SDForum: US Venture Capital is going Global April 14, 2005

SDForum's Passport Program presents:

SDForum: US Venture Capital is going Global

Thu, Apr 14, 6:00pm-9:00pm, East Palo Alto

MORE INFO: http://www.sdforum.org/global

Hosted by ANZA, CSPA, SiliconFrench, Silicon Vikings and SDForum

With the continued globalization of the technology industry there is a growing appreciation that many outstanding companies worthy of VC Investment are born outside the US.

More US VC's are looking at off shore technology start ups and Establishing partnerships with off shore Venture Capital firms.

This exciting Passport Group event has attracted a group of some of the Valley's leading VC's who have invested in off shore technology companies. Listen to why they invested in the companies, what model they used, how the deal was done and why the companies' offshore roots were not a deterrent for investing.

Moderator: Tom Cervantez, Partner Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Panelists:
Alain Azan, Managing Director, Sofinnova Ventures
George Chen, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Advisor, H&Q Asia Pacific
Christopher Chu, Partner, Pacific Ventures Partners
John Scull, General Partner, DFJ Southern Cross Fund
Tim Wilson, General Partner, Partech International

DATE & TIME:
Thursday, April 14
6:00pm-9:00pm

LOCATION:
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA, 94303
http://www.dlapiper.com/us/firm/officedetail.aspx?id=137&directions=true

COST & REGISTRATION:
$20 Passport Program Members, $25 SDForum, ANZA, CSPA, Silicon French & Silicon Vikings members, $35 Non-members.
http://www.sdforum.org/global

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.sdforum.org/global
Email: registrations@sdforum.org
Phone: 408-494-8378

About SDForum's Passport Program:
Leading networking organizations Anza Technology Network, CSPA (Chinese Software Professionals Association), SiliconFrench, Silicon Vikings and SDForum have joined forces to create the largest Valley based network offering members access to more than 20,000 colleagues and a spectrum of specialized business events, industry publications and online resources.