SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures Focus: Software and Advanced Mobile Services January 20, 2011

SVASE VC Breakfast Club with Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures Focus: Software and Advanced Mobile Services

Start: 01/20/2011 - 8:00 am
End: 01/20/2011- 9:30 am

Contact Info:
Jai Kumar Email: jai@vigyana.com
Cell: 408-406-4693

Location: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP
390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301

URL:-www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-savinay-berry-vice-president-granite-ventures-focus-software-and-advanced-m

Granite Ventures, www.granitevc.com
Granite Ventures has helped early-stage technology companies build solid foundations for success since 1992, when we began investing as the early-stage venture capital group within Hambrecht & Quist. Granite became an independent firm in 1998, but continues to leverage decades of investment and technology experience to benefit and create value for our portfolio companies. We focus our investments on sectors where our partners have deep domain expertise, broad industry knowledge, and significant investment experience.

Granite manages over $1 billion in venture capital and has invested in more than 90 private companies. We partner with promising and successful entrepreneurs to create businesses that have a competitive edge and achieve category leadership.

The Granite team consists of a seasoned group of investors who, together, share more than 150 years of venture and technology industry experience. Our team has invested in early-stage technology companies through multiple economic cycles and brings together complementary skills and experience to the Firm. In addition to extensive early-stage investing experience, the Principals have been successful entrepreneurs, executives, attorneys, research analysts, and investment bankers. This collective experience gives Granite a powerful combination of technology, entrepreneurial, operational, and transactional expertise.

Savinay Berry, Vice President, Granite Ventures
Savinay Berry joined Granite Ventures in August 2008. He focuses on software and advanced mobile services.

Prior to joining Granite Ventures, Savinay held associate positions at JK&B Capital and MK Capital. Prior to that, Savinay worked in Dell Inc. in various product and business development roles, most recently as senior global commodity manager for enterprise and consumer mobile products. Prior to that, he was with Instrumented Sensors Technology, a data recording equipment startup, where he helped develop a real-time operating system for embedded data recorders.

Savinay received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Director of the Venture Capital Club and won the Sustainable National Venture Capital Competition. He also has a Masters degree in Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at Northwestern University and a Master's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. He received a B.S. degree from University of Pune, India.

When: Thursday, January 208 – 9:30 AM
Location: Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301

Pre-Registered Rates:
Members - $25; Affiliates who advertise this event - $39; General Public - $49.

This event is intended for entrepreneurs seeking feedback on their startup ideas and funding strategies. Please do not register if you do not fit this profile.

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend, Townsend and Crew, www.townsend.com.

Official Website: http://www.svase.org/events/vc-breakfast-club-savinay-berry-vice-president-granite-ventures-focus-software-and-advanced-m