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One on One with Big Blue (Guests)Thursday, December 9, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)Mountain View, CA |
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About The Event: Are
you interested in meeting an LP personally and hearing directly from an
LP their perspectives regarding venture and private equity? CSPA
offers great opportunities to the VC community the various activities
and programs that promote the investment in new start up companies and
venture funds, as well as provides excellent networking opportunities
for LPs, GPs, Corporate Ventures, Law Firms, Service Providers,
Enterpreneurs and all other types of Investors, such as the Angels,
VP/PE firms and LPs. You are invited to an exclusive interview with the Managing
Director of IBM Venture Capital Group, Claudia Fan Munce. She will
share her exclusive views on venture and private equity with Howard Lee,
the Managing Director of Founders Equity Partners. Seats are very limited. Register early to avoid disappointment! More Info: http://www.cspa.com/eventdetail.php?eid=20101209 6:30pm - 7:00pm : Registration and Networking 7:00pm - 7:40pm : Exclusive Interview with Claudia Fan Munce 7:40pm - 8:00pm : Q & A Session 8:00pm - 8:30pm : Networking Speakers Biographies: Henry H. Wong, Founder & Managing Director, Diamond TechVentures LLC Henry
H. Wong has been a prolific and successful entrepreneur, executive, and
venture investor in Silicon Valley for over 25 years. Henry applies his
operational experience, investment talent, and China expertise to
advise, invest in, and build high technology companies with a global
vision. He is the founder of Diamond TechVentures and was a venture
partner at Crystal Ventures, where he was actively involved with
companies including SMIC, LGC Wireless, Infinera, and Exavio. As an
entrepreneur, Henry has had several significant successes, including SS8
Networks Inc., where he was the founder, CEO and Chairman, as well as
IP Communications, XaQti Semiconductor, CNet Technology Inc., and
Combinet (ISDN Systems), all of which he co-founded and led. In 2002,
Henry was a finalist for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year
Award.” He is an advisor to several non-profit organizations and is
active in community organizations. Henry holds a B.Sc. degree in
Business from the University of Utah and a MBA in Telecom Management
from Golden Gate University.
Schedule:
Food and Drinks:
Appetizers and drinks will be served.
Ms.
Claudia Fan Munce is the Managing Director at IBM Venture Capital
Group. She has held this position since March 2004 and is based at the
firm's California office. She is involved primarily in marketing and
conference duties. Ms. Munce is also Vice President at IBM Corporate
Strategy. She joined IBM Research Division in 1985 and held many
technical and business leadership positions. Previously, she was the
Functional Manager at IBM Research overseeing technology transfer and
licensing activities as well as defining new business opportunities with
top IBM partners. Ms. Munce is also a Member of the Advisory Panel of
Arcapita Bank, Venture Capital Arm and Arcapita Ventures I, L.P. She is
the Chairman of NVCA Corporate Venture Advisory Board for 2007/2008 and
also serves on the Board of Latin America Venture Capital Association.
Ms. Munce has done a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
from Santa Clara University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Howard
Lee, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Founders Equity Partners, has
more than ten years of experience in venture capital investing, and more
than 20 years of experience in research, development, and marketing in
emerging and established technology companies and research
institutions. He was previously Executive Director and Co-Head for US
Private Equity at CDIB Capital, the private equity arm of CDIB, the
largest industrial bank in Taiwan. He was based in Menlo Park, CA. Prior
to CDIB Capital, Mr. Lee was a General Partner at Crystal Ventures, a
venture capital firm that focused on early-stage infrastructure and
enabling technology companies in both the US and Asia. At Crystal
Ventures he led communications-related investments. Prior to Crystal
Ventures, Mr. Lee was Vice President of global venture capital firm
Crimson Ventures in 1999, where he led communications infrastructure
investments in the US. Prior to Crimson, he was Vice President and
Co-founder of Volendam Capital Advisors, a venture fund that invests in
emerging growth high technology companies in the US and Europe,
including communications and interactive software. Mr. Lee has held
management positions in product management and marketing at Applied
Materials and has worked as a research investigator in optoelectronics
and semiconductor materials at the US Army Research Labs. He has also
held engineering positions at IBM and Unisys. Mr. Lee holds a BS and PhD
in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from
INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He can be reached at
howard@foundersequitypartners.com
When & Where
Fenwick & West, LLP
801 California Street.
Mountain View,
CA 94041
Thursday, December 9, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)
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