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 Franciscofrom 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 – Portland Chapter
The chapter holds its monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of every month from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Multnomah Athletic Club which is located at SW 19th & Salmon in Portland.
The next program will be held in May of 2012 and will be announced shortly.
Association for Corporate Growth – San Francisco Chapter
The chapter holds its monthly luncheon meetings the third Thursday of every month from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the City Club located at 155 Sansome Street in San Francisco.
The next program will be held on May 17, 2012 and is a panel entitled How Not To Get Heartburn in the Restaurant Industry-Buyers Beware.
Panelists include:
Bill Kraus, Managing Director: GE Capital Franchise Finance
Rahul Aggarwal, Managing Director: Brentwood Associates
“Boring Banks Bring Home the Bacon”
Despite significant headwinds Bank of Marin and California Bank of Commerce, have thrived the last several years. The performance of these banks has been remarkable. Both have steadily grown net income, deposits and their loan portfolios by sticking to the basics of banking – taking deposits and lending to middle market companies.
As Mark Calvey from the San Francisco Business Times noted in his 1/31/12 article “the conversation that promises to be anything but boring.”
Russell A. Colombo, CEO, President & Director of Bank of Marin Bancorp
John E. Rossell, CEO, President & Director of California Bank of Commerce
Moderator – Franz von Bradsky, President of Green Tree Capital
The program will be held on February 7, 2012 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM at the City Club. To register click on this link.
Association for Corporate Growth – Seattle Chapter
The chapter holds its monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of every month from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Washington Athletic Club which is located at 1325 Sixth Avenue in Seattle.
The next program will be on May 9, 2012 and is a panel entitled Corporate Governance: Effective Boards = Successful Companies. The role of the board of directors has never been more important or more visible. Today, an effective board defines strong, growing and successful companies.
Speaker – Phillip Swan, CEO of P&M Products – manufacturer of The EZ Grill
Association for Corporate Growth – Silicon Valley Chapter
The chapter holds its monthly meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Fremont Hills Country Club which is located at 12889 Viscaino Place in Los Altos Hills, CA.
The next program will be held on May 10, 2012.
Doreen Lorenzo, President of Frog Design, will discuss the trends of hyper-connectivity, big data, and real-time feedback which have radically changed product development and organizational cultures across all businesses.
Please note this meeting will be held at NetApp, Building 1 located at 495 East Java Drive in Sunnyvale.
Association for Corporate Growth – Vancouver Chapter
The chapter usually holds its monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of every month from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Four Seasons Hotel which is located at 791 West Georgia Street in Vancouver, BC.
The next program will be held on May 16, 2012 and is entitled Angel Financing: The Preferred Path to Exit for Canadian Companies. Three of the leading Canadian angel investors will discuss the current state of angel investing in Canada.
Moderator – Mark Longo a partner in the Technology & Corporate Finance practice of Clark Wilson LLP
Panelists:
Basil Peters, a merger and acquisition advisor and author of “Early Exits”
Boris Wertz, the CEO of W Media Ventures and 2011 the British Columbia angel investor of the year
Mike Volker from the Simon Fraser University Innovation Office and 2009 Canadian and British Columbia angel investor of the year
Keiretsu Forum’s JumpStartDays
JumpStartDays is a unique opportunity for pre-funded, pre-revenue technology entrepreneurs. Each month entrepreneurs from 10 companies are selected to present to a panel of Keiretsu Forum angel investor members for resources, mentoring, and advice. There is no fee for the presenting companies.
The next JumpStartDays program will be held on May 21, 2012 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Rocket Space which is located at181 Fremont Street in San Francisco.
Please contact Sonja Markova to register – 415.573.0751.
Presenter Summaries
Mobotory | Jon Stevenson
Mobotory creates convenient, on-demand mobile platforms that help stadiums, event operators and sports teams run more efficiently. Mobotory designs seamlessly integrated solutions that allow stadium, event operations and security to operate at optimal efficiency through the use of mobile technology.
AppEnsure | Sri Chaganty
AppEnsure enables our customers to ensure applications and infrastructure performance in cloud computing environments. AppEnsure delivers a unified performance management platform, the first to combine in real_time: applications performance monitoring, Infrastructure and data flow Intelligence.
GraffitiTech, Inc. | Michael Neeley
Award-winning, patented graffiti detection sensor catches taggers in the act! Saves taxpayers millions – makes investors ecstatic! GraffitiTech has developed an ultrasonic sensor technology that immediately alerts authorities to an act of graffiti vandalism while it is in progress. The GT-1 is deployed by police departments throughout theU.S.and abroad. Over 100 arrests through the use of our patented device have proven its effectiveness. Available to law enforcement and security alarm companies, the GT-1 can save theU.S.billions of dollars in annual graffiti expenses.
MagicBlox | Jason Lane
An affordable, interactive, eBook subscription library for kids and a publishing platform for authors and publishers. MagicBlox is bringing kids books where Netflix and Spotify brought their industries. It is a subscription eBook library where PreK to 5th grade kids can get unlimited access on the web or their favorite tablet device for less than $30 per year. Our differentiator is our unique self-publishing and revenue share model for authors and publishers that not only pays them for each read generated, but also gives them FREE marketing and distribution.
SWAP!TZone | Sameet Lal
SWAP!T Zone is the first online social networking platform where users can swap, buy and sell items or services in a secure environment. SWAP!T Zone is the first platform for trading goods and professional skills in a seamlessly integrated social media platform. Users can build their network of friends much like Facebook. They see a live feed of items/services as and when they are posted by different users. By marrying an innovative, online marketplace with a social network platform, we provide users with a secure, friendly place to make their online purchases, swaps and sales.
Glooey | John Rea-Grant
Glooey is Reality Plus: the presence and relevance of Reality, Plus the depth, dynamism, personalization, and engagement of the online world. Glooey is a place-aware, extensible Augmented Reality platform that makes it easy for clients to engage their customers in a “Reality Plus” experience. Users find 2- and 3-D objects through the mobile device’s camera, and are presented with client experiences that can inform, entertain, and call a user to action. They can include video, 3D games or objects, characters, photos, coupons, web content, and a wide range of other experiences.
TripShare | Bob Dana
An iPad and web solution for travel planners who need to involve family, friends and colleagues. Create a trip, share it and book. Tripshare lets travel planners discover, create a trip, share it, get feedback and book – all from a single iPad or web app with smartphone companion apps for fellow travelers.
ShowGo.tv | Brian Grubar
Discover and share live music from the world’s iconic clubs. Club hop 100 premiere clubs streaming 1,000 concerts per month. Get it live. ShowGo.tv believes that two billion consumers with connected devices should have easy and affordable 24/7 access to the world’s best live music. We are installing our automated HD production solution into 100 iconic clubs (we are already in both Yoshi’s, the Blue Note Milan, Jazz Alley Seattle and the Hideaway London) and intend to stream 1,000 concerts per month so that fans can discover and share the world’s premiere live music performances.
Tractus Corporation | Scott Huntley
If you have dense breasts AND a cancer – your mammgram will probably report that all things are normal. Tractus finds those missed cancers. Tractus Corporation is commercializing a proprietary, low- cost hardware and software accessory for standard ultrasound systems to discover the 60,000 to 120,000 small, treatable, breast cancers missed in theUSeach year by mammography in dense-breasted women. The Company is seeking a $2 million investment to productize and launch its first device. With an unaddressed $3 billion world-wide market opportunity, Tractus is poised to reach profitably.
Back2Earth | Deepak Kumar
Back2Earth Technologies, Inc. (B2E) has pioneered a clean tech solution using food scrap waste and other organics to produce renewable energy (biogas), road salts and bioplastics that are completely biodegradable. The company has devised a unique food scraps procurement strategy and given the broad global market for bio plastics, we anticipate adoption not just at the national level but globally.Early discussions with potential clients have been had and support this notion. The impending state-mandate on food scrap collections and diversion from landfills coupled with the company’s independent arrangements with the source has positioned us uniquely to capitalize on the opportunity.
Parent’s Closet | Molly O’Kane
Times are tough; help improve schools and families with Parent’s Closet mobile e-community. Parent’s Closet is a unique family focused online marketplace specifically designed for moms. Parent’s Closet came about from my own personal struggles and struggles facing other moms. For my son JT, I got many onesies 0-3 months, however discovered that we were lacking 9 months clothing. Many items were worn once or not at all. He is only a year old and has already outgrown six sizes. Many of the mom’s have tried Craigslist, Ebay, and local consignment stores with unsatisfactory results. Three reasons safety, time, and high fees. This is where Parent’s Closet comes in.