The Investment Capital Conference 2007

LAVA's Investment Capital Conference 2007

April 11, 2007  |  7am-6pm
Millennium Biltmore Hotel

For 14 years it has been the annual signature event of the Los Angeles Venture Association, our region's oldest, most successful organization focused on the financing of growth.

The conference features a unique content-rich program, top level and effective networking and The Capital Zone®.  It is structured to deliver unique, uncommon and essential knowledge and contacts to executives from early-stage to middle-market companies, and is marketed to senior executives and capital providers throughout the region.

This year, the conference will feature many great speakers, including:

  • Salman Ullah, director of corporate development, Google Inc., luncheon keynote speaker.
  • Sean Dempsey, corporate development principal, Google Inc., luncheon keynote speaker.
  • Jim Flanigan, former Los Angeles Times Financial Editor and current New York Times columnist, breakfast keynote.
  • Forbes magazine Editor Neil Weinberg, panel moderator.
  • Serial entrepreneur and Web.com CEO Jeff Stibel, panelist.

Two education tracks will feature 8 panels of CEO's and nationally recognized speakers:

  • The Money Track: How to find capital sources at the stages of growth from startup to exit.
  • The Leadership Track: How to assemble a board and management team to best drive growth and attract investors.

The Investment Capital Conference offers senior executives and board members the ideal place to:

  • Meet the nation's providers of growth financing, including top venture capital firms, private equity funds, PIPE investors, and lenders.
  • Benefit from CEOs' "war stories" and guidance.
  • Catch up on the latest issues affecting the financing and M&A markets.
  • Hear what CEOs of the most dynamic growth companies think will be the defining trends for 2007.

For investors:

  •  Meet hundreds of rapidly growing companies interested in obtaining financing.

For advisory firms: 

  • Reach out to a top-tier demographic.
  • Establish or reinforce a brand.
  • Form new key relationships.   

INVESTMENT CAPITAL CONFERENCE 2006

Over 800 people attended the conference in 2006, representing most sectors of Southern California's financial, business and academic communities.

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Virtually everyone found the conference extremely valuable, enjoying the educational panels, the keynote speeches, the day-long networking and The Capital Zone.

   
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Salman Ullah, Google
Lunch Keynote
SALMAN ULLAH
Director of Acquisitions
Google Inc.
Sean Dempsey, Google
Lunch Keynote
SEAN DEMPSEY
Principal, Corporate Development
Google Inc.


Turbo-charged networking event for entrepreneurs, CEOs, CFOs, board members, agents and advisors. Dozens of VCs, PIPE investors, private equity funds and other equity and debt providers representing billions of available financing in one room and "open for business".


Company Lifecycle: Financing Growth from Startup to Exit.
Capital providers and CEOs give strategic advice and market- driven information
that executives need
at the four key stages
of their companies’ development.


Building People Value:  Success Factors of an Effective Leader.
Subject matter experts, CEOs, and investors discuss people factors that contribute to building successful organizations.

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> List of speakers.

Register by March 14 and save up to $55.
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