Venture Northwest 2008
This forum allows new and emerging companies from Oregon, Washington and throughout the Pacific Northwest the opportunity to connect with other entrepreneurs, learn about the areas other hot emerging companies, and make presentations before investors from various venture capital firms. Venture Northwest is part of a program of support for entrepreneurs from The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), the largest entrepreneur assistance organization in the state of Oregon providing resources and support for emerging, growth-oriented companies in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
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Location
- Portland Marriott (Downtown)
- 1401 SW Naito Parkway
- Portland, Oregon 97201
Presenters & Speakers
Attendees
More than 50 investors from 35 venture capital firms attended the conference in the 2007, including American River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Blueprint Ventures, Cargill Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Sierra Ventures, and Trinity Ventures from Silicon Valley; Buerk Dale Victor, Fluke Venture Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Voyager Capital from Seattle; Altien Ventures, Mt. Hood Equity Partners, SmartForest Ventures, Capybara Ventures, Northwest Technology Ventures, Vencore Capital and OVP Venture Partners from Portland; and corporate investors such as Intel and Microsoft.
Sponsors
Agenda
- 7:30 - 9:00 AM
- Investor Only Breakfast
- Sustainable Investing
- Sponsored by Pacific Power
- 8:00 - 9:00
- Continental Breakfast
- Sponsored by Comerica Bank
- 9:00 - 9:15
- Opening Comments
- Welcome to VNW
- Welcoming remarks
- 9:15 - 10:15
- First round of presentations, Sponsored by Vencore Capital
- Advanced Inquiry
- END Footwear
- Splashcast
- Tamarac, Inc.
- NuScale Power
- 10:15 - 10:30
- Regional Success Story
- Insitu, Inc. - CEO Steve Sliwa
- 10:30 - 10:50
- Coffee Break
- Sponsored by Jones Partners
- 10:50 – 11:45
- Second round of presentations, Sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP
- RNA
- Topaz Bridge
- Revelation
- AboutUs
- Collaborative Software Initiative
- 11:45 – 12:00 PM
- Regional Success Story
- nLIGHT - CEO Scott Keeney
- Sponsored by Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
- 12:00 -12:30
- Lunch begins
- 12:30 - 1:00
- Keynote Interview (lunch continues)
- Sponsored by Stoel Rives
- 1:00 – 1:15
- Regional Success Story
- Micro Power - CEO Greg Love
- 1:15 – 2:00
- Third round of presentations
- DepotPoint
- M-Six
- Rallypoint
- Wi-Chi
- 2:00 – 2:20
- Coffee Break
- Sponsored by Credit Suisse
- 2:20 - 3:00
- TiE Keynote
- Desh Deshpande – Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy
- 3:00
- Corporate Development Executive Networking Reception
