GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY CONFERENCE SPONSOR PARTNERS


Premium Sponsorship

     Premium Sponsorship of Global Private Equity LP Conference provides you with productive opportunities to reach a powerful audience of influential Billion Dollar Private Equity Limited Partners, successful top quartile (according to performance figures published by public pensions including California State Teachers' Retirement (http://www.calstrs.com/Investments/Index.aspx) General Partner Investors, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Investors, Buyout Firms, Media & Entertainment business leaders, Mezzanine Lenders, Technology Investors, Hedge and Mutual Fund Managers, Endowment Fund Manager, Pension Fund Managers, CIOs and CFOs. 

      Our unique and highly accomplished speakers from around the world share their expertise and views, attracting a wide audience of influential key decision makers and sophisticated industry leaders in Private Equity.  Our institutional Limited Partner investor speakers & delegates attract the the best performing General Partner investors to our annual investor gathering.  Global Private Equity LP Conference organized by Global Venture Network is independent, supported by volunteers who are full time private equity investors.  Our many media partners, including The Economist,  reach over one million business leaders and investors.

     The venue of GVN's Annual October conference is the private Metropolitan Club, a neoclassical Stanford White architectural wonder founded by banker, Mr. J Pierpont Morgan in 1891.  Located at One East Sixtieth Street at Fifth Avenue, The Metropolitan Club is situated at the southern tip of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, across from the Plaza Hotel and Central Park.  As one of America's most prestigious private clubs, The Metropolitan Club offers an exclusive intimate setting suitable for high powered gatherings.  Top decile private equity firms (over 25% annualized return for 10 years) host their annual Limited Partner or portfolio company board meetings on-site concurrently with Global Private Equity Conference.

Benefits of Premium Sponsorship may include:

  • Invitation to "Members Only" Networking Events such as our annual private dinner at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Speaking and/or Moderating Opportunities
  • Complimentary Passes to Sponsored Global Private Equity Conferences
  • At Site Conference Table Display
  • Prominent Display of Your Logo and Description on Our Website with a Hyperlink to Your Site
  • Inclusion of Firm Description in Global Private Equity Conference Directory with a 1-page marketing insertion
  • Access to our media relationships which have included: Alternative Investment News, Bloomberg News, China Daily, CNBC, Crain's New York, The Deal, The Economist, Forbes, Institutional Investor Magazine, Maeil Economic News (Korea), Mergers & Acquisitions Report, New York Times, Nikkei Venture, Real Deals, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and other leading members of the press

NYSE Invitation Only Private Dinners: Our 2003 and 2002 Global Private Equity Conference Annual Dinners (October 16th, 2003 and February 6, 2002) hosted by the New York Stock Exchange and held on the floor and exclusive boardroom of the prestigious NYSE for Global Venture Network's Board of Advisors, Panelists, and Sponsors. 

Contact Us:
  If you have any questions about sponsorship, please email Sara Goldman at  staff@globalventurenetwork.com or call 201-264-3241.


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Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group)
Chia Tai Enterprises International Limited

      Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) is one of Asia's largest and most prominent business conglomerates, with interests in numerous vertically integrated business, including food products,  petrochemicals (CPPC), retailing (Lotus Superstores and over 3000 7- Eleven stores in China and Thailand), fiber optics,  telecommunications (Telecom Asia),  biotechnology, financial services (Hong Kong Fortune),  cable television (UBC), multimedia and entertainment, and China's largest shopping complex, Super Brand Mall. Today, this Thai anchored business group with 250 companies in 20 countries, employing more than 100,000 people, is the first (FDI License Number 1) and single largest (US $6.5 Billion foreign investor in China, and stands at the forefront, as one of Asia's leading global conglomerates.

Contact:  James Hahn (Email James Hahn)

For more information, visit www.cpthailand.com or www.hkfdo.com 

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Cisco Systems
  

   Cisco Systems, Inc., Empowering the Internet Generation (SM) 

      Cisco SmartStart program provides Internet start-ups with a unique connection to expertise and support from the world's leading Internet solutions company. When you're starting a Web-based business from the ground up, it's an ideal way to focus on your competitive edge, eliminate distractions, and get your e-business off the ground quickly.  

For more information, visit www.cisco.com

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Deloitte & Touche

        Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities.  The firm is dedicated to helping our clients and our people excel.  Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For in America"  by Fortune magazine for four consecutive years.  Deloitte & Touche is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services firms, with more than 92,000 people in over 135 countries.  Deloitte's Tri-State Technology & Communications practice is comprised of experienced practitioners who offer cross-functional services to companies in a wide range of areas, including software, systems integration, telecommunications, biotechnology, Internet, semiconductors, communications utilities and media/publishing. The practice's current service team is led by more than 40 partners providing; audit, tax, information-technology, e-business consulting, human capital, enterprise risk and mergers & acquisition services.  

For more information, visit www.us.deloitte.com.

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Ernst & Young


   Five Times Square
    New York, NY 10036
    (212) 773-3000
 

          Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to senior executives.  With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, the global Ernst & Young organization can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance and manage risk — anywhere in the world.  Its 84,000 people serve as trusted business advisers in more than 130 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance and transaction services across all industries to many of today’s leading global corporations as well as emerging growth companies.  In addition, legal services are available in various parts of the world where permitted.   

Contact: Roger Savell, Partner, at roger.savell@ey.com or 212-773-5665. 

For more information, visit www.ey.com

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Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles International

      Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
is the world’s premier provider of executive-level search and leadership consulting services. Currently, approximately 1,800 Heidrick & Struggles search professionals and employees operate from offices throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. For nearly 50 years, Heidrick & Struggles Executive Search has specialized in chief executive, board member and senior-level management assignments for a broad spectrum of clients: multi-national corporations, mid-cap and start-up companies, nonprofit entities, educational institutions, foundations, associations and governmental units. We are expanding our range of complementary services to offer solutions to senior management teams for their leadership needs, including recruitment of emerging talent, executive assessment, interim executive placement, and professional development.  

Contact: Kyung Yoon, Vice Chairman, at kyoon@heidrick.com or Tel: 650-234.1522.

For more information, visit www.heidrick.com


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Invest Hong Kong

Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
115 East 54th St.
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 752-3320
Fax: (212) 752-3395


Contact us at (212) 752-3320

For more information, visit www.investhk.gov.hk

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Marsh Inc


   
   
       Marsh Inc. is a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm with more than 50,000 employees and businesses in risk and insurance services, investment management and consulting. Marsh is founded on the tradition of delivering risk solutions and services that make out clients more successful. This commitment is being carried out today by more than 32,000 Marsh colleagues serving clients in over 100 countries, delivering advanced risk services. Marsh Private Equity and M&A Services is a division of Marsh. It serves as a single point of contact for you to access the resources of the MMC subsidiary companies and mobilize them to enhance your financial transaction.

For more information, visit www.marsh.com

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NASDAQ




       As the world's largest electronic stock market, Nasdaq® is not limited to one central trading location. Rather, trading is executed through Nasdaq's sophisticated computer and telecommunications network, which transmits real-time quote and trade data to more than 1.3 million users in 83 countries. Without size limitations or geographical boundaries, Nasdaq's "open architecture" market structure allows a virtually unlimited number of participants to trade in a company's stock. Today, Nasdaq lists the securities of nearly 4,100 of the world's leading companies and each year, continues to help hundreds of companies successfully make the transition to public ownership.

For more information, visit www.nasdaq.com
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Doosan Tower
18-12, 6th St, Euljiro-6ga, Joong-gu
Seoul, Korea 100-730
Tel: 82-2-3398-1070
Fax: 82-2-3398-1071

     Neoplux Capital's vision is to emerge as one of the world's leading private equity firms that uncovers promising companies in Korea or around the world and supports their development into world-class enterprises.  Private equity is an active form of investment involving not just capital contribution but also management participation, strategic alliances and networking among investment portfolio companies. The ultimate objective of private equity investment is to maximize investment return by enhancing the value of the portfolio companies through a comprehensive set of supportive services.  Rather than seeking short-term gains, Neoplux Capital wants to become a value-creating partner who helps maximize the portfolio company's value through active management support in addition to capital participation. From venture capital to management consulting and corporate restructuring, Neoplux Capital offers a full range of services related with corporate investment and restructuring. We will be your win-win partner contributing to true value creation throughout the corporate life cycle from start-up to growth and maturity.  Neoplux Capital will achieve our vision through our powerful worldwide network. We will leverage our rich restructuring experience from our mother company Doosan, often quoted as Korea's model case for corporate restructuring. Our talented experts with extensive experience in consulting, finance, accounting, start-ups and venture capital will play a key role in achieving our vision.  Neoplux Capital - we will show you the way to greater corporate value.
     
      Doosan's history started in 1896 as one of Korea's oldest conglomerates.  Among the brand name products within the group include OB Lager Beer, Green Soju, Burger King, KFC, Jongkapjip Kimchi, Doosan Encyclopedia, Vogue, and Volvo Korea.  Doosan's business lines include Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, Biotechnology, Doosan Tower Fashion Mall,  HSD Engine, Semincontech,  The Doosan Bears baseball team, and Neoplux Capital. 

For more information, visit www.neoplux.com and www.doosan.com


Contact Yongsung Kim, CEO & President at YongSung@Doosan.com

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New York Stock Exchange

      

     The New York Stock Exchange, the premier equities market, lists more than 3,000 of the world’s leading companies and has a total global market capitalization of $16 trillion.  The NYSE provides its listed companies with access to the world’s largest pool of equity capital, providing outstanding liquidity and transparency.  As a leader in innovative trading capabilities and systems, the NYSE employs the most advanced communications and computing technologies that deliver fast, efficient, reliable and cost-effective trade executions. 

For more information, visit www.nyse.com

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Oracle



        Oracle has more than twice the database market share of our closest competitor, IBM. But the real story is Oracle's even greater popularity on the Internet. All 10 of the world's largest Web sites-from Amazon.com to Yahoo!-rely on the Oracle database to handle huge numbers of users and enormous quantities of information. And 98 of the Fortune 100 use Oracle for e-business. The Oracle database is the software that powers the Internet. Oracle is the world's leading supplier of application software. Our new  E-Business Suite puts every aspect of a business on the Internet-marketing, sales, supply chain, manufacturing, customer service, accounting, human resources-everything. Our complete and integrated E-Business Suite is a compelling alternative to buying applications from several different vendors, and trying to make them work together.

For more information, visit www.oracle.com

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PricewaterhouseCoopers




            PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey is a quarterly study of equity investments made by the venture capital community in emerging private companies in the United States. As such, it serves as a barometer of regional and national economic health demonstrated through entrepreneurial developments, and identifies promising industry segments. The survey has become a staple for the financial community, entrepreneurs, policy makers and others who track "hot" companies throughout the country.  PricewaterhouseCoopers will present the latest survey of venture capital through PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey at Global Private Equity Conferences.
   

For more information, visit www.pwcglobal.com

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Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited



    Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd ("SIHL") was incorporated in January 1996 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 30 May in the same year. In January 1998, SIHL became a blue chip stock after it was selected as a Hang Seng Index constituent. It was also selected as one of the S&P Asia Pacific Index stocks in October 1999. In April 2001, SIHL became a constituent stock of the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index. In May of the same year, SIHL launched its American Depository Receipt -- ADR (Level 1) program, thus completing its 24-hour global trading platform. In Oct 2001, SIHL has been selected a constituent stock of Hang Seng Composite Index Series. SIHL is a subsidiary of Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holdings) Co., Ltd ("SIIC"), which holds approximately 60% of the total shares. Established by the Shanghai Municipal Government, SIIC is the Government's sole "window company" in Hong Kong. It is currently the largest and most resourceful overseas enterprise under the auspices of the Shanghai Municipal Government. Since its incorporation in Hong Kong in 1981, SIIC has adopted the principle of "being rooted in Hong Kong to serve the interests of Shanghai and Hong Kong." With its dual background and unique advantage as a window company, SIIC has since developed into a conglomerate with ownership in 4 listed companies, 9 subsidiaries and more than 270 associated and affiliated companies. Based in Hong Kong with its executive headquarters in Shanghai, SIIC has business operations all over the world, which is managed through its 9 regional headquarters in North America, Japan, Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Australia, South Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and the Middle East. Being the flagship in the SIIC group of companies, SIHL has been successful in developing a diversified portfolio by means of merger and acquisition involving a number of high-quality assets both in China and overseas.

For more information, visit www.sihl.com.hk

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson Thacher & Barlett logo

       

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Private Fund Practice

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is a leading international law firm, with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Palo Alto and Los Angeles. The Firm provides a full array of general corporate and litigation services to industrial corporations, commercial banks, investment banks and other financial institutions, partnerships, joint ventures and similar business entities, insurance companies, educational and philanthropic institutions and individuals. Cross-border finance, banking and bank regulation, mergers and acquisitions, securities issuance and regulation, project and asset based finance, real estate, asset management, joint ventures, taxation, litigation and dispute resolution are important aspects of the Firm’s practice.  Simpson Thacher is a leader in organizing and bringing to market sophisticated private funds. Historically, our principal clients in this area have been private equity funds, but our practice today involves substantial representation of a wide variety of private funds, including venture capital funds, real estate funds, mezzanine funds and hedge funds.  In addition to its work with funds and their sponsors in connection with fundraising, the Firm is quite active in representing private funds in connection with their investment activities.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett provides legal services in South and East Asia with more than 25 lawyers located in Hong Kong and Tokyo.  The firm’s activities in the region focus on international capital markets transactions, structured and project finance and lending, mergers and acquisitions and other forms of direct investment, asset management, and other corporate and commercial transactions.  The Asian offices also coordinate with the firm’s offices in New York, California  
(Palo Alto
and Los Angeles) and London to provide a truly global capability for local clients as well as clients of the firm based elsewhere in the world.  The Firm's Hong Kong office, established in 1993, has grown to nineteen lawyers, including five partners.  The office primarily serves Greater China, South and Southeast Asia and Korea.  The Hong Kong office provides clients with experienced transaction lawyers, many of whom are fluent in either Chinese or Korean.  Stephan Feder is the managing partner of the office and focuses on capital markets work, Jin Park heads up the Firm’s Korea practice, Chris Lin focuses on Greater China, Philip Culhane heads up our private funds practice and Rich Garvey focuses on mergers and acquisitions.  

Contact: Philip M.J. Culhane, Partner Hong Kong Office at pculhane@stblaw.com or 
Telephone: 011-852-2514-7623


For more information, visit www.stblaw.com
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Straszheim Global Advisors, Inc.
Intelligence, Analysis, Ideas and Perspective with One Audience in Mind:
The Investment Professional

WE ARE STRASZHEIM GLOBAL ADVISORS

We are independent and can say what we believe.
We have no conflicts of interest or corporate view to parrot.
We know Wall Street research because we were there.
We know the buy-side because we were there.

We know what Wall Street does well – and what it does not.
We fill the research gaps and add value via impartial thought.
We understand corporate planning because we were there.
We know consulting practices because we were there.

We are focused, and are not distracted.
We focus on strategic issues, not on day-to-day “noise.”
We draw on the academic and think-tank community.
We can reach sources not typically known on the Street.

WHAT WE ARE NOT
We are not another carbon copy of the short-term economic and investment strategy research available on the Street. We do not try to outguess the Street on the next statistic.
We are not distracted from real research and thought by the latest surprising number. We give you no repetitious summary of late-breaking statistics, no “instant analysis” of the most recent number, and no weekly Friday “chatter.” We leave this Wall Street “research” to others.

WHAT WE ARE
In contrast to Wall Street’s near term focus, we look at issues that are important in a strategic way. We investigate issues that Wall Street ignores because of the rush of day-to-day business.
We focus on broad economic and market moves, on asset allocation, on sectors, on investment themes, on countries and on regions. Our work has shelf life. We give you ideas to ponder, not forecasts to accept. We raise and we answer questions. We stimulate thinking. We open minds.

OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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Quick perspectives/thoughts shared with you. Usually two-three per week.
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Weekly updates of our latest thinking on relevant financial market matters.
Monthly Conference Calls
Originated by Straszheim Global Advisors. Systematic update on relevant topics.
On-Site Visits and Consultation
On-site visits and presentations, plus phone access to Donald Straszheim and staff.
Major Special Studies
Comprehensive studies on key topics of interest. Perspective yet a quick-read.
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Archive of PowerPoint slides and other research materials that we create.
Customized research, presentations, analysis and services available upon request – extended, more frequent visits, investor trips, client gatherings and more.

Services available hard or soft dollar.

Straszheim Global Advisors, Inc.

Donald H. Straszheim, President
100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 940 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 899-9600 Fax: (310) 899-9619
Email: info@straszheim.com  www.straszheim.com

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Super Brand Mall



      At 241,000 sq meters, Super Brand Mall is the largest indoor shopping mall in China. Conceived as a world-class entertainment and shopping center in Shanghai's rapidly developing Lujiazui, Super Brand Mall's international design team is led by Jerde Partnership Inc. of California. Jerde is the international respected firm that designed the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Japan's Hataka Canal City. A mega-mall with shopping, dining, entertainment and leisure facilities including a Lotus Supercenter, Multi-screen movie theatre, specialty retail shops, food court, world class international and Chinese restaurants, Internet cafe, and parking facilities. Developed by Shanghai Kinghill Ltd. (Subsidiary of C.P./Chia Tai Group, the single largest foreign investor in China).

For more information, visit www.superbrandmall.com

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      TRUE, formerly known as Telecom Asia (www.telecomasia.co.th) is the largest listed company in Thailand.  TelecomAsia is a strategic alliance between the Charoen Pokphand Group (C.P. Group), one of Asia's largest agro-industrial conglomerates, and Verizon Communications (a merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE), a US-based global telecommunications operator. 

True Corporation Public Company Limited is Thailand's only fully integrated telecommunications solutions provider and is a leader in the Bangkok metropolitan area (BMA). We provide consumers, small and medium enterprises and corporates with the full range of voice, data and multimedia solutions customized to meet their needs.
           We are the largest wireline service provider in the BMA, the largest Broadband operator in the country and a major player in the wireless, cellular and Internet markets. TRUE is also a significant shareholder in UBC, Thailand's dominant pay television operator.
           But TRUE is about more than just technology. TRUE is about passion, innovation and service. We are about bringing people together and providing fulfillment through communications. We exist to give people the freedom to live different lifestyles, by giving them the power to communicate how they like, whenever they like.
           Everyday we work in partnership with our customers to develop solutions that open windows of opportunity and add value to their lives at home, in the office and on the move.
           Through our 26,000 public phones and our web-phone network we are providing new levels of value added services to customers in the BMA. Our cellular subsidiary Orange, which we developed in record time, currently has more than 1.9 million subscribers and is growing rapidly.
           To meet the growing demand for e-communication services we have pioneered the introduction of high-speed Broadband Internet services and currently have a 90 per cent market share in the BMA. We've also added lightening fast fibre-to-the building and WiFi - wireless data transmission via designated 'hot spots' - to our capabilities and are branching out to provide online content and games
           TRUE is backed by Asia's biggest and most successful conglomerate - Charoen Pokphand Group. Together with its affiliates, CP Group holds a 45 percent shareholding.
           Our subsidiary companies include cellular operator Orange, Asia Wireless, Asia Multimedia, Asia Infonet and cable TV network United Broadcasting Corporation.
           In 2003 we won, for the second year in a row, the Stock Exchange of Thailand Disclosure Award and in 2002 we were one of only seven Thai companies to receive a Good Corporate Governance rating from the influential investment magazine, Euromoney.
           Our company was first listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in December 1993 and trades under the ticker symbol TRUE.


Contact: San Asvarak, SVP, Treasury  (Email San Asvarak) or Tel: 662 699 1912.

For more information
, visit www.telecomasia.co.th

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Trident Capital




     325 Riverside Avenue
     Westport, CT 06880
     Tel: 203-222-4594

        Trident Capital is a private equity firm focused on the networked economy.  In 1993, we founded Trident Capital with a clear vision: to invest in information and business services companies. We made it our business to understand the markets, the movers, the technology, and the potential. Our focus on information and business services led us to become early investors in Internet companies, including MapQuest and CSG Systems.  To date, we've raised five funds and have over $1.2 billion under management. We continue to back businesses that capitalize on the ever-growing importance of information connectivity. By leveraging our operating experience and influential contacts we provide a Trident advantage that has helped talented entrepreneurs to build many successful companies. A number of companies from our earlier funds are now public. Many of our recent investments are becoming leaders in their marketplaces.  Investment sectors on our current radar screen include: business process outsourcing; security and wireless infrastructure, and marketing services.

Venetia Kontogouris  joined Trident Capital  in 1999 as a Managing Director.  Prior to joining Trident Capital, Ms. Kontogouris was President of Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health Incorporated, and has held various positions in venture capital since 1989.Formerly, she was Senior Vice President, Venture Development with Cognizant Corporation where she represented Cognizant in the Information Partners Capital Fund, a venture capital fund formed by Dun & Bradstreet and Bain Capital, with emphasis on the information industry and leveraged buyouts.Ms. Kontogouris has held executive positions in new product development and marketing at D&B where she was head of product development for Dun’s Marketing Services and Director of Marketing for national accounts and financial services.She also held sales management positions for AT&T and IBM.Ms. Kontogouris has also launched her own start-up company in the telecommunications industry.Ms. Kontogouris serves on the Board of Directors of Aptegrity Inc., Berkeley Enterprise Partners, Inc., C-7 Group, Inc., CentrPort, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), eCredit.com, Inc., Event Zero, Questra Corporation, Saleshound.com, Inc., T.R.A.D.E., Inc., Vality Technology, Inc. and Viant Corporation (VIAN).Ms. Kontogouris was a former Director of Avesta Technologies, Inc., Customer Analytics, Inc., eData Resources, Inc., Internet Profiles Corporation, OneSource Information Services, Inc., Jostens Learning Corporation and WEFA (Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates).  Ms. Kontogouris earned a B.A. from Northeastern University and her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.  

Contact: Roma Gallagher, rgallagher@tridentcap.com or Tel: 203-222-4594.

For more information, visit www.tridentcap.com 

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Wasserstein Ventures


Wasserstein & Co.


    1301 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, NY 10036
    Tel:  ( 212) 702-5600
    

        Wasserstein & Co., LP is a leading independent private equity and investment firm, focused primarily on leveraged buyout investments, venture capital investments, and related investment activities.   The Firm manages capital on behalf of its institutional and individual investors, including public and corporate pension funds, foreign governmental entities, endowments and foundations, and high net worth individuals.   The Firm also manages capital from its stockholders and officers.   The Firm today has approximately $2.0 billion of private equity and other assets under management.   The Firm is owned by its Chairman, Bruce Wasserstein, and other senior members of the Firm.  The senior professionals of Wasserstein & Co. have worked closely together for more than a decade, and have extensive experience in managing and executing successful private equity investments.   The leveraged buyouts investment team has completed historically approximately 25 platform buyout investments, and more than 75 related add-on acquisitions or divestiture transactions, across a variety of industry sectors.   The venture capital investment team has completed over 30 investments in a variety of industry sectors, across the development stage spectrum.  Wasserstein & Co. conducts its activities through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Palo Alto.   The Firm has approximately 30 employees.

     Wasserstein Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wasserstein & Co., invests venture capital in growing businesses that are leaders in their sector.  Wasserstein Ventures deploys capital behind purposeful investment theses designed to achieve superior returns for our limited partners. Since its inception in 1996, Wasserstein Ventures has invested over $150 million of capital.  Wasserstein Ventures is currently investing Wasserstein Ventures II, LP, with $160 million of committed capital targeted at expansion and later-stage growth investments in U.S.-based companies.  Wasserstein Ventures II, LP typically makes an initial investment of between $4-7 million in a portfolio company, although in certain investments (including control investments) this range may expand.  Wasserstein Ventures often invests as part of a syndicate of established financial and strategic investors and works closely with a number of leading professional venture capital investment firms. The principals of Wasserstein Ventures bring over 55 years of operational, financial and technology expertise to bear in working with premier management teams and entrepreneurs.  From offices in New York, Palo Alto and Los Angeles, our team is focused on investments in enterprise software, wireless network infrastructure, enterprise storage infrastructure, semiconductor technologies, telecommunications and IT security.  Each investment follows a philosophy that focuses on strong management teams with proven track records and technologies that have demonstrated commercial traction.  Recent investments include Adexa (www.adexa.com), a developer of enterprise supply chain software solutions; Top Layer Networks (www.toplayer.com), a provider of security solutions for enterprise and government networks; Infinicon Systems (www.infinicon.com), a developer of shared I/O systems based on Infiniband technology for enterprise networks; and Chip Express (www.chipexpress.com), a designer and manufacturer of cost-efficient gate-array semiconductor products.

Contact: Tom Huang at th@wasserco.com or Ben Savage at bs@wasserco.com.

For more information, visit www.wasserco.com



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The Economist




        The Economist, founded in 1843, is one of the world's most authoritative and influential magazines with a circulation of over 720,000 in more than 180 countries. It is written for an audience of senior decision-makers and opinion leaders in business, finance, government and the professions who value The Economist for its worldly wisdom and wit.

For more information, visit www.economist.com.

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The Deal

       

The Deal LLC is a diversified media company that aims to be the authoritative voice of the deal economy. We strive to report, analyze and disseminate business and financial news that offers fresh insights on the deal economy, a set of interrelated activities, focused on dealmaking of all kinds, whose purpose is to generate corporate growth in a continually changing global market.  We serve the global deal community – corporate and financial dealmakers, advisers and institutional investors – with a comprehensive line of print and electronic product and services for both readers and advertisers.

Our portfolio of print and electronic media includes The Deal, a business and finance newsweekly; The Daily Deal, a daily financial newspaper; TheDeal.com, an online resource for corporate and financial dealmarkers; Corporate Dealmaker, a business strategy magazine; Bankruptcy Insider, a premium content product; Deal Focus, a M&A database, Corporate Control Alert, a journal of legal and financial trends in dealmaking; Tech Confidential, a magazine focusing on the business of innovation; and  Auction Block, an electronic research information source for corporate auctions These core products are created by an award-winning editorial staff working in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and London bureaus, with support from international correspondents, contributing columnists and illustrators.

For more information, visit www.TheDeal.com.

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Nikkei Venture

   NIKKEI Venture is a newsletter reporting the forefront of emerging venture businesses in the U.S. that are powered by information technologies and electronic networks. The newsletter offers hard-to-obtain information, introducing newly rising companies with their contact addresses, unique business plans and innovative management styles. Target readers of the newsletter consist of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, business consultants/planners and financial specialists who are searching for new business models. A database storing the latest information on U.S. venture companies is constructed on the Net, accessible by the subscribers of NIKKEI Venture only. Together with a weekly e-mail news service that informs the subscribers of updated contents in the database, NIKKEI Venture aims to offer the freshest information from the U.S. A Japanese-language website introducing the newsletter and accepting subscription orders is located at http://e-biz.nikkeibp.co.jp

For more information, visit www.nikkeibp.com

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Alternative Investment News

Alternative Investment News is the only publication that offers a real time search intelligence service with monthly pieces on alternative trends and strategies. The monthly newsletter and real-time website provide breaking news and analysis on the fast-growing institutional market for alternative investments - specifically the use of hedge funds and similar entities by public and corporate pension funds. To sign up for a free trial, visit www.iialternatives.com or call (212) 224-3800.

For more information visit www.iialternatives.com.

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Thomson Financial

        

        Investment Dealers' Digest magazine is the early warning system for trends, new products, and people moves on Wall Street. Its late-breaking news and authoritative data help readers stay on top of what's happening on Wall Street and in the capital markets each week. Published since 1935, this venerable resource includes essential news and feature stories, plus listings of newly registered securities, new issues and more. Quarterly rankings and Who's Who listings keep you up-to-date on people and events in the U.S. underwriting, M&A, private placement and other specialized markets. 

       The insider's source on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and bankruptcies, Mergers & Acquisitions Report, delivers a comprehensive look at every aspect of the mergers and acquisitions arena. Every issue includes complete coverage of pending and ongoing deals, insights into industry trends, strategies and the firms and people involved. 

Contact: shari.rosenblum@tfn.com or call 800-607-4463.

For more information, visit www.iddmagazine.com or  www.MAreport.com or www.tfibcm.com

 

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Canadian Venture Capital Association




        
       The Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA)
was founded in July 1974 and is the trade association that represents the venture capital industry. It is a member-based organization consisting of venture capital firms and organizations who manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in small and medium-sized growth businesses in Canada. Currently, the CVCA represents over 600 members, representing the majority of venture capital invested in Canadian based companies. CVCAąs mission is to promote globally and to facilitate the development of the Canadian venture capital industry.  

For more information, visit www.cvca.ca.

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Council For Biotechnology Information

        The Council for Biotechnology Information was founded in April 2000 by leading biotechnology companies to create a comprehensive communication campaign about biotechnology. The council is committed to providing objective, balanced information to help you better understand and appreciate the benefits biotechnology offers, as well as to encourage informed debate about the issues it raises.  Food and agricultural biotechnology has the potential to provide more and better food for a growing world population while helping protect and sustain the environment. That means better quality of life for real people with real appetites and real needs. At the same time, this latest technological innovation in agriculture is raising questions about its impact on the food supply, environment and the future. The council is committed to addressing those concerns by deploying the best scientific research and other information in credible and understandable ways. The goal is to foster an environment that allows the world to benefit from the products of agricultural and food biotechnology, now and in the future.  The first generation of agricultural biotechnology products provided agronomic benefits that give farmers a wider range of choices in raising their crops. They include soybeans that tolerate herbicides and corn with a built-in pesticide so that farmers can control weeds and fend off the ravages of the corn borer in more effective ways. Farmers' rapid adoption of this new technology all over the world testifies to its value. But because so few of us are now involved in farming, many don't understand how food gets to the grocery store. I believe we all can support a technology that can increase harvests and create products able to grow in drought-stricken and other inhospitable areas. We all care about feeding a growing world population while protecting the environment. And because many more products in the pipeline offer more nutritious or tasty food, we all stand to benefit directly. Research and development deserves and needs to continue, governed by competent regulatory systems that ensure that products that reach the market are safe for people, animals and the environment.

For more information, visit www.whybiotech.com

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The Globalization of Venture Capital

A Management Study of International Venture Capital Firms

Dr. Martin Haemmig
Adj. Professor for Venture Capital
Neuackerstrasse 25A
5408 ENNETBADEN
Switzerland
++41-79-746 76 11
Email:  Martin.Haemmig@seca.ch


Click The Hyperlink Below For Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association Book Review and Book-Order Info:
 
www.seca.ch/6_Books_Statistics/Book%20Overview%20Martin%20Haemmig.pdf

For more information,
visit www.seca.ch


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Italian Private Equity And Venture Capital Association




       
A.I.F.I. (Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) was created in May 1986, in order to promote, develop and represent institutionally the venture capital and private equity activity in Italy. The Association is an organization composed of different entities which, throughout direct investment of their own funds or through the management and advisory of independent funds (closed-end funds) are private equity and venture capital investors with the objective of purchasing, managing and divesting in unquoted companies. Membership has been evolving together with the growing importance of the private equity and venture capital industry.

For more information, visit www.aifi.it.

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National Venture Capital Association





        The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) represents over 450 venture capital and private equity organizations.  NVCA's mission is to foster the understanding of the importance of venture capital to the vitality of the U.S. and global economies, to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth companies by representing the public policy interests of the venture capital and private equity communities at all levels of government, to maintain high professional standards, facilitate networking opportunities and to provide research data and professional development for its members.  

For more information, visit www.nvca.org.

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The Wharton Private Equity Alumni Network

wharton private equity alumni network
 

 
 
    The Wharton Private Equity Alumni Network ("WPEN") was formed in 1998 for Wharton alumni working in the private equity industry (i.e. venture capital, mezzanine investing and leverage buy-outs). The goals and objectives of the WPEN are:
wpen - networking networking. The primary objective of the WPEN is to facilitate networking opportunities thereby providing a private equity resource base for its members. Networking will increase opportunities to:

access sourcing and co-investment opportunities

interact with management teams and entrepreneurs working with private equity sponsors
provide a resource base from which to improve on any due diligence issues
improve career opportunities for members.

    wpen - education education. Provide a forum to further understand and keep abreast of issues such as investment sourcing, industry dynamics, limited partners and fundraising, financing and deal execution and portfolio management.

    wpen - awareness awareness. The WPEN seeks to increase awareness of Wharton graduates working in private equity. The WPEN brings together Wharton alumni working in private equity through an organized network, both on-line and off-line -- over time, it is expected that the network will grow nationally and eventually internationally as members encourage other Wharton alumni working in private equity to participate in the network.

    wpen - interaction interaction. The WPEN will act as a resource base for Wharton alumni and current students interested in private equity through annual events and participation through the Wharton Private Equity Club and the faculty at the Wharton School.

    wpen - interaction organization. WPEN is incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Pennsylvania, and is governed by its bylaws. WPEN is run by volunteers and is managed by an Executive Committee who serve as chairpersons for various functional areas, and a President(s) who oversees the entire organization. WPEN also has an Advisory Board that is made up of founders and former Executive Committee members. All WPEN officers are selected by the Executive Committee, and it is expected that these offices will be rotated annually to provide a constant inflow of fresh ideas. WPEN is primarily financed by annual membership, event dues, and sponsorships of institutions that are supportive of WPEN's objectives. The WPEN Executive Committee and Advisory Committee all work on a voluntary basis. The organization consists of regional chapters - initiated in New York and expanded to Northern California/West Coast. We expect to develop chapters in other regional areas where there exists considerable interest and a significant private equity alumni community.

For more information, www.wpen.org

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The Indus Entrepreneurs

     

     TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA. Although its birth name, The Indus Entrepreneurs, signifies the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise. It is an open and inclusive organization that has rapidly grown to more than forty chapters in nine countries. TiE endeavors to cultivate and nurture the ecosystems of entrepreneurship and free-market economies everywhere, as it sees this to be the single most powerful instrument of prosperity.  TiE is a network of entrepreneurs, investors and other professionals dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and networking. TiE was chartered by entrepreneurs, corporate executives and senior professionals with roots or interest in the Indus region, with the explicit goal of benefiting all entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship. The success of TiE stems from its single-minded focus on the mission of advancing entrepreneurship and wealth creation.  Members of TiE include Vinod Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Rajat Gupta, Managing Partner of McKinsey & Co.; Kanwal Rekhi, Founder of Exodus; K.B. Chandrashekar, Chairman & CEO of Jamcracker; Suhas Patil, Chairman Emeritus of Cirrus Logic; Desh Deshpande, Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks; Dr. Purnendu Chatterjee, Managing Director of The Chatterjee Group; Raj Rajaratnam, Managing General Partner of the Galleon Omni Fund; Kumar Mahadeva, CEO & Founder of Cognizant Technology Solutions; and Parag Saxena, Managing Partner of Invesco Private Capital.

For more information, visit www.tietristate.org

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