co/crunchfund) (investors in Uber, Square, Airbnb, Tumblr, Yammer, Klout and many others) and Josh Viner, co-founder and CEO of Wag (http://www.wagwalking.com/) (Uber for dog walking).

In this interactive discussion, with audience participation, Duncan, Pat and Josh will discuss the most efficient and effective ways to raise capital in today’s environment, from the investors' and founder's perspective. Entrepreneurs will gain a practical perspective and insight into the fundraising process, what investors are looking for, how to reach them and, most importantly, what entrepreneurs need to do (and not do) to get a meeting and raise a successful round.

Bullpen is the leader in post-seed, pre Series A funding of companies that have achieved market fit and that have an operational plan to hit big milestones within 12 months.

CrunchFund is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in seed, start-ups and early stage companies. The firm invests in information technology companies at any stage but is primarily focused on seed and early stage investments. It seeks to invest between $25,000 and $500,000. CrunchFund was founded in September 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Wag is a startup that helps connect pet owners and dog walkers with a mobile app. Wag vets dog walkers using background checks, and then insures their activities. Dog owners can schedule walks for their dogs, and track their pooch in-app while it is out on a stroll. A 30 minute walk costs $20 — Wag takes a 40 percent cut, a fee which it said is either on par with current market norms, or slightly better

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6:00pm - 7:00PM: networking

7:00PM - 8:30PM: Chat with Duncan, Pat and Josh + Q&A

8:30PM - 9:00PM: networking

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

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Duncan Davidson is a serial entrepreneur who most notably founded Covad Communications (the leading independent DSL provider, went public and reached a market value of $9B) and Sky Pilot Networks (developer of outdoor wireless mesh systems, acquired by Trillium in 2009 for connectivity to smart meters). He served as the SVP of Business Development at InterTrust and led the IPO in 1999 and the secondary in 2000 (InterTrust reached a $9B market value in 2000). He spent four years as a managing director at VantagePoint Venture Partners where he focused on digital media and telecom investments including Widevine (acquired by Google) and Livescribe. Prior to Bullpen, he co-founded one of the first mobile social app companies, Xumii, later sold to Myriad Group and now powering over 20M users in the developing world. At Bullpen he focuses on mobile and consumer Internet investments, and sits on the boards of DoubleDutch, SendHub, and Proformative. Key investments include Byliner, PaidPiper and Twenty20. He received a Sc.B. in physics/math from Brown University, with Honors, and a J.D. magna cum laude from Michigan Law School, where he was Order of the Coif and a member of the Law Review.

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Pat Gallagher is a Co-Founder at CrunchFund and is its Partner and General Partner. He also serves as a Principal of Vantage Point Capital Partners and joined it in 2008 and is a part of Information Technology Group. Prior to Vantage Point, Mr. Gallagher served as a Principal of the American Capital Technology Group - Boston at American Capital, Ltd. since November 2007, where he was charged with developing and implementing marketing strategies to build a national presence. He joined American Capital in October 2007. He served as a Vice President of Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and has 14 years experience mainly in technology investing, operations and finance experience, where he had a focus on first institutional later stage technology investments, founder re-caps, & technology buyouts.

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Joshua Viner is Co-Founder & CEO of Wag. Previously, Josh co-founded the Social Discovery Platform Chirpme that scaled to over 50 million users internationally before selling the service. Prior to that, while still in college, Josh launched PageFad that pioneered sports games on social networks, scaling to over 10 million users, and had 5 of the top 10 sports games on Facebook.

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