Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum

Getting Funded - What Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know About IPOs

Thursday, February 23, 2012

6:30-7:30 PM: Networking Reception with complimentary refreshments
7:30-8:30 PM: Presentation

Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business

[presentation pdf available]

Video (video on YouTube site):

Sponsored by:

http://www.reedsmith.com/

Investors need to earn returns on invested equity and achieve liquidity in order to make capital available to reinvest in everything from start-up and early stage ventures to late-staged ventures and public companies. Success (positive returns) breeds success. Failure (negative returns) leads to capital fleeing to other asset classes or more friendly shores. As Ray Rothrock, GP of Venrock has said, "It takes an IPO market to keep the M&A market honest." IPO market health and aftermarket support (once public) is critical to the whole "equity capital supply chain."

Come hear from David Weild, former vice chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market - and one of the world's top experts on equity capital markets, IPO management and aftermarket support - discuss developments in Washington, equity financing trends, and how entrepreneurs and management teams might adjust strategy to improve their chances for success.

FEATURED SPEAKER:

David Weild
Chairman & CEO, Capital Markets Advisory Partners

Former Vice Chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market
Director of Capital Markets, Grant Thornton

David Weild is former vice chairman of Nasdaq and a Wall Street veteran having priced over 500 IPOs. He is fighting to improve IPO markets to support entrepreneurs and pioneering techniques to cut deal execution risk for entrepreneurs. Mr. Weild and Ed Kim have co-authored a number of studies (Published by Grant Thornton, including: Why IPOs are in the ICU?, Market structure is causing the IPO crisis - and more, and A wake up call for America) that have informed and inspired much of the current legislation pending in Congress that will open up private and public markets. Mr. Weild is a co-founder of the New Markets Movement (http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/01/13/movement-aims-to-rally-investors-to-fix-ipo-market/). His company, Capital Markets Advisory Partners, designs technology-based approaches for Issuers that drive quality demand and support for their IPOs.

INTRODUCED BY:

Don Reinke

Donald C. Reinke

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Don is the Chair of Reed Smith's U.S. Securities and Capital Markets Team and has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer in the areas of venture capital finance, public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate representation of technology start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as venture funds and investment banks. Before joining Crosby Heafey in late 2001 to chair its Corporate Department, which combined with Reed Smith in 2003, Don was a co-founder and the managing partner of Bay Venture Counsel, LLP. Don is also a Deputy Chair of Reed Smith’s Global Emerging Company/Venture Capital Practice. Don has also previously been selected as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine and the publishers of San Francisco Magazine.

Event and Registration Information

The program begins with a networking hour at 6:30 PM with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business.

Registration is required. Links for online pre-registration are available at the top of this page. Online pre-registration ends at 5 pm Tuesday, February 21 and all registrations after this time must be completed on site at the event. If you are unfamiliar with the UC Berkeley campus, check out the campus map to locate the Haas School on the east (uphill) side of campus.

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The Lester Center appreciates the generous support of the
Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum Sponsors:

Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc.
Claremont Creek Ventures

Deloitte

Fenwick & West
Intel Corporation
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Reed Smith LLP

Ropes & Gray LLP
San Francisco Business Times
Siemens Technology-to-Business Center
Silicon Valley Bank

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