LP: Connect Setting Up a Venture Fund:
Evolving Practices, New Standards
July 28, 2009 | 5:30-8:00pm | 2475 Hanover Street | Palo Alto, CA Event Host: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
For Investors Only
Who Should Attend: Managing Partners –
Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds Limited Partners –
Institutional Investors, Endowments, Pension Funds, Family Offices, Placement Agents and Advisors to Funds
Discussion items include:
Discussion items from attendees entered upon registration
Challenges in raising a new fund in today’s environment
Addressing the demand for transparency
Interest in emerging/first-time funds (or lack thereof)
How LPs are investing – timing, venture allocation, sectors, geographies
What investment products are of most interest —e.g., seed VC, PE, late stage, other
Expectations of GPs – returns, investment period, risk mitigation
Changes/new terms and conditions – LP Agreement and Operating/GP Agreement
Role of Placement Agents, including GP disclosure and potential conflicts of interest
Agenda: Doors Open: 5:30 pm Registration: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Panel Discussion: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Hors d'oeuvres, wine and soft drinks served.
Registration:
$75 VC Taskforce Members
$95 Affiliate Organization Members
$125 General
(If space is available, door registration is an additional $10)
Please note: Space is limited, register
LP Connect provides an open, collegial forum where in managing members of venture capital firms and institutional investors can ask and answer questions and share ideas and resources to help manage their businesses for maximum success. Contact to provide other topics or follow-on topics for discussion.
LP Connect Committee:
Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Nandini Tandon, Ph.D., Managing Director, Lumira Capital
Robert Winter, Managing Director, da Vinci Capital Group
Program Manager: Shrikant Lohokare, Managing Partner, Tech2Biz Ventures
