How to Raise Capital for Your Business? – upcoming venture conferences

conference 300x200 How to Raise Capital for Your Business? upcoming venture conferencesIf you are thinking about raising capital, here is a list of some of the upcoming venture conferences.

 

 

 

You can spend a lot of time and effort trying to meet the right people and gather useful intelligence. That’s why VC conferences are so compelling–you get to mingle with industry leaders and potential investors, partners, or clients while soaking up the latest intelligence and analysis from the brightest minds in the business. And savvy professionals know that the best VC conferences are hosted by the industry’s premier source of information and intelligence.

Sitting in and listening to other companies pitch investors, may give you some ideas of ways to improve your own messaging. Also, do your homework on who is going to be there. A lot of the conferences post the list of firms that attended in the past. The smart entrepreneurs figure out who from that firm is attending this year and set up a face-to-face meeting in advance. Otherwise, it is just pure luck that you run into that firm at the conference.

Q1

  1. Astia Silicon Valley Investor Forum – San Francisco, CA http://www.astia.org
  2. Personalized Medicine World Conference – Silicon Valley, CA http://www.pmwc2011.com
  3. Southeast Venture Conference – Southeast US http://www.seventure.org/
  4. Health IT Venture Fair – Orlando, Florida http://www.himssconference.org/venturefair/default.aspx
  5. South by Southwest – Austin, Texas http://sxsw.com/interactive
  6. CED Venture Conference – North Carolina http://www.cednc.org/lifescience
  7. Demo – Various Locations, Spring and Fall http://www.demo.com/
  8. Silicon Valley Bank – Quarterly – Menlo Park, CA http://www.svb.com/svbshowcase/
  9. VentureBeat – Various Events http://venturebeat.com/events/

 

Q2

  1. GigaOm Events – Various Locations and Dates – San Francisco and Boston, M&A http://gigaom.com/events/
  2. Web 2.0 Expo – San Francisco, CA http://www.web2expo.com/
  3. TiEcon – Santa Clara, CA http://tiecon.org/home/
  4. MAVA Capital Connection – Baltimore, MD http://www.capitalconnection.org
  5. midVenturesLAUNCH – Chicago, IL http://techweek.com/conference/midventureslaunch/
  6. Launch: Silicon Valley – Silicon Valley, CA http://launchsiliconvalley.org/
  7. Private Equity Forum – Various Dates – New York, NY http://www.privateequityforums.com/index.html

 

Q3

  1. TechCrunch Disrupt – Various Dates – New York, San Francisco, Beijing http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/
  2. MobiTechFest – Various Locations and Dates http://www.investorfest.com/mobitechfest/americas/west/overview
  3. Emerging Medical Technologies Online – Quarterly http://www.lifescienceintelligence.com/emt-spotlight.php
  4. 3 Rivers Venture Fair – Pittsburgh, PA http://www.3rvf.com/
  5. Clean Energy Venture Summit – Austin, TX http://cleanenergyventuresummit.com
  6. Vator Splash – San Francisco, CA http://vator.tv/competition
  7. Demo – Various Locations, Spring and Fall http://www.demo.com

 

Q4

  1. Southeast Internet Summit – Southeast, US http://www.internetsummit.com/index.html
  2. VentureBeat – Various Events http://venturebeat.com/events/
  3. Northwest Entrepreneur Network – Seattle, WA http://www.nwen.org/index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=15&id=430
  4. Finovate – Various Locations http://finovate.com/
  5. Founder Showcase – Silicon Valley, CA http://thefunded.com/showcase
  6. Enterprise 2.0 – Santa Clara, CA http://www.e2conf.com/
  7. AlwaysOn Venture Summit – Various Locations http://www.aonetwork.com/AOEvents/VCMoney
  8. LifeScience Alley – Minneapolis, MN http://www.lifesciencealleyconference.org
  9. Invest Southwest – Arizona http://www.investsouthwest.org/
  10. Life Sciences & Healthcare Venture Summit – NY http://www.youngstartup.com/lifesciences2010/overview.php
  11. Funding Post – Various Locations & Dates http://www.fundingpost.com

 

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