After two successful years on the West Coast, the VC industry's top LP/VC networking event heads east.
The last two Octobers in San Francisco, the editors of VCJ, Reuters and peHUB.com brought together over 65 investors and gathered more than 300 attendees overall to hear some of the best content to be found in venture anywhere. The event also arranged over 100 LP/VC private meetings through our efficient ExecConnect meetings program. Following this success, the editors of VCJ decided it was time to establish an east coast version of the event.
This year, we're introducing Venture Alpha East, part of the PartnerConnect series of alternative assets events April 3-5 at the Boston Seaport Hotel. Created by VCJ, peHUB.com, and Reuters News, last year's PartnerConnect event had over 750 senior delegates from the PE community, as well as over 160 investors.
Attendees at Venture Alpha East also can attend our LP-focused Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Symposium, a concurrent 3 day event focused on the needs of institutional investors in alternatives. For more details on the AIM Symposium, you may visit its home page here.
If you're in VC, there's no better place to be in April than at Venture Alpha East at PartnerConnect.
Fundraising, networking, deal flow and more for Venture Alpha East at PartnerConnect:
- Get a month's worth of fundraising, and networking done at one time.
- Meet the investors you need to meet, who are personally recruited for the event.
- Attend pre-arranged one-on-one meetings with LPs through our exclusive ExecConnect* program.
- Get the latest global venture capital fundraising intelligence from global data provider, Thomson Reuters.
- Attend our partner events. More info on those here.
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William A. Ackman
CEO
Pershing Square Capital Management -
Peter Barris
Managing General Partner
NEA -
Matt Botein
Managing Director, Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors
BlackRock -
Anne-Marie Fink
Chief Investment Officer
Employees Retirement System of Rhode Island
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Katie Hall
CEO & CIO
Hall Capital Partners -
Marina Mavrakis
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity, High Yield & Distressed Investments
TIAA-CREF -
Jane Mendillo
President & Chief Executive Officer
Harvard Management Company -
David Rubenstein
Co-CEO, Co-Founder
The Carlyle Group
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Eric Upin
Chief Investment Officer & Managing Director
Makena Capital Management -
Mark W. Yusko
CEO & Chief Investment Officer
Morgan Creek Capital Management
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Katherine Barr
Managing Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures -
Rod Favaron
President & CEO
Spreadfast -
Adam Marcus
Managing Director
OpenView Venture Partners -
Shervin Pishevar
Co-CEO, Sherpa Foundry, and Venture Advisor, Menlo Ventures
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Bijan Sabet
General Partner
Spark Capital -
J Sider
CEO & Founder
BandPage -
Mark Suster
Partner
GRP Partners
DAY 1 - Wednesday April 3
x8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
x8:10 a.m. Plenary Keynote: Mark W. Yusko
x8:40 a.m. Plenary Keynote Interview: David Rubenstein & Stephen Adler
12:30 p.m. Plenary Lunch
x1:20 p.m. Plenary Keynote Interview: Jane Mendillo
x2:00 p.m. Angel & Venture Capital Investment Strategies, produced by event partner The Soho Loft
x2:00 p.m. Bonus Presentation: Alternatives Outlook 2013, sponsored by Rothstein Kass:
x5:15 p.m. VCJ-Soho Loft Networking Reception
x7:00 p.m. Day 1 Concludes
DAY 2 - Thursday April 4
x8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
x8:10 a.m. Plenary Keynote Panel: Katie Hall, Marina Mavrakis, Anne Marie Fink, Eric Upin & Josh Lerner
x8:40 a.m. Plenary Keynote
x9:30 a.m. Track A - Panel 1: Funds - To Raise Your VC Fund Today You Must...
x9:30 a.m. Track B - Panel 1: Deals – The Venture Crystal Ball: Peering Into The Next Five Years
x9:30 a.m. ExecConnect Meetings Commence
10:00 a.m. Track A - Panel 2: Funds - Bull Vs. Bear - Is There A Performance Based Case For VC?
10:00 a.m. Track B - Panel 2: Deals - Exit Market Outlook
10:30 a.m. Track A - Panel 3: Funds - The Defining Traits of an Exceptional VC - An LP Perspective
10:30 a.m. Track B - Panel 3: VC Roundtable: Top Emerging Managers Speak
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. Venture Alpha Keynoter 1: Mark Suster
12:00 p.m. Venture Alpha Keynoter 2: Shervin Pishevar
12:30 p.m. Plenary Lunch
x1:20 p.m. Plenary Keynote: Peter Barris
x2:00 p.m. Track A - Panel 4: Funds – Terms & Conditions Update For VC Funds
x2:00 p.m. Track B - Panel 4: Deals - The Future of Media
x2:30 p.m. Track A - Panel 5: Funds - Finding & Backing the Next 5x Emerging Manager
x2:30 p.m. Track B - Panel 5: Deals - Most Disruptive Technology of the Next Five Years Will Be….
x3:00 p.m. Track A - Panel 6: Funds - LP Roundtable on Trending Topics in VC
x3:00 p.m. Track B - Panel 6: Deals - Who Will Survive the Accelerator Shakeout?
x3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
x4:00 p.m. VC - Entrepreneur Spotlight Session 1: Rod Favaron & Adam Marcus
x4:20 p.m. VC - Entrepreneur Spotlight Session 2: Katherine Barr & James Slider
x4:40 p.m. Venture Alpha Keynote 3: Bijan Sabet
x5:15 p.m. VCJ Networking Reception
x7:00 p.m. Day 2 Concludes
DAY 3 - Friday April 5
x8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
x8:10 a.m. Plenary Keynote: Matt Botein & Jeff Goldfarb
x8:40 a.m. Plenary Keynote Interview: William A. Ackman & Robert Wolf
x9:30 a.m. Secondary Markets & Restricted Stock Liquidity Trends:produced by event partner The Soho Loft
x9:30 a.m. Crowdfund Investors & Workshop, produced by event partner The Soho Loft
12:30 p.m. Plenary Lunch
x2:00 p.m. Conference Closes
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ExecConnect Private Meetings
ExecConnect is designed with the networking needs of our attendees in mind. The ExecConnect Private Meeting program actively arranges one-on-one meetings between lenders, bankers, LPs and GPs so you'll have time to meet who you need to meet in a private setting. The 20-minute meetings are pre-scheduled by conference directors ensuring you meet with executives who best match your fundraising and investment goals.
To participate in ExecConnect an attendee must purchase either a Partner Pass or a GP Sponsorship. While we regularly schedule hundreds of meetings at each of our events, due to scheduling limitations and preferences, we do not guarantee ExecConnect meetings to all registrants, outside of our GP sponsors.
For more information on ExecConnect packages and maximizing your participation, please contact Greg Winterton at greg.winterton@thomsonreuters.com.
Networking Receptions
Join your peers for asset-class-specific networking receptions at the end of each day, ensuring quality networking time with your closest peers and investors and intermediaries in your space.
*Firms/Organizations in bold type denotes LP attendees.
- 3M
- 32 Advisors
- 500 Startups
- Alcatel-Lucent Investment Management Corporation
- Allstate Investments
- Auda International
- bcIMC
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Atlas Venture
- BandPage
- Battery Ventures
- BlackRock
- Business Development Bank of Canada
- Canaan Partners
- Cendana Capital
- Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
- Deutsche Bank
- DoubleRock
- Extreme Startups
- FirstMark Capital
- First Round
- First Step Fund
- Fisher Lynch Capital
- FLAG Capital Management
- Flybridge Capital Partners
- Founder Collective
- Franklin Park Associates
- Georgetown University
- Global Opportunities Fund
- Green Spring Associates
- GRP Partners
- Hall Capital Partners
- Harvard Management Company
- Hermes GPE
- HarbourVest
- Hewitt EnnisKnupp
- Hipmunk
- IFC
- Jordan Family Enterprises
- Lerer Ventures
- LGT Capital Partners
- LP Capital Advisors
- Makena Capital Management
- MetLife Investments
- Morgan Creek Capital Management
- NB Alternatives
- MassChallenge
- Menlo Ventures
- MetLife Investments
- Microsoft Corp.
- MIT Sloan Management Review
- MIT Technology Review
- Mohr Davidow Ventures
- Morgan Creek Capital
- NEA
- NextView Ventures
- Northern Trust Global Advisors
- NYSE Euronext
- OpenView Venture Partners
- Palo Alto Venture Science
- PECA Limited
- Permal Group
- Permanens Capital
- Perot Investments
- OpenView Venture Partners
- Pathway Capital Management
- Pension Consulting Alliance
- Performance Equity
- PineBridge Investments
- Pomona Capital
- Private Advisors
- Promus Capital
- PSP Investment Board
- Quantum Wave Fund
- Rothstein Kass
- Rumson Group
- Rustic Canyon Partners
- SAP Ventures
- StepStone Group
- Science Inc.
- SCS Financial Services
- Shinrun Advisors
- SiliconAngle Media
- Spark Capital
- The James Irvine Foundation
- Texas Employees Retirement System
- TIAA-CREF
- Tulane University
- Vanderbilt University
- van Biema Value Partners
- Vista Ridge Capital Partners
- TomorrowVentures
- Top Tier Capital Partners
- The Venture Company
- Venture Investment Associates
- VIA Funds




















