Investor Outlook 2010: Startup Funding Forecast from Angels and VCs
Strategy Series and Mixer
Thursday, December 10, 2009 | 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Manatt: 11355 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064 (map) ** APPLY TO ATTEND! Seats are limited. Startup founders get priority access to tickets.
2009 put startup valuations on a diet, bootstrapping and revenue models were back in the spotlight; and Angel investors made a comeback.
Despite the fears and outcries from some, startup funding didn’t quite freeze into the nuclear winter many thought it would... To many founders’ relief, startups were still getting funded. But the weakened economy did serve as a crucial “intervention” moment for a tech ecosystem that before that had been living large with dreams of $1B exits for everyone.
In this Strategy Series, hear from VCs and Angel as we discuss what 2010’s startup financing forecast:
Is investing back in an upswing yet? If so, what trends are VCs betting on?
What milestones must be met by startups seeking funding next year to ensure investors take them seriously?
With the resurgence of angel investment and smaller financing rounds – are VCs still players?
What will the new fundable trends be: Healthcare 2.0? Green tech? Or are mobile and cloud computing still “in” for 2010?
Speakers:
Aydin Senkut, Founder and President of Felicis Ventures. Aydin ha's been an active angel investor since 2005 in promising start-ups including Brightroll, Imageshack (yFrog), Justin.tv, Meraki, Mint, Powerset (Nasdaq:MSFT), Posterous, Rich Relevance, SGN, and Tapulous. His investment focus is on early stage consumer internet, mobile and enterprise web companies.
Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners. Mark is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He started his first company in 1999, selling it to a publicly traded French services company in 2005. At that time he founded his second company which sold to Salesforce.com. Mark focuses on early-stage technology companies – usually looking at Series A investments. Read his blog.
** APPLY TO ATTEND! Seats are limited. Startup founders get priority access to tickets.
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