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Preccelerator Program Presents: “The Art of Fundraising Episode I: 5 Types of Funding” – July 21st

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“The Art of Fundraising Episode I: 5 Types of Funding“

Thursday, July 21, 2016

5:30pm-8:00pm

Food, Drinks & Networking Included!

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Parking

4th Street/Broadway ramp or in the Santa Monica Place Mall

Featuring

Moderator:

Delilah Panio, Founder, Stiletto Dash

I love helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams… just like I am!

As the founder of Stiletto Dash, I am passionate about helping women build their dream companies and achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship. Through my one-on-one consulting and soon to be launched online courses, I work with clients on their business planning and getting investor-ready.

I am leading the L.A. chapter of SheEO’s Radical Generosity program in which 1000 women invest $1000 to provide low interest loans to 10 local women-led companies. I am also a Co-Founder of We Are Enough, a non-profit that educates women on why and how to invest in women-owned businesses. As well, I am active in the LA entrepreneur community, including as the Co-Chair of Women in LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association) and coach for local pitch competitions.

My background is as a capital markets expert with 10 years in business development at the Toronto Stock Exchange, including as the Director, Business Development & Strategy. I have advised many companies on the going public process and can provide an understanding of private and public financing options in Canada and the United States.

Panelists:

Sarah Moret, Crosscut Ventures – Venture Capital

Sarah is an Associate at Crosscut Ventures. Her role includes meeting with startups, evaluating investment opportunities, and helping to manage fund operations. Prior to joining Crosscut, Sarah was at Formation8 Partners, a Venture Capital fund in San Francisco, where she focused on finance, operations, and due diligence for the fund’s hardware investments. Prior to that, Sarah worked in PwC’s Transaction Services Consulting Practice, advising clients on M&As, IPOs, and various other capital market transactions.

Evan Markiles, FlashFunders – Crowdfunding

Evan is the Business Operations Manager at FlashFunders, an equity crowdfunding platform. An attorney, Evan works with companies that are interested in raising equity funding on FlashFunders, and manages companies’ offerings from the onboarding stage to closing.

Frank O’Brien, Silicon Valley Bank – Lending

Frank O’Brien is currently a Senior Associate with the SVB Technology and Life Sciences Teams based in Orange County, CA, focused on companies from the pre-revenue stage though over $100MM in revenues. Areas of focus include Big Data, Analytics, SaaS Platforms/Infrastructure, Medical Device, and Pharmaceuticals.

Mr. O’Brien joined SVB in early 2011 as an Associate, where he was responsible for financial analysis, business analysis, credit underwriting, portfolio management and new client development.

Alfred Miranda, Analog – An Idea Company, Inc. – Angel Investor

Angel Investment Firm owned by my partners and I to provide: Funding, Guidance, Technology Acumen, and Mentorship to promising Start-ups.

Andy Tomat, Teradyne – Strategic Investor

Andy was hired by Teradyne in the Fall of 2008 as the first head of Corporate Development to grow and diversify Teradyne’s business outside of semiconductor equipment through acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Areas of particular focus include Green Tech, Medical Equipment, Wireless and Optical Communication products.

Prior to Teradyne, Andy was the Sr. Director of Product Management at Peerless Systems Corporation where he led a team to deliver high performance color imaging products to market and enabled the company to become the 3rd best performer on NASDAQ in 2005. He was also with Peerless in the mid-1990’s where he helped coordinate their successful IPO.

As a consultant with the Adrenaline Group in Washington DC, he performed technology due diligence for a unit of NASDAQ (now FINRA); and in partnership with McKinsey & Co. helped a Nortel spin off (now Bill-Me-Later) re-position their online payment processing system to appeal to Amazon.com and Dell.

Andy has over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, finance, M&A, and new business development at large organizations like Canon and Perkin-Elmer, and as co-founder of several startups in the imaging space. He holds multiple patents in digital imaging and content management and has participated in various international standards groups.

Special Thanks to our Sponsors!

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, intellectual property, brand protection and business litigation practice groups focusing on the representation of, among others, venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors. Our mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of our Firm. www.stubbsalderton.com

Capital InVentures is a New York-based boutique investment bank serving middle market companies in the $5-mm to $100-mm range. The firm performs consulting and investment banking services within the global financial community. Through its association with other investment banking houses, underwriters and other private and public, domestic and offshore financial sources, Capital InVentures handles venture capital deals, bridge and mezzanine financing, syndications, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, corporate capitalization, technology transfer, commercial debt and other creative business structures. www.CapitalInventures.com

Since 1985 the Los Angeles Venture Association has been providing forums where entrepreneurs and executives of start-up, emerging growth and late stage venture funded companies actively meet and learn from fellow executives, investors, bankers, financial advisors and other providers of professional services.

Our extensive slate of monthly Strategic Interest Group meetings and panel discussions feature exceptional presentations by prominent members of our investment, entrepreneurial, business and academic communities. Our annual Meet the VC conference, First Look LA and the LAVA Awards Dinner are our region’s premiere forums on investment capital. We also co-produce events with many of our affiliated organizations. www.lava.org

SAM Preccelerator Program Presents, “How to Network for Capital” with Len Lanzi of LAVA

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“HOW TO NETWORK FOR CAPITAL”

This session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community. We will interact and share best practices on business development and promoting your start-up.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016

5:30PM-8:00PM

FEATURING

Len Lanzi, Executive Director,
LA Venture Association, (LAVA)

Len Lanzi is Executive Director of LAVA, and has over 20 years of non-profit organization management and fund development experience. In his role, he works with the LAVA board of directors to direct the strategic plan and organize educational and informational programs about the venture business environment in the greater Los Angeles region.

SAM To Host: WinLAVA “Do it Yourself Marketing/Social Media – Building Your Market Presence” – September 24, 2014

Do it Yourself Marketing/Social Media

Building Your Market Presence

Date: September 24, 2014 Wednesday
Time: 11:30am-2:00pm

Location: Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
(1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300, Santa Monica, CA 90401)

Parking: Parking across the street in the Santa Monica Place Mall (first 90 minutes free. $1 for the next hour and $1.50 for each additional 30 minutes)

Free for LAVA Members $35 for Non-Members

Moderators:

Natalie Do, Steering committee member and sponsor of Women in LAVA (WinLAVA), VP, Relationship Manager of Torrey Pines Bank, specialize in banking and lending for professional service firms, middle market companies and non-profit organizations.

Maggie Shih, Steering committee member of Women in LAVA (WinLAVA), VP of Product & Technology Services at DataPop.

Presenters/Panelists

Jedd Gold
Co-Founder and CEO
The Kive Company

Jedd Gold is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Kive Company, creators of the Artkive app and Tastemaker Mom. Artkive has been featured on the Today Show, Katie Couric, named a Cool Mom Tech Pick of the Year, a Daily Candy Favorite Find of the year, and featured on iTunes for more than a year in their Best Apps for Parents category. Tastemaker Mom is a community whose insight and voices are helping shape the way brands market to women. Jedd co-founded and sold his last business which built training games for corporations and the government. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Jedd served as Managing Director of Marketing for Variety Magazine, and was VP of Marketing for an entertainment company where he was responsible for developing the brand strategies, marketing promotions, launch plans and corporate partnerships for properties such as Strawberry Shortcake. Jedd received his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Business and BA from the University of Michigan. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and 2 daughters.

Kelsey Doorey
Founder and CEO
Vow To Be Chic

Kelsey Doorey is the Founder and CEO of Vow To Be Chic, the first company to offer designer bridesmaid dress rentals, introducing cost savings and convenience to the bridesmaid experience and bringing an age-old tradition into the 21st century. It introduces an affordable, convenient, and stylish alternative to the status quo, offering dresses from $95 that retail for an average of $300. By offering designer bridesmaid dress rentals online, Vow To Be Chic is a disruptive concept in the bridal industry, bringing an age-old tradition into the 21st century. Being a bridesmaid is an expensive honor and we’re here to help. Kelsey has an MBA from UCLA Anderson and a BA from Columbia University. Prior to Vow, Kelsey worked as a management consultant for four years before following her passion to the retail industry. In retail, Kelsey has worked at RentTheRunway, Bloomingdale’s, Michael Kors, and BCBGMaxAzria.

Renee Miller
President/Creative Director
The Miller Group Advertising

Renee Miller has been recognized as one of Los Angeles’ leading creative directors. She has won nearly every major creative award including One Show, Communication Arts (CA), Best of the West, ADDY, Graphis, and N.Y. Art Directors Club. She has judged Communication Arts advertising annual and presented at several prestigious awards shows. For seven consecutive years, the Los Angeles Business Journal has named The Miller Group one of the top 75 women-owned businesses in Los Angeles. Renee was also one of 200 women in Los Angeles nominated for the “2007 Women Making a Difference” awards sponsored by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Renee has been featured in Adweek, Brandweek, Ad Age, Entrepreneur, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Marketing Sherpa and dozens of other publications around the country and has spoken to dozens of groups around the country, as well as guest lectured at UCLA, USC, UC Irvine, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount and Ohio State University.

Christine Woodward
Founder and CEO
Henry Woodward Communications

Christine Woodward has spent more than two decades creating successful marketing campaigns for companies across the Western United States. Through her consulting firm, Henry Woodward Communications, Chris has represented clients in a wide range of industries, including law, finance, accounting, health, insurance, architecture, engineering, real estate, recreation, high technology, and aviation. She has designed campaigns for Los Angeles World Airports, the Boeing Company, Earth Tech, Loyola Marymount University, Psomas, and Raging Waters Theme Parks, to name a few. Chris created My PR Tools to bring the benefit of her marketing and PR expertise to professionals and entrepreneurs. She designs comprehensive, affordable marketing campaigns designed to hit the sweet spot with target clients. Through her consulting packages, Chris brings the power of marketing and PR to professional services firms and start-ups at a fraction of the cost of hiring an agency. She helps her clients get up and running with proven, highly successful marketing strategies to get maximum exposure and boost revenues. Before forming her own company, Chris was director of Public Affairs for the 1,000-acre Playa Vista master-planned community just south of Marina del Rey, CA. Prior to that, she served on the executive staff of the Mayor of Los Angeles. Chris is a graduate of UCLA and a long time Manhattan Beach resident.

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