Announcing the “Nittany Lion Early Stage Venture Capital” Conference
January 30, 2009
This March, the Smeal College of Business is hosting the inaugural Nittany Lion Early Stage Venture Capital conference. Details are available on the conference web site.
From the web site: “The conference theme is bridging the gap between venture capitalists, angel investors, and academia by bringing various perspectives for collaboration between these three communities.”
Based on the agenda listed on the site, presently there are four panel sessions scheduled:
- Panel 1: The Current State of Early-Stage Venture Capital: Investing in technology of the future
- Panel 2: Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists: How to make the relationship work
- Panel 3: Micro-Equity Funds: New models for early-stage investing
- Panel 4: Academia as an Early-Stage Collaborator: A resource-based view of how academia can add value to early-stage venture investing
The conference organizing team reports that thus far, they have received commitments from 14 panelists “representing active institutional and corporate venture capital, independent angel groups, technology incubators, and academic experts to discuss critical issues facing early-stage venture investing.”
The event will be held on March 20, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at The Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel, University Park, PA.
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It’s been a bit of a hiatus (ok, quite a while), but I’m back. The last few months have been quite busy work-wise, but there is some interesting PSU entrepreneurship news to report, so I’ll endeavor to resume my regular posting.
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