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OEN's Venture Northwest | October 30, 2008 | Portland, OR
OEN's Venture Northwest (formerly Venture Oregon) is the premier forum for new and emerging investment opportunities in exciting companies from Oregon, Washington, and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Learn about the region's growth segments, explore exciting new technology and research, and connect with entrepreneurs from the area's hottest emerging companies including nanotech, microtech, bioscience, sustainability and more.
This annual conference draws institutional investors and investment bankers from across the western US who are interested in the emerging companies that the Northwest has to offer. Companies that have presented at Venture Oregon have raised over $1.3 billion in venture capital since 1996 and over $68 million in angel investment.*
*Not all companies who presented had investments reported in Venture Source
Venture Northwest 2008 Sponsors:
Babson Fast Track MBA
Buerk Dale Victor
Comerica Bank
Credit Suisse
Epic Ventures
JONES PARTNERS
Oregon Economic & Community Development Department
OVP
Pacific Power
Perkins Coie
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Stoel Rives
Square 1 Bank
Vencore Capital
Innovate | Next 2008 event date TBD
In 2004, Voyager started Innovate, an exclusive speaker series featuring the very best ideas, insights, and people in the technology industry. The event is held twice a year, with the next event planned for Fall 2008.Prior Speakers Have Included:
Dr. Irwin Jacobs, Chairman and Co-Founder of QUALCOMM | Reflections on the Amazing and Ubiquitous Cell Phone
Mitch Kapor, Chair of the Open Source Applications Foundation & Founder Lotus Development Corporation | Innovation: Learning from the PC, the Internet, Virtual Worlds and the Wikipedia
Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director TCG & wrote book Dealing with Darwin | Innovating for Competitive Advantage in a Maturing Technology Sector
Keith Krach, Former Chairman & CEO Ariba | Building High Performance Teams
Mark Leslie, Former Chairman & CEO Veritas Software | Building Successful Technology Companies: It Always Takes Longer and Costs More!
Co-sponsors include:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Comerica Bank
KPMG
Morgan Stanley
Silicon Valley Bank