Corporate Venture Capital SIG
Capitalizing on Corporate Venture Capital
 and Strategic Investor Relationships
April 30, 2009 | 6:00-9:00 PM | Two Palo Alto Square | Palo Alto
Event Sponsor: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Many of Silicon Valley's most successful start-ups have capitalized on their relationships with strategic partners and investors, taking advantage of key customer relationships and sharing development costs for new products. However, working with a strategic investor for a start-up also has its risks with respect to investment terms and the liquidity event.
 
 How can start-ups and venture capital investors that co-invest with strategic investors better manage their relationships with strategic investors and partners?

VC Taskforce's Corporate Venture Capital special interest group has formed a panel of some of the leading corporate VCs to address some of these issues and provide some advice to start-up companies and venture capital investors.

Moderator & Chair:
John Park, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Panelists:
Tammi Smorynski, Director of Investment in “Platform Technologies and Cleantech” team, Intel   
Patrick Suel, Venture Partner, Panasonic  
Paul Moon, Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, SK Telecom Americas 
Naoki 'Nick' Sugimoto, Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing 
Byron Shaw, Managing Director, General Motors Advanced Technology, SV Office