One of the biggest challenges facing the VC industry is liquidity. The time to liquidity for portfolio companies has been steadily rising for years. And with IPOs less prevalent, M&A now comprises a majority of exits. So what do corporate buyers look for in an M&A deal? What is the "special formula" that makes one startup more appealing for M&A than another in their space? What can you proactively do to manage a successful exit? NextGen presents our second installment of its Venture Education Series, “Managing a Successful Exit”.
Our panelists will share advice on what companies should do before the exit, how corporate buyers think about strategy and execution of a transaction, the trade-offs of selling your company and what surprises you might come across when selling your company.
Our panelists include:
• Claudia Fan Munce, VP of Corporate Strategy & MD of Venture Capital Group, IBM (recently acquired Sterling Commerce, Coremetrics, Unica, Netezza and Clarity Systems)
• Emilie Choi, Director of Corporate Development, LinkedIn (recently acquired mSpoke, ChoiceVendor and CardMunch)
• Murtaza Hussain, CEO, Peanut Labs (recently acquired by e-Rewards)
• Bill Long, Venture Development, Mohr Davidow (assists portfolio companies on liquidity preparation)
The panel will be moderated by Gerald Brady, MD of SVB’s Venture Capital Group.
Additional featured guests from the corporate community include Cisco, Unilver, Yahoo!, Adobe, Oracle, HP, among others.
Join us and our corporate sponsor, SVB, for wine tasting provided by Minor Family Wineries, a family-owned winery of the Oakville appellation in Napa Valley.
Details:
Date: Thursday, March 24th
Location: Quadras, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park
Time: 6-8pm
- Registration and introductions: 6:00-6:30
- Panel: 6:30-7:30
- Wine tasting and networking: 7:30-8:00
Please send your RSVP to Michael Klein at
mklein@canaan.com.
We look forward to a lively discussion and good wine. We hope to see you there!
