Expansion - French Tech NY - powered by SVB
Join us at SVB's office hosted by La French Tech New York for an evening filled with networking, and the opportunity to learn about global expansion and hear scaling stories from a recruiting, operational setup and scaling in a new market point of view.
Run of Show:
6pm - doors open with Welcome Drinks sponsored by SVB
6:30pm - Panel & Q&A
7:15pm - Networking, Wine and Hors d'Oeuvres
8pm - end of event
Panel Speakers:
Sara Rona, MD Head of Europe, Mena at SVB
Chris Warner, Partner at Erevena, Executive & Board level Search firm
Stephane Levy, Partner at Cooley Law Firm
Moderator Crystelle Desnoyer, French Tech NY Board Member
Your Hosts:
La French Tech NY is a community-driven, volunteer-run nonprofit organization of over 400+ French entrepreneurs and C-level executives in tech startups with a presence in the NY metro area. Part of 100+ French Tech communities around the world, including 10 chapters throughout the US & Canada, the mission was launched in 2014 to support French startups worldwide. Join the Whatsapp group here
SVB Global Gateway is a dedicated international business development team that provides the right mix of products, services and strategic advice to venture capital (VC) firms, VC-backed startups and growth stage companies expanding into the US from innovation centers around the world. The Global Gateway team has worked with international clients for more than a decade across all stages and has years of experience helping clients navigate the challenges and complexities that arise in their expansions to the US.
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Lyonshare is a strategic business building and fundraising agency for tech startups and fund managers offering business planning, pitch decks, financial analysis and modeling, CFO advisory, and design, with a specialty focus on getting founders funded. Following their work with Lyonshare, clients have raised >$6B from investors like RRE, L Catterton, Cambridge Associates, etc.
Community Partners: Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC), SOSV, ShowHerTheMoney, SecondMuse, Women in Tech, NYU Future, Bamboo Crowd, Yorkseed, Forum Ventures, Andrew Yeung, TheZList, The KnowledgeShop, Digital Irish, Supermomos, SOSA, FounderInstitute, Lynx Collective, TheFourthEffect, digitalundivided, Mousetrap Newsletter (for Funding, Grants, Competitions)