EVENT DETAILS

LAVA Special Event
LAVA Holiday Party / Shaking The MoneyTree

Tuesday December 2, 2008
5:30pm-8pm

Pasadena Jazz Institute, 260 E. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 206, Pasadena, CA 91105 (map)

Generously Sponsored by:

Come join the LAVA Holiday Party and PwC "Shaking the MoneyTree" presentation at the Pasadena Jazz Institute at the Paseo Colorado.

Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2008.

PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters.

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

• Wine and Beer Bar
• Hors d'oeuvres
• Jazz Combo
• Come network with your LAVA friends

Current Confirmed Panelists

• Stephen Watkins, Principal, Arcturus Capital
• Kevin Scanlon, Tech Coast Angels
• George Abe, UCLA

Panelist Profiles

	Stephen Watkins Principal Arcturus Capital   Mr. Watkins serves as a Principal of the General Partner and is one of the original organizers of the Fund. Mr. Watkins has extensive experience in financing and operating technology companies. In 1999, Mr. Watkins co-founded GetStartedHere, a technology accelerator dedicated to the development of start-up companies in Southern California. The company established networks between technology companies and large service providers, investors and institutions, such as the CalTech. In 2000, GetStartedHere facilitated the financing of over $50 million in private equity for early to late stage technology companies.   Mr. Watkins is a partner in the technology incubator CO2 and advises the Los Angeles County incubator, Business Technology Center. Both facilities are located in the San Gabriel Valley and develop technologies that are licensed from JPL and CalTech.   Prior to his work in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Watkins served as legislative assistant to Congressman David Dreier, covering domestic policy issues, including HCFA and NIH policy. Mr. Watkins earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Anderson School at UCLA and received his undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley.
	Kevin Scanlon TechCoast Angels   Kevin is a cancer specialist and molecular biologist turned angel investor. Years ago he worked in Berlin at Schering AG to build up their cancer program in Europe, Asia and the US. While there he began genomics research to identify novel genes that cause cancer, validating and then patenting them. Today Kevin is a member of the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. He's the angel expert on the life sciences and medical devices.
	George Abe UCLA   George Abe is a lecturer and Faculty Director of the Applied Management Research (AMR) Program at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. His teaching responsibilities include entrepreneurship, business plan development and field study program advisories. AMR is the field study program, required of all full time MBA students.   He was Business Development Manager for the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, which is responsible for patent protection and commercialization of UCLA research.   Previously, he was a venture partner with Palomar Ventures, a VC firm in Santa Monica, California. Before Palomar, he was with Cisco Systems in the office of the chief technical officer. Prior to that he was with Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE:IN, now BT) where he designed Infonet’s IP data service and helped spinout the company from its parent, Computer Sciences Corp (NYSE: CSC).   From 1998 until 2006, he was a member of the board of directors of Switchcore AB, a publicly traded fabless semiconductor designer in Sweden. He has also held board of director positions with various startup companies and not-for-profit organizations.   He is the author of Residential Broadband, which presents an analysis of high-speed residential networking, published by Cisco Press.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

LAVA Hosts PWC Shaking the MoneyTree
5:30pm Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Pasadena Jazz Institute, Pasadena

LAVA Breakfast: Funding Clean Tech Venture
7:00am Tuesday December 9, 2008
LUXE Summit Hotel Sunset, Los Angeles

Event Pricing

*Please note: This event is hosted by LAVA and PricewaterhouseCoopers therefore additional event fees apply. Your membership allows discounted pricing to any LAVA related event. Member pricing for regular breakfasts are for LAVA only hosted events, our next LAVA breakfast is on Tuesday December 9th, 2008. Thank you.

Cancellation Policy

• Breakfast/Event cancellations must be received and confirmed by NOON the day before the breakfast/event to receive a refund. Email info@lava.org to submit a cancellation. Your cancellation is not effective until LAVA Member Services responds to confirm.
• No-shows and late cancellations will be charged the full breakfast/event price
• Late registrations (after the online pre-reg cutoff) are non-refundable

Payment Policy

Registrations must be made online via Credit Card - Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards are welcomed. In special circumstances, checks will be accepted before the event at the discretion of LAVA Member Services. Any checks not received in time will require credit card payment onsite.

Sponsor Profiles

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a corporate, securities and technology law firm that combines technical excellence with a responsive, service-oriented and entrepreneurial attitude that is the hallmark of our Firm.

 

We are a strategic partner to our clients and have broad and extensive experience representing companies from start-up through liquidity in complex private and public transactions. We assess our clients’ business needs and develop innovative legal strategies to help them achieve their goals, directly undertaking those matters for which we have substantial expertise, and identifying and managing the most appropriate legal resources to handle specialty areas outside of our core disciplines. www.biztechlaw.com

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 140,000 people in 149 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers is the service provider of choice to venture capital and private equity firms around the world. While we are known for providing specialized tax and assurance services to clients, we also recognize that venture capitalists succeed only when their portfolio succeeds. Consequently, our approach to serving venture capital and private equity clients is oriented around helping portfolio companies turn their visions into reality.

 

In that regard, PricewaterhouseCoopers has helped countless start-up companies develop their business plans, secure financing, execute their strategy, build value and create wealth through IPOs, merger transactions and other liquidity events. www.pwc.com