INVESTMENTS IN SCIENCE:
Funding Research-Based Technology Ventures

Saturday morning, February 22, 2003
at California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast::
7:45 a.m. at Baxter Hall
Program: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost: $40 ($10 for students with full-time student ID)

PROGRAM SPONSOR

While most investors and entrepreneurs are busy managing their losses during the economic downturn, a brave few are launching new funds and enterprises. These contrarians are refocusing their attention on technologies developed on university campuses and in research laboratories. Join us as a group of early-stage investors and entrepreneurs discuss available funding options and provide insight for entrepreneurial success.

Our program will kick off with a review of the latest venture capital investment data as presented in the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report. Next we will hear from two entrepreneurs who have explored alternatives for funding their research-based ventures. One who has successfully secured venture funding is Julie Schoenfeld of OEwaves, and she will describe her company's critical path to obtaining capital. The other entrepreneur is Darius Modarress of VioSense, who currently is debating whether to continue on a steady path of organic growth or to accelerate that growth with an injection of outside capital.

After the entrepreneur presentations we will take a networking break. When we reconvene, we will poll the audience as to whether VioSense should stay its current course or seek venture capital. Thereafter, you'll be able to compare notes with the panellists as we hear their suggestions for optimizing the growth of such ventures through various financing resources, including some recently formed venture funds expressly designated for early-stage technology companies.

SPEAKERS

Darius Modarress PhD
President, VioSense Corporation

Julie Schoenfeld
President & CEO, OEwaves, Inc.

/PANELISTS

David Cremin
Partner, DFJ Frontier Fund

John Glanville
General Partner, The Athenaeum Fund; Member, Pasadena Angels

John Morris
Partner, GKM Ventures; Member, Tech Coast Angels

Andrew Murray
Principal, ITU Ventures

MODERATOR

Randy Churchill
Director of Business Development,
  PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Practice

PRODUCERS

Randy Churchill
Director of Business Development,
  PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Practice

Renee Rottner, Executive Director
  Caltech Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program

SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS MEETING FROM

RIORDAN & MCKENZIE

Riordan & McKinzie is a full-service Los Angeles based law firm founded more than 20 years ago to represent entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging growth companies. The firm's focus continues to be on providing top-quality legal advice and using their expertise to help clients make the strategic and operating decisions necessary for their success.

LOCATION AND TIME
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 am at Baxter Hall

Program
8:30 am to 12:30 pm at Baxter Lecture Hall

Cost
$40.00 per person ($10 for full-time
students - student ID required: free to Caltech students and faculty

Registrations are taken by fax, email and on-line up to 2:00 pm the day before the event. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required for this event. There are no refunds for no-shows.

FOR INFORMATION

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Industrial Relations Center 1-90
383 S. Hill Avenue
Pasadena, California 91106
626 395-3916 Fax: 626 795-7174
entfor@caltech.edu
http://www.entforum.caltech.edu

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