Capitalizing on Corporate Venture Capital and Strategic Investor Relationships December 4, 2007

Many of Silicon Valley's most successful start-ups have capitalized on their relationships with strategic partners and investors, taking advantage of key customer relationships and sharing development costs for new products. However, working with a strategic investor for a start-up also has its risks with respect to investment terms and the liquidity event.

How can start-ups and venture capital investors that co-invest with strategic investors better manage their relationships with strategic investors and partners?

VC Taskforce's Corporate Venture Capital special interest group has formed a panel of some of the leading corporate VCs to address some of these issues and provide some advice to start-up companies and venture capital investors.

Moderator:
John Park, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Panelists:
Rob Trice, Partner, Nokia Venture Partners
Naveen Bewtra, Sr. Director Corporate Development, JDS Uniphase
Code Cubitt, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures
Brian Kang, Managing Director, Samsung Ventures
Parthiv Sangani, Small Business Division, Intuit Inc.
Quinn Li, Sr. Investment Manager, Qualcomm Ventures

Agenda:
6:00 - 7:00 Registration, Networking
7:00 - 8:00 Panel Discussion
8:00 - 8:30 Q&A
Hors d'oeuvres, wine and soft drinks will be served.

$45 VC Taskforce members, $65 Affiliates, $85 General.

Official Website: http://www.VCTaskForce.com