Venture Investments - Past, Present and Future
10X Growth Strategies and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP are excited to host a panel discussion with leading Silicon Valley investors.
The venture capital (VC) and angel investment landscape has seen significant corrections in valuations since the highs of 2021. This adjustment has led to more cautious investment strategies, with a focus on sound unit economics and a clear path to profitability. Fundraising has become more competitive, with distributions from VC funds dropping significantly from 2021 to 2023. Join us to explore startup fundraising strategies for 2024 and beyond.
Panelists
Mercedes Bankston, Program Director, Founder Institute
Gopi Rangan, Founding Partner, Sure Ventures
Preethy Padmanabhan, Marketing Executive, Angel Investor
DJ Deep, Mentor, Advisor and Founder Coach (Moderator)
The panel discussion will explore the evolution and future trends of startup fundraising, inspired by the insights from the book "Secrets of Sand Hill Road" by Scott Kupor. This session will provide a deep dive into the historical context, current practices, and forward-looking strategies shaping the entrepreneurial funding landscape.
Sponsors
Waahe Capital is a vertically integrated real estate firm that acquires and manages value add apartments in the southwestern states. With Acquisition, Asset Management, Property Management, and Construction verticals in-house, they are able to control the end-to-end value chain, increase the NOI and deliver a predictable outcome on a predictable schedule to their investors. With vertical integration Waahe delivers above average returns to their investors and also provide them with depreciation benefits that only commercial real estate offers. Visit them at waahecapital.com or text/call 650-313-4059
Jolly VC has launched $10M Seed fund in San Jose, CA to back USA based Software startups in AI, SAAS and IOT, leveraging Partner’s 24 years in Silicon Valley making 44 Angel investments with overall portfolio valuation at 4.3X MOIC and 38% IRR including many Unicorns, IPOs and Billion $ valuations. Our Limited Partners (LPs) include mid-senior management in Meta, Google, Nokia, Adobe, IBM, Sephora, Five9, PG&E, Intuit, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Aviatrix, Capital Group, Juniper Networks, AmerisourceBergen, San Jose State University and independent business owners.