Please join us for this informative panel discussion to help you unravel the mysteries of venture capital and private equity financing.

Some questions which will be discussed:

• What’s the difference between the two?
• What are VC/PE firms looking for when they determine where to invest?
• What does the economic model look like for the business owner/founder?

Moderator
Jeremy Halpern, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLC

Panelists
Geraldine Alias, Principal, North Bridge Growth Equity
Matthew Witheiler, Principal, Flybridge Capital Partners

Thank You to our Sponsor

Where: Babson College, Olin Hall, Needham Wellesley Room, Wellesley, MA
Time: 7:15 – 9:00 AM A hot breakfast will be served.
Investment: Members: $50, Non-Members: $70 (Registrations at the door an additional $10)
If you need to cancel your paid registration for this event due to unforeseen circumstances, please call our administrator at 978-392-7929 and she will add your name to the attendee list at no additional charge for the next event.

Jeremy Halpern is a Partner at Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLC and a member of the Board at MTDC, the Venture Capital arm of the Commonwealth. Jeremy’s practice focuses on private equity, venture capital, and angel financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity and entrepreneurial compensation matters, and general start-up support. Jeremy spends a large portion of his time connecting with and supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in New England. Concurrently, Jeremy serves as the Chairman of The Capital Network, a Boston-based non-profit that provides education to entrepreneurs seeking early stage capital, and as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership at Tufts University. He is currently a Connector in the Boston World Partnership, and is the founder of JETPAC, a grant program assisting entrepreneurs with access to learning and networking opportunities.

Geraldine Alias is a Principal at North Bridge Growth Equity where she focuses on growth equity investment opportunities in tech-enabled businesses, information services, software, healthcare IT, and Internet applications. Prior to joining North Bridge, Geraldine was a Principal at Volition Capital, a Vice President at Fidelity Ventures and an associate at Battery Ventures, where she started her career in principal investing. Prior to starting her career in principal investing, Geraldine was a business analyst in McKinsey & Company’s Silicon Valley office, where she provided strategic and operational advice to telecommunications and enterprise software companies.

Matt Witheiler is a Principal at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies across the information technology sector including financial technology, digital media, and semiconductors. Matt currently represents Flybridge Capital Partners on the board of Convoke Systems and serves as an observer on the boards of DataXu, Sand 9 and a portfolio company working in stealth. Matt was previously a director at Ready Financial (merged with AccountNow). He also sits on the board of The Capital Network and is a Founding Executive Committee Member of FirstGrowth Venture Network, a network of venture and angel investors supporting first and second time entrepreneurs building exciting companies in the New York area. Prior to Flybridge, Matt spent seven years in various roles in the high technology industry, both within industry as well as in investment banking.

Join XPX Boston on Tuesday evening, March 6, from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM for a members-only buffet dinner and cash bar
at Papa Razzi.

Where: Papa Razzi, 16 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA
Time: Networking 5:30  – 6:15 PM, Dinner 6:15 PM
Investment: XPX Member: $45 (Registrations at the door an additional $10)

Parking is available to the side and rear of the restaurant. Additional complimentary parking is available after 4pm in the lot directly across from the restaurant, at 1 Washington Street.

Time: 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Location: Babson College, Trim Hall, Wellesley, MA

Investment: EARLY-BIRD RATE through 2/17 XPX Members $169, Nonmembers $239

After 2/17 XPX Members $220, Nonmembers $295

David Hoffman will teach us how negotiation can be used in many settings. It is a perfect subject for exit planning where sales and negotiations can get detoured or deferred. David is an engaging speaker who will help you use the tools of negotiation to:

• Help keep difficult personalities from tanking the negotiation;
• Harness the power of narrative to understand underlying interests which can then lead to resolving the stalemate; and
• Utilize the mindset of possibilities, so that both parties can achieve a win/win

David A. Hoffman is the founding member of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, and teaches the Mediation course at Harvard Law School, where he is the John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law. David’s practice is focused on resolving conflict in business, family, and employment cases. He has served as mediator and/or arbitrator in more than a thousand commercial, family, employment, construction, personal injury, insurance, and other business cases.

David, the past chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, has published two books on the subject of dispute resolution: Massachusetts Alternative Dispute Resolution (with Prof. David Matz) (Butterworth Legal Publishers 1994, 2d ed. 1996) and Bringing Peace into the Room: How the Personal Qualities of the Mediator Impact the Process of Conflict Resolution (with Daniel Bowling) (Jossey-Bass 2003).

Where: Babson College, Olin Hall, Needham Wellesley Room, Wellesley, MA
Time: 7:15 – 9:00 AM A hot breakfast will be served.
Investment: Members: $50, Non-Members: $70 (Registrations at the door an additional $10)
If you need to cancel your paid registration for this event due to unforeseen circumstances, please call our administrator at 978-392-7929 and she will add your name to the attendee list at no additional charge for the next event.