10 days to go: An opportunity to bag $500,000 Seed Funding for your Startup

[LesFex]

Attention startup company founders & managers!

Just ten days remain for submitting your startup company's executive summary to present in Launch: Silicon Valley 2012. L:SV will feature new companies that are ready for launch, but are not yet well known as on June 5, 2012. If you have an exciting start-up in Information Technology, Mobility, Digital Media, Next Generation Internet, Life Sciences or Clean Energy, send in your two page Executive Summary to Launchsv@svforum.org before April 27, 2012.

Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 is particularly interested in receiving applications regarding products in the following areas- Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Augmented Reality, Cloud Computing, Computer Visual & Audio Recognition & Response, Data Analytics/Business Intelligence, EduTech, Health-IT, Next Generation Collaboration. Launch: Silicon Valley wil be held at Mountain View, California.

Companies selected to present at Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 will be given the opportunity to pitch to representatives from Enterprise Ireland (Irish state agency tasked with growing start-up companies in Ireland), which can provide up to $500,000 seed funding from their recently launched International Start-up Fund.

To know more about L:SV visit launchsiliconvalley.org.

[LesFex]

Hi All,

An important update: deadline extended by a week due to the high number of requests for late submission. Companies that are interested in presenting their products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 should send an Executive Summary of no more than 2 pages to Launchsv@svforum.org by Friday, May 4th.

Also, Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 will have a great roster of panels & speakers in addition to the 30 presenting companies, including:
Steve Blank ***8211; the first 50 people who register will receive a free copy of his new book ***8220;The Startup Owner***8217;s Manual***8221; which he has offered to sign at the event!
Vinod Khosla ***8211; to be interviewed by Emily Chang, anchor of the ***8220;Bloomberg West***8221; technology TV show
Ray Rothrock ***8211; incoming Chair of the National Venture Capital Association, to be interviewed on the JOBS act and the IPO-OnRamp by the Mercury News***8217;s Chris O***8217;Brien
The Changing Face of Venture Capital ***8211; Jeff Clavier, who has grown from angel, to Super-Angel, now VC fund manager; Tim Connor, who was GP at a large fund, & who left to start his own smaller fund; Pete Sonsini of NEA, one of the largest funds in Silicon Valley, with over $11B in committed capital
Where are they now? ***8211; the founders of Launch: Silicon Valley alumni Smaato, Steelhouse & Zuora on what***8217;s happened since they launched at Launch: Silicon Valley in earlier years?

Co-presented by SVForum, Garage Technology Ventures and Microsoft, Launch: Silicon Valley is a product launch platform for cash strapped startups. L:SV is designed to uncover and showcase products and services from the most exciting of the newest startups in information technology, mobility, digital media, next generation internet, life sciences and clean energy. L:SV2012 is particularly interested in receiving applications regarding products in the following areas- Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Augmented Reality, Cloud Computing, Computer visual & audio recognition & response, Data Analytics/Business Intelligence, EduTech, Health-IT, and Next Generation Collaboration.

L:SV2012 will feature new companies that are ready for launch, but are not yet well known. These are companies that have a product or service available (as of June 5, 2012), but have not been out in the marketplace for more than a few months. Up to 30 of the most interesting companies will be invited to leverage Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 as the springboard to launch their product or service, and to network with the audience of Silicon Valley***8217;s top movers and shakers at the Pre-L:SV Event Party on the evening of June 4, as well as at the event itself on June 5.

Thanks.