Dorsey & Whitney Sponsoring the US/Israel Venture Summit: Where Israeli Innovation Meets Capital

I’m pleased to announce that Dorsey & Whitney is the Diamond Sponsor of the US/Israel Venture Summit, now in its 5th year, which is being held at Digital Sandbox in downtown NYC on Wednesday, March 30th. This conference will bring together over 50 venture capital firms and over 300 attendees including entrepreneurs, investment bankers and professional advisors, all interested in the activities of cutting-edge Israeli companies in the United States. This year’s conference will include companies from three major tracks that correspond nicely with Dorsey’s areas of expertise:

• Technology – see Dorsey’s Technology, Internet and e-Commerce Industry Group
• Life Sciences – see Dorsey’s Life Sciences Industry Group
• Cleantech – see Dorsey’s Cleantech Industry Group

I will be moderating the 9:00am panel, The Changing Venture World: How Does It Affect Israeli Startups?, which will feature VCs from Lux Capital, iNovia Capital, Canaan Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Clarian Health Ventures, DFJ Gotham Ventures, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

Mike Moyer will moderate the 3:00pm panel, Solid Clean-Tech Deals Investors Will Fund, which will feature VCs from Sail Venture Partners, Greenhouse Capital Partners, Good Energies, WAVE Equity Partners, Signal Lake, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers.

Steve Khadavi will moderate the 4:30pm panel, The Venture Roadmap: What Israeli Startups Need to Know To Attract US Capital, which will feature VCs from Mass Medical Angels, LaunchCapital, Rock Spring Ventures, Bridge Investment Fund, BD Technologies, Chart Venture Partners, and Highland Capital Partners.

Five members of Dorsey’s Israel Practice Group are planning to be at the US/Israel Venture Summit:

• Gary Abelev, Intellectual Property Group (Patent Strategy, Prosecution and Enforcement)
• Jeff Fromm, Corporate Group (Venture Capital, M&A and Emerging Companies – particularly technology companies)
• Mark Kaster, Regulatory Affairs Group (Risk Management, Health and Safety, Business Transactions)
• Steve Khadavi, Corporate Group (M&A, Capital Markets and Public Companies)
• Mike Moyer, Corporate Group (Venture Capital, M&A and Emerging Companies – particularly cleantech companies)

If you would like to discuss this conference or learn more about our capabilities with respect to cross-border business with Israeli companie and investors, please feel free to contact any of us.