Like its sister event in Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. Venture Summit East will also host 14 “Best of Breed CEO Showcases” handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list, and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.
The goal of Venture Summit East is to match growth-company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities. At the Venture Summit, our editors will also honor the “AO Top DealMakers” and the annual “AO Industry Analyst All-Star Team.”
Who Attends Venture Summit East
Five hundred institutional investors, venture capitalists, investment bankers, research analysts and corporate buyers will attend Venture Summit East. The most influential members of the financial and
technology media and blogging community will also be on hand to moderate debates and cover the action. Executives attend Venture Summit East to identify and debate emerging investment opportunities in venture and private equity funds and private growth companies, and to build high-level relationships with technology and greentech CEOs and corporate buyers.
Confirmed and Invited Speakers
- Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner, Battery Ventures
- Peter Antoinette, Founder and CEO, Nanocomp Technologies
- Murali Aravamudan, CEO, Veveo
- Mark Atkins, CEO, Invention Machine
- Brad Ball, President & CEO, LoyaltyMatch
- Scott Beatty, Founder, Treedia Labs
- David Beisel, VP, Venrock
- Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks
- Nilanjana Bhowmik, Partner, Longworth Venture Partners
- Paul Bowen, President, Bowen Advisors
- Moderator: Victor Boyajian, National Chair, Sonnenschein
- Gordon Burnes, VP Marketing, Open Pages
- Moderator: Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group
- Darren Chuckry, COO, MEN7
- Dan Ciporin, Venture Partner, Canaan Partners
- Beau Coash, Head Primary Trader, Fidelity Management and Research
- Seth Coe-Sullivan, CTO, QD Vision
- Andy Cohen, Senior Director, Strategic Development, Citrix
- Ira Cohen, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Kelly Conlin, CEO, NameMedia
- John Cooper, Managing Director, Montgomery & Company
- Drew Curtis, Founder, Fark
- Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
- Moderator: Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Co.
- Desh Deshpande, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks
- Patricia Dinneen, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company
- Ron Elwell, Senior Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Scott English, VP Strategic Investments, Hearst Interactive Media
- Christopher Farmer, VP, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Omid Farokhzad, Assist. Professor of Anesthesioligy, Harvard Medical School
- Anthony Florence, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
- Moderator: Bambi Francisco, Founder, Vator.TV
- Scott Friend, Venture Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
- Rich Garnick, CEO, Conjoin Group
- Bob Geiman, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
- Julie Gerstenberger, Head of External Alliances, Kodak
- James Geshwiler, Managing Director, CommonAngels
- Paul Gibson, SVP, Bridge Bank
- Arthur Goikhman, CEO, Cellufun
- Allison Goldberg, Executive Director, Time Warner Investments
- Jonah Goodhart, Managing Member, Point Ventures Group
- Bret Gordon, CEO, Wandrian
- Moderator: Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
- Chris Greendale, General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners
- George Grey, CEO, Mobicious
- Jacqueline Hampton, Executive Director, Strategic Planning , Time Inc
- Clinton Harris, Managing Partner, Grove Street Advisors
- Kamal Hassan, CEO, Skymeter Corp
- Steve Hauser, VP of Strategy, GridPoint, GG100 2007
- John Hession, Partner in Charge, Cooley Godward Kronish
- Aaron Hill, MD, Head of Telecom. Investment Banking, Cowen & Company
- Eric Hippeau, Managing Director, Softbank Capital
- David Horowitz, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital
- Brian Hughes, Partner, KPMG
- Chet Kanojia, CEO, Navic Networks
- Ben Kartzman, CEO, Spongecell
- David Kidder, CEO, Clickable
- Moderator: Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe
- Martin Knestrick, CEO, ioglobal inc
- Keith Kocho, President & Founder, ExtendMedia
- Venkat Kolluri, CEO, Chitika
- Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank
- Warren Lammert, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Granite Point Capital
- Waikit Lau, Co-Founder, ScanScout
- Moderator: David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners
- Church Lewis, Managing Director, Needham & Company
- Drew Lipsher, Partner, Greycroft
- Nick MacShane, Senior Managing Director, Progress Partners
- Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners
- Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures
- Mark May, Principal, Investment Research, Needham & Company
- Moderator: Jeff McCarthy, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
- Bob McCooey, Sr. VP of Global Capital Markets, NASDAQ
- Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners
- Terry McGuire, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
- Lucy McQuilken, Investment Manager, Intel Capital
- Dr. Robert Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
- Moderator: Thomas Meyers, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
- Gary Miliefsky, Founder, NetClarity
- Andrew Miller, CEO, Quattro Wireless
- Jonathan Miller, Co-Founder, Velocity Investment Group
- Allen Miner, Chairman & CEO, SunBridge Group
- James Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co
- David Moore, CEO, 24/7 Real Media
- Mark Moran, CEO, Finding Dulcinea
- Richard Nacht, CEO, Blogging Systems
- Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman, One Laptop per Child
- Dan Olschwang, CEO, JumpTap -- OM100 2007 & AO100 2007
- Lon Otremba, CEO, Access 360 Media
- Eric Paley, General Manager, Brontes Technologies, a 3M Company
- Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca Technologies
- Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
- Justin Perreault, General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures
- Leslie Pfrang, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities
- Jack Philbin, Co-Founder and President, Vibes
- Edwin Poston, General Partner, TrueBridge Capital Partners
- Adi Pundak-Mintz, General Partner, Gemini Israel Fund
- Ernie Riddle, CEO, Astadia
- Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
- Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net
- Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource
- Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital
- Moderator: Bill Sahlman, Harvard Business School
- Jon Sakoda, Principal, NEA
- Jit Saxena, CEO, Netezza
- Moderator: Bill Schnoor, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
- Erik Schwartz, Founder and CEO, Foneshow
- Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Partners
- Steven Siegel, CEO, NPPI Development Corp
- Moderator: John Simon, Managing Partner, General Catalyst Partners
- David Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners
- Glen Solimine, Founder and CEO, Speranza Systems
- Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
- Christopher Spray, Partner, Atlas Venture
- Youssef Squali, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company
- Rick Steele, CEO, NuRide
- Greg Stento, Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners
- Greg Strakosch, Co-Founder, Techtarget
- Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG
- Moderator: Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com
- Tucker Twitmyer, Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital
- Rogier Visser, President, Swoot
- Tom Watts, Managing Director, Cowen & Company
- Moderator: Larry Weber, Chairman, W2 Group, Inc.
- Robin Weiss, SVP, Investment Banking Services, NYSE
- Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., CEO & Vice-Chair, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
- Tom Wilde, CEO, EveryZing
- Gerry Wilson, CEO, Yoonew
- Ramu Yalamanchi, CEO, hi5
- Moderator: Adam Zawel, Chief Collaboration Officer, INmobile.org
- Moderator: Ken Zolot, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering Moderator
Venture Summit East Program
To view the Venture Summit East program click here.
If you would like to suggest speakers or panel topics, contact Rich Seidner at richs@alwayson-network.com
Trends and Topics
- East Coast VCs Go Green
- Is There Still Upside in the Internet?
- The Boutiques Versus the Bulge Bracket Firms
- So You Wanna be a VC
- Corporate Buyers — Investing in Green
- The AO All Star Analyst Team
- Corporate Buyers — What's Whetting Their Appetite?
- Corporate Media & Entertainment -- What are They Looking For?
- The State of the Tech IPO Buyers & Sellers
Venture Summit East Brand Sponsor Program
Sponsors gain brand exposure and communicate their leadership positions to the Venture Summit's attendees through a powerful combination of video commercials, e-marketing campaigns, print advertising, on-site material distribution, signage and program exposure. Brand sponsorship is open to technology, service and investment firms, and high-end consumer brands.
CEO Showcase Opportunity
Thirty-six top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at Venture Summit East. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
- Consumer and Media
- Devices and Components
- Enablers
- Enterprise
- Greentech
- Infrastructure
- Mobile
To find out how your company can join Venture Summit East's distinguished group of sponsors, and for detailed information on the CEO Showcase opportunity, please contact:
Eastern USA
Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
Mobile 310.351.5671
Jennifer Slatkin
Erin Elton
erin@alwayson-network.com
714.474.4761
Northern California/
Pacific Northwest
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427
Event Tickets
If you want to order your ticket by phone or inquire about group rates, contact Michelle Hughes at 415.367.9538 ext. 103 or michelle@alwayson-network.com.
Program Information
If you have feedback on our program or would like to suggest speakers or panel topics, contact:
Rich Seidner
Hotel Information
To secure a room under the special
group rate of $395.00, please call the
Reservations Department at 617.351.2036
and reference the AlwaysOn Conference.
Four Seasons Hotel, Boston
200 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116
Tel. 617.338.4400 Fax. 617.423.0154
