Second Chance Tuesday 17 April 2007
Thanks to all of you who attended April's Second Chance Tuesday and to our panel members, George Coelho, Fred Destin, Simon Levene and Danny Rimer who were expertly chaired by the BBC's Rory-Cellan-Jones. There were many high quality entrepreneurs and investors in attendance. We've heard several examples of deal discussions that were initiated on night and there was plenty of lively debate too.
View Lloyd Davis' video of panel here or check out photos of the event here. Panel member Fred Destin has also posted an excellent summary of the discussion on his blog.
Thanks also to Mike Ross (co-founder Figleaves), Simon Murdoch (CEO Friends Abroad) and Ben Holmes (Principal, Index Ventures) for leading a highly rated Early Stage Funding Workshop before the main event. We've posted some of the workshop content online including presentation downloads and useful for resources for entrepreneurs seeking funding.
"Congratulations on the best event that this sector has seen in years' Robert Loch" Internet People
"This is THE event to bring together quality investors with quality investment and is the lifeblood of the internet community" Karen Hanton,
Chief Executive Toptable.co.uk
what every entrepreneur needs to know about Venture Capital
A fireside chat with four of Europe's leading technology investors. The panel was chaired by the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones and featured:
George Coelho - Benchmark Capital
Simon Levene - Accel Partners
The four firms have several billion dollars under management and have made investments in many of Europe's leading start-ups including Skype, Netvibes, Last.fm, Stardoll, Metacafe, Daily Motion,WAYN, MySQL, Zopa, Bebo, Weeworld, Moo, Mind Candy, Autoquake, and Spreadshirt.