GSV: In Front of the Crowd

GSV: In Front of the Crowd
The investing landscape for angels and institutional VCs is changing with the introduction of equity crowdfunding and the rapid growth of startup accelerators and incubators.
To help investors get out “In Front of the Crowd”, GSV Capital and nestGSV are hosting an event highlighting the impacts from the dynamic changes in the equity crowdfunding industry and the dramatic rise of accelerators, incubators and ecobators.
Agenda:
2:30pm - 3:00pm Registration and Tour of nestGSV… Show more
3:00pm - 3:15pm Opening Remarks: Michael Moe
3:15pm - 4:00pm To Be or Not To Be - Equity Crowdfunding: Jason Best, Jim Connor, David Drake, others TBA. Moderated by Ari Levy.
4:00pm - 5:00pm The Rise of Accelerators, Incubators and Ecobators: Kayvan Baroumand, Matt Holleran, Paul Spinrad, David Koehn, others TBA . Moderated by Ari Levy.
5:00pm - 6:30pm Wine Tasting and Networking
Our Stellar Speakers:
Michael Moe, CFA
Chairman & CEO, GSV Capital
Michael is well known and regarded as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on growth investing. His insights are routinely solicited by everyone from CNBC to Barron’s to Congress. Recognized as one of the best and brightest investors on Wall Street, his honors include Institutional Investor' s “All American” research team, The Wall Street Journal' s “Best on the Street” award, and being named by Business Week as “one of the best stock pickers in the country.” Full Bio
Kayvan Baroumand
Founder & CEO, nestGSV
Having long evangelized the concept of “Global Entrepreneurship,” Kayvan has now founded nestGSV, the physical manifestation of his creed. Before starting this enterprise, Kayvan was the founding COO of Plug and Play Tech Center and most recently the President of Always On. He has over 15 years of management and international business experience in the technology manufacturing and distribution sectors, and a strong network in the venture capital and angel investment community. Full Bio
Matt Holleran
Venture Partner, Emergence Capital Partners
Matt Holleran is a Venture Partner at Emergence. He defines new investment strategies, leads investments and takes board seats. He started and leads the firm's Business Freemium Strategy. He sourced and was a board member of ServiceMax and sourced and is a board observer of Box. He also led the investment in Insightly and is a board member. Full Bio
Jason Best
Principal, Crowdfund Capital Advisors
As a successful investor and entrepreneur, Jason brings over 10 years of executive leadership experience founding and leading companies, one of which earned an INC 500 award two years in a row as one of 500 fastest growing private companies in the U.S. He has served as a member of the leadership team in two companies that raised over $40 million in private capital. Jason understands the challenges facing entrepreneurs and the important role that capital, execution and mentorship play in the development of successful high-growth businesses. Full Bio
Jim Connor
Board, Sand Hill Angels
Jim Connor has been involved in software applications addressing the capital markets for the past 20 years in multiple roles. He has been a founder/CEO, CFO, Treasurer and angel investor. Jim serves as a Board Director and Treasurer of the Sand Hill Angels, is a Board Director of Liftopia, First Focus Learning Systems and the Angel Capital Association (ACA). He serves on the Advisory Board of the New Schools Venture Fund, Tabtor and Noca. Jim was the founder and CEO of SymPro, Inc., managed the acquisition with JP Morgan Chase and served as the Division President until 2007. Jim has a personal investment interest in the Educational Technology sector, perceiving that the time right for affordable technology to broaden access and the quality of educational content delivery available to all types of students.
Paul Spinrad
MAKE Magazine, Wired
Paul Spinrad is starting a publication that does for the crowdfunding revolution what Wired did for the digital revolution in the 1990s and MAKE has been doing for the maker movement: invite people in, empower them to do exciting new things, cover the changing landscape, wax philosophical, be critical, and generally offer a trustworthy, independent voice for this new movement of grassroots empowerment. Paul was the first person to propose and pursue a crowdfunding exemption to U.S. securities laws, which was passed as part of the JOBS Act of 2012. Some have called this the most significant change to securities laws since the 1930s. Full Bio .
David Drake
Founder, The Soho Loft
David Drake is the founder of The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Series (“TSL”) which promotes and facilitates capital formation for the Private Company Marketplace (PCM). Mr. Drake is also the Chairman of LDJ Capital in New York City and a thought leader on the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Start-Ups Act) including, but not limited to, Reg A+, Reg D 506, Crowd Funding Capital and Onramp IPO. He is the founder and former executive board member of both the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) and the leading crowdfunding global trade network, the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA). He was also a member of the U.S. Commerce Department’s delegation to Brussels and Rome where he met with European Ministers and national legislators at the Transatlantic Economic Council forum last July 2012. Full Bio
David Koehn
Member, Sand Hill Angels
David has over 15 years experience focused on entrepreneurship and innovation. David has founded several start-ups including one focused on ecotourism and another focused on enterprise mobility. David has also assisted many start-ups in their growth and invests in about 6 deals a year. David has helped start-ups in many ways from assuming the CEO role and closing a series C, to transforming their business models and market approaches, to acting as a senior advisor, board observer, and board advisor. Full Bio
Our Fabulous Moderator:
Ari Levy
Reporter, Bloomberg News
As a technology reporter at Bloomberg, Ari Levy has covered networking, Internet and mobility while following deals and dealmakers in private equity and venture capital. He joined Bloomberg in 2003 as a stock market reporter in New York and moved to San Francisco in 2006 to write about Silicon Valley, focusing on startups over the past three years. He is also a regular contributor to Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. Ari has a master’s degree in business journalism from Baruch College in New York.

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