“What Drives and Motivates VCs”
Maria C. Walker, Senior Director, Venture Capital Practice, KPMG
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010
NOTE NEW Location for SEPT Meeting: UCSC Ext Room 106 @ 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA
Register at www.bio2devicegroup.org prior to meeting
Cost:EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS BEFORE 5AM on SEPT 13
$6 - Students/In-transition - Members only
$11 - Early-bird Registration - Members only
$20 - Late Registration and Non-Members
$25 - Walk-ins
Ms. Walker’s years of working in the venture industry allow her to bring candid valuable insights about the venture capital industry and, specifically, on working and interacting with venture capitalists. She will help you gain a better understanding of who VC’s are and how best to develop a productive business connection with them. This clearer understanding with whom you are working will enhance the opportunity for a lasting and successful working relationship. The session will be free-flowing and interactive.
Maria is a Senior Director in KPMG’s Venture Capital Practice working with venture funds and their portfolio companies. She has more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting including 10 years working with the venture capital industry. Before re-joining KPMG in 2008, Maria was chief financial officer at Lightspeed Venture Partners in Menlo Park and prior to that, Administrative Partner and COO of Forward Ventures in San Diego. In those roles, she was a senior member of two firms raising and managing in excess of $1.7 billion. Her responsibilities included financial reporting and investor relations for those firms and she participated in structuring and negotiating financings of venture-backed companies and the management of investor exits from those investments. Prior to her work in venture capital, Maria was a member of the KPMG’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice in San Diego where she worked with both public and private venture-backed companies.
