The Sikh Geek

I’m very excited to bring you an amazing event that my Partner, Ashish has organised as part of our London Technology Acceleration Service.

LTAS Entrepreneurs Master Class

www.londontechservices.co.uk

Venture Capital – Both sides of the fence!

6:30pm ‐ 9:30pm, Wednesday, 2nd July 2008,

The Hubworking Centre, 8‐9 Talbot Court, London EC3V 0BP
Registration fees: £10 email or online booking before the event. £15 at the door. Email events@londontechservices.co.uk to register and to receive details of how to pay.

LTAS Events
LTAS Events present a great opportunity to listen to the strategies and vision of some of Britain’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, technologists along side active investment managers managing millions of pounds of funds focused on the technology sector.

Event Brief
An exclusive event presenting an opportunity to gain a genuine insight into the process of raising venture capital and getting products to market for entrepreneurs.

Speakers
Tom Weiss
Co‐ founded TV Genius in 2005. TV Genius provides software to power the next generation of Electronic Program Guides for AOL, ITV, IPC, BSkyB. Tom is the author of the popular ‘Mobile Strategies’ book a definitive guide to MVNO and Convergence. Before starting TV Genius he worked at T‐Mobile as Vice President Key Service Introductions where he led the technology initiative behind the EURO2004.

Tom will talk about his experiences of developing and growing a successful technology business.

Paul Amery
Paul joined Skype in 2006 as Director of Platform and Developer Program. Here he was responsible for the launch of Skype’s first distribution platform and was voted one of the VOIP industry top 20 influencers. Before Skype he worked at Orange as the Head of Strategic Partnering. Here he created and launched the Orange Partner, the groups 50,000+ strong global partner site.

Paul will talk about his experiences of developing world class software products and services with focus on developing Alliances and Partner programs.

Alasdair Greig
As an Investment Manager at NorthStar Equity Investors, Alasdair is responsible for the originating and execution of new investments into innovative new technology businesses. Prior to joining NorthStar Equity, Alasdair spent four years with The Cambridge Gateway Fund a £35m early stage technology and life sciences fund, based in Cambridge. He has complete understanding of the investment process and is constantly reviewing the readiness of business that approach NorthStar Equity for raising business finance.

Alasdair will talk about what professional investors really do look for in a technology company.

Programme
6:30 PM - Arrival & Registration
7:00 PM - Welcome from Simon Read, Organiser LTAS
7:15 PM - Tom Weiss – “Growing a successful technology business.”
7:40 PM - Paul Amery – “ How to develop effective Alliances and Partner Programs for a growing software business.”
8:05 PM
Alasdair Greig – “What professional investors really do look for in a technology company.”
8:30 PM - Networking / Coffee
9:30 PM - Close