SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Menlo Ventures: Focus On Enterprise Software, Mobile & Consumer Internet, Semi-conductors, Health Care And Communications' April 5, 2007

SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Menlo Ventures: Focus On Enterprise Software, Mobile & Consumer Internet, Semi-conductors, Health Care And Communications'

Event: 'VC Breakfast: Menlo Ventures: Focus On Enterprise Software, Mobile & Consumer Internet, Semi-conductors, Health Care And Communications'

Date: Thursday, April 05, 2007 At 08:00
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Contact Info:
CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693 Email: [email protected]
URL: svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=854

The featured VC will be Adam Marchick, Investment Analyst, Menlo Ventures. www.menloventures.com

EVENT LOCATION: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures provides long-term capital and management support to early-stage and emerging-growth companies. We are one of Silicon Valley's oldest venture capital partnerships, and have organized and managed nine venture funds since our inception in 1976. With over $3.9 billion under management, and a team with over one hundred years of collective experience in technology, marketing, sales and general management, we have the resources to support the most ambitious of projects.

We are pleased to announce the formation of Menlo Ventures X, L.P, capitalized at $1,200,000,000. The fund will be invested in emerging growth companies of all stages within the technology sector. Menlo Ventures continues its commitment to being a long-term, active partner to visionary entrepreneurs.

We look for people and ideas that ultimately have the potential to build enduring, stand-alone, public companies. These businesses have the following characteristics:

> A large addressable market
> A product or service that results in dramatic hard-dollar cost-savings or productivity improvements
> A plan to achieve and sustain market leadership
> A sustainable source of competitive advantage
> A realistic business model and financing plan that leads to profitability and positive cash flow

Investment decisions at Menlo Ventures are made as a group; we believe that each partner brings a unique and valuable perspective to the analysis of every opportunity. After an initial reading of a business plan, one partner may request a first meeting with a company to learn more about the business and meet the entrepreneurs. If it seems that there is a good fit between Menlo and the company, we will perform extensive due diligence to make sure that we fully understand the business and share its vision. We always want to meet the entire management team and make a site visit. A final meeting with our entire partnership follows before an investment decision is made. We understand how time-consuming fundraising can be for a small company, so we streamline our internal processes as much as possible, and ensure that every meeting is a constructive and valuable experience.

Menlo Ventures has invested in more than 300 companies in a wide range of industries since its inception in 1976.

Adam Marchick

Adam joined Menlo Ventures in 2004 and is involved with the firm's investments in Ingrian, Mobius, Questra and Tentoe. Prior to Menlo, Adam worked as a software engineer for Siebel Systems, developing highly transactional and performance intensive software applications. Previously, he worked as a communications and high tech analyst for Accenture LLP, as a software engineer for Jarna, Inc. and as an encoding engineer for iBEAM Broadcasting. Adam is a graduate of Stanford University (B.S. in Computer Science). As an undergraduate, he co-founded StrongBox Networks, which built next-generation Remote Enterprise Access solutions.

COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY.

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693

LOCATION: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

Official Website: http://svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=854