Looking to master the process of raising a round & meeting VCs?
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If you are an early stage founder preparing to raise capital, please join us at Silicon Valley Bank for our monthly fundraising workshop. This program focuses on how to run an effective process for raising an institutional venture capital round. This month we will be joined by Jonathan Lehr, Co-Founder & General Partner of Work-Bench.
We’ll cover :
-Qualifying Investors and finding the best fit for your company
-The most effective ways to generate introductions to VCs
-Firms that are actively leading/participating in early-stage rounds
-Nuances and common pitfalls in fundraising
-The current state of the markets and what we're hearing
You will also have chance to trade tips with your peers currently going through the fundraising process as well.
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REGISTER TODAYÂ to join us for this virtual event via Zoom.
Questions? Please email Alex MacDonald at almacdonald@svb.com.Â
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Jonathan is a Co-Founder and General Partner of Work-Bench, where he focuses on investments in areas including machine learning and AI, cloud-native infrastructure, and security. Jon founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup in January 2012 and organizes monthly meetups of the 10,000+ person group as a way to promote collaboration for the enterprise tech ecosystem in New York including entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 technologists, investors, and graduate students. Prior to Work-Bench, Jon worked at Morgan Stanley in the Office of the CIO in IT. There he partnered with internal technology clients to facilitate the selection and on-boarding of emerging technology startups. He has written about enterprise technology trends for publications such as The Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal and TechCrunch. Jon is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received a BSE in Bioengineering, with minors in Mathematics and Economics.Â
If you have any questions, please contact Alex MacDonald at almacdonald@svb.com.
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