This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO,... [read more]

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will be joined by Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon, Josh Stein of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Thomas Ball of Austin Ventures, Jim Tybur of Trinity Ventures, and Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. More panelists may be added and there will be a large showing of the los angeles venture and angel community in attendance.

We are also going to be offering 3 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd. If you are interested in applying to pitch your company at this month’s event email jason [at] docstoc with your business plan deck and information about your company, stage, and current status. Applicants should send their business plan decks as private files using Docstoc: http://www.docstoc.com/Private-Documents/.

These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, RSVP HERE: http://dealmakermedia.com/dealmaker_media_presents.html

THIS MONTH’S EVENT WILL BE HELD AT A NEW LOCATION: please come join us at the prestigious Milken Institute in Santa Monica by the 3rd street promenade. The venue holds up to 350 attendees, we expect a full house, but there will be room for all attendees. The event is free and is followed by a reception and mixer at the Docstoc Offices in Santa Monica by the 3rd Street Promenade.

Wednesday, May 26th 6:30pm – 8:00pm (Townhall)…. 8:00pm on, Reception
Cost: FREE
Confirmation will be required or your spot will be given up for our waiting list.

Milken Institute

1250 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418

We would also like to welcome our new sponsor Microsoft Bizspark, please take a moment and check out their amazing resources of free software for startups and entrepreneurs: http://www.microsoft.com/BizSpark/ .