2012 Food & Beverage Investor Fair
On May 10, 2012 the third annual Food & Beverage Investor Fair will be held at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco from 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. The event’s goal is to introduce promising young food and beverage companies that have gained some traction in the marketplace to angel and institutional investors.
Kicking off the Food & Beverage Investor Fair will be the Food & Beverage Investment Forum arranged by Green Tree Capital and Greyrock Capital. Forum participants, which include two* serial food & beverage entrepreneurs, will provide insights and perspectives as to the “best practices” for raising growth capital.
Moderator: Mark French, Principal – Greyrock Capital Group
Panelists:
Andrew Branagh* – CEO – Gelato Classico
Brad Barnhorn* – Director for 7 “growth stage” food & beverage companies
Peter Pliska, Senior Vice President – New Resource Bank
Bill Shen, Vice President – Encore Consumer Capital Group
The Forum will commence promptly at 4:00 PM and will last for an hour including audience Q&A. Immediately afterwards will be presentations by food & beverage entrepreneurs seeking to raise investment capital to support the growth of their company.
Accredited investors interested in attending the 2012 Food & Beverage Investor Fair please contact Cynthia Maxey at 415.781.4400 to register.
Association for Corporate Growth
The Association will hold the 2012 annual InterGrowth Conference at the Gaylord Texan which is located in Grapevine, Texas from April 25 thru 27, 2012. Details of the 2011 program will be found at InterGrowth.
Association for Corporate Growth – San Francisco Chapter
The chapter will hold the West Coast Corporate Growth Conference on January 17, 2012 at the Palace Hotel in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district. The theme of the conference is “Driving Growth through Innovation.”
Association for Corporate Growth – Seattle Chapter
The chapter held its annual Northwest Growth Financing Conference on August 4, 2011 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. The date for the 2012 conference has not yet been set but in all likelihood will be in early August.
Association for Corporate Growth – Vancouver Chapter
The chapter will hold its annual Capital Connection Conference on April 3, 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel – 791 West Georgia Street in Vancouver, BC.
Keiretsu Forum
The Keiretsu Forum is the largest North American angel investment network and one of the most active. Its annual Angel Capital Expo will be held on May 24, 2012 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, California.
The Angel Capital Expo will feature twelve diverse investment opportunities in technology, healthcare, life sciences, consumer products, real estate and financial services. Presenting companies typically are in their A or B financing rounds having already secured initial funding of $500,000 to $1,500,000 from founders, friends, family, and individual angels.
The Angel Capital Expo is one of the largest events in the angel capital community and brings together 300+ accredited investors and entrepreneurs looking for funding.
Please contact Sonja Markova to register – 415.573.0751.
“For 15 years I served as the chief executive officer of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). I first met Franz in 1991 while he was serving as the volunteer president of ACG Los Angeles. He organized the first major conference for the chapter and subsequently did an outstanding job in orchestrating similar successful events for ACG San Francisco and ACG Seattle. Franz is a fiscal conservative and as treasurer of ACG at the international level in the mid-90s his advice and action were invaluable to me as we steered the association through tough times. In 1997, Franz showed another side of his leadership quality when he chaired the annual international conference of ACG, known as InterGrowth. He revamped the program, introduced a series of panels and outstanding speakers, and caused us to “think outside the box”. Franz personifies all that is best in volunteer leaders. He’s a perfectionist. .. hard working and driven, outspoken, kind…a man of great instincts. You can count on Franz.”
Carl Wangman, Chairman, The Center for Association Growth, Glenview, Illinois