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    <title>Venture Capital and Angel Investor Events</title>
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      <title>Food Investing Conference, Thursday, August 29, 2013</title>
      <description>Interested in meeting early-stage Investors in the Food Industries?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

Then register for the FundingPost Food Investing Conference on Thursday, August 29, at the International Culinary Center in New York City!&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
FundingPost has hosted 200+ sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 11 years.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

If you are an Investor, Company, Service Provider, or Member of the Press in &lt;B&gt;food, restaurant, food products, food tech, restaurant tech, services, consumables or packaged goods... either on the creative side, product side or the technology that supports it, such as logistics, ordering, marketing, tracking, shipping, or sales&lt;/B&gt;, this is a Must-Attend event!
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

The panels for the day:&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;i&gt;Early-Stage Consumer Products Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;i&gt;Growing your food business:  Protecting and selling your product, and positioning it for a capital raise.&lt;/i&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;I&gt;Using CrowdFunding to raise capital for your food company&lt;/I&gt;
&lt;!--&lt;LI&gt;&lt;I&gt;Keynote: Top Ten Reasons Investors Pass...and Ways to Enhance Odds of Raising Capital. Presented by Andy Whitman, Managing Partner, 2x Consumer Growth Partners&lt;/I&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;I&gt;Keynote: Start-up War stories from a Successful Consumer Products company. Presented by Harris Romanoff, VP Product Management, Neat&lt;/I&gt;--&gt;
&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
Who should attend?&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;b&gt;
* Food entrepreneurs raising capital.&lt;BR&gt;
* Food Investors (VCs, Angels &amp; Corporate) to meet companies and speak on our panels.&lt;BR&gt; 
* Exhibiting Companies to demo their stuff for partners and investors.&lt;BR&gt;
* sponsors to moderate panels, exhibit and meet Food companies and investors.&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, things that are most important to Investors when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, grow their business, use crowdfunding, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors.
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; 
&lt;B&gt;Breakfast Workshop:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
Additionally, ALL companies can attend the &lt;B&gt;Pitching Workshop Breakfast from 8am-10am&lt;/B&gt;.  During this workshop we will completely deconstruct your elevator pitch, and work with you on formulating a clean and concise elevator pitch giving the important information that investors NEED to hear to make an educated decision on your company!
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;There will be plenty of time for networking with the Investor panelists, both before &amp; after the panels and at the networking Lunch and Cocktail Party!&lt;/B&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;Exhibitors&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
There will also be several exhibitors at this event - if you have an amazing product you want to show off, you can have a exhibit booth at the event. This room will be filled with talent - Bring your best stuff!  Exhibiting Companies will give a 2 Minute Elevator Pitch in person to the Panel of Investors during the event!&lt;B&gt; There are only 12 space left for Exhibitors.&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees. All of the Investors will get your company description and contact info!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

	The International Culinary Center, 
462 Broadway, 4th Floor&lt;BR&gt;
	New York, 
	NY10013&lt;BR&gt;  
	Thursday, August 29, 2013,  
	8am-6pm&lt;BR&gt;  
	

	

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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:56:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chicago VC &amp; Angel Event, Thursday, April 25, 2013</title>
      <description>Interested in meeting early-stage Tech Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in The Chicago Area?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

Then register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, April 25, 2013 -
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
FundingPost has hosted 220+ sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 12 years.&lt;BR&gt;
At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on &lt;B&gt;Early-Stage Tech Venture Investing:&lt;BR&gt;How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!&lt;/B&gt; We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors. &lt;B&gt;There will be plenty of time for networking with the Investor panelists, both before the panel &amp; after the panel at the Cocktail Party!&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees. All of the Investors will get your company description and contact info! 
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
We will be focusing on the tech sectors for this one, including: mobile, SaaS, software, cloud, healthcareIT, medical tech, Adtech, gaming, new media, web-enabled services, etc...
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;Register today, as this event will sell-out! There are only 54 seats left!  
&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

Additionally, there will be an &lt;B&gt;Optional Pitching Workshop Lunch from 11am-1pm&lt;/B&gt;.  The cost to participate in the workshop will be $350. This Lunch Workshop goes in-depth into what makes a good elevator pitch. We help you build your pitch from the ground up, helping you to give investors a clean and concise elevator pitch, with the information they NEED to hear to make a decision on your company. It includes the $75 ticket to the event and a 2-minute Pitching Spot to the Investors during the event! &lt;/B&gt;

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	131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1700&lt;BR&gt;
	Chicago, 
	IL60601&lt;BR&gt;  
	Thursday, April 25, 2013,  
	2:00pm - 6:00pm&lt;BR&gt;  
	
	Sponsored By: Perkins Coie LLP&lt;BR&gt;  
	
	, WeiserMazars&lt;BR&gt;  
	

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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:56:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Washington DC VC &amp; Angel Event, Thursday, July 18, 2013</title>
      <description>Interested in meeting early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in DC?&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

Then register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, July 18, 2013 -
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
FundingPost has hosted 200+ sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 11 years.&lt;BR&gt;
At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on &lt;B&gt;Early-Stage Venture Investing:&lt;BR&gt;How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!&lt;/B&gt; We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors. &lt;B&gt;There will be plenty of time for networking with the Investor panelists, both before the panel &amp; after the panel at the Cocktail Party!&lt;/B&gt;

&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;
As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees. All of the Investors will get your company description and contact info! 
&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;Register today, as this event will sell-out and seating is limited! 
&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;

Additionally, there will be an &lt;B&gt;Optional Pitching Workshop Lunch from 11am-1pm&lt;/B&gt;.  The cost to participate in the workshop will be $350. This Lunch Workshop goes in-depth into what makes a good elevator pitch. We help you build your pitch from the ground up, helping you to give investors a clean and concise elevator pitch, with the information they NEED to hear to make a decision on your company. It includes the $75 ticket to the event and a 2-minute Pitching Spot to the Investors during the event! &lt;/B&gt;
&lt;BR&gt;


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	Bingham McCutchen&lt;BR&gt;
2020 K Street NW&lt;BR&gt;
	Washington, 
	DC20006-1806&lt;BR&gt;  
	Thursday, July 18, 2013,  
	2:00pm - 6:00pm&lt;BR&gt;  
	
	Sponsored By: Bingham McCutchen&lt;BR&gt;  
	
	, WeiserMazars&lt;BR&gt;  
	

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      <author>info@FundingPost.com (FundingPost)</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:56:10 GMT</pubDate>
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