SVOD2009 Press Release
Submitted by ileonov on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 09:39For Immediate Release
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, December 11, 2009 – Silicon Valley Open Doors (SVOD), the only Silicon Valley annual investment conference that brings together Russian-speaking innovators with the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms, business media and the top US technology companies, successfully concluded on Thursday, December 10 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
AmBAR and InterFrench join event - Nov 5,2009
How Foreign-Born Leaders Contribute to Silicon Valley's Successes
AmBAR and InterFrench/SiliconFrench invite
you to meet these foreign-born leaders as well as new people in a
professional and friendly atmosphere.
AmBAR Event. Patent Litigation: What Is It And How To Make Money On It, October 27
Submitted by ileonov on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 21:49Patent litigation is one of enforcement strategies of intellectual property rights. In the US, patent litigation has always been an extremely high stakes game, in which one third of the world market for products of any company may be taken away in a heartbeat in a single courtroom by a single judge or twelve laymen jurors. Faced with possibility of being literally shut down by an order of court, companies are willing to pay top dollar to settle patent infringement cases, as was Research in Motion paying whooping $612M to settle one such case.
SiliconFrench Event: Successful Strategies for Intellectual Property in Business, October 22
Submitted by ileonov on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 21:33Intellectual Property might be the only key asset for many companies in the Bay area. Knowing how to manage it is a must for any business developing products or providing services in the technology space, even when open source software is involved.
Virtualization and Beyond: Emerging Technologies that Redefine IT
Virtualization and Beyond: Emerging Technologies that Redefine IT Panel Discussion & Reception Co-hosted by AmBAR and Grid Dynamics Date: October 8, 2009 Time: 6:45pm Russian food and appetizers will be served! Location: Registration: http://www.ambarclub.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=8
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
1530 Page Mill Road
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Directions: http://www.sonnenschein.com/firm_facts/offices/silicon_valley/directions.aspx
Russian Diaspora Survey
Submitted by ileonov on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 22:43Dear AmBARian,
We are writing to invite you to participate in the survey undertaken within the
international project that aimed to collect and understand views of people like
you technology professionals and entrepreneurs of Russian origin that largely
live and work abroad. This international project aims to reach out for the
members of Russian diaspora to assess their views on development perspectives of Russia in the technology field, understand the diaspora’s wi
SVOD2009 Announcement
Silicon Valley Open Doors
Fifth Annual Technology Investment Conference
December 9-10, 2009
SVOD Conference is right around the corner and we have an amazing lineup of speakers! Register today and don't miss out on this unique networking opportunity!
This is a not to be missed event for the entrepreneurs and the Venture Capital community. This year's theme will drive a very exciting Agenda exploring "re-invention" as it affects the startup process on multiple levels -- technologies, business models, financing, monetizing and team building.
Whether you are looking for a deal flow, funding, information or networking - SVOD 2009 is the place to be! - WWW.SVOD.ORG
Confirmed Speakers List:
- Vinod Khosla, Founding Partner, Khosla Ventures
- Charles Giancarlo, Managing Director, Silver Lake
- Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur; Founder, Epiphany; Lecturer, Stanford University, Graduate School of Engineering
- Sergei Beloussov, CEO, Parallels
- Ron Conway, Founding General Partner, Angel Investors LP
- Jason Pressman, General Partner, Shasta Ventures
- Adam Lashinsky, Editor at large, Fortune magazine; regular panelist and business commentator for Fox network programs
- Esther Dyson, Director, 23andMe, Principal, EDventure Holdings (sold to CNet), investor in Flickr and del.icio.us (both sold to Yahoo!) & Medstory (sold to Microsoft)
- Jeff Crow, General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
- Vivek Mehra, General Partner, August Capital
- Ping Li, General Partner, Accel Partners
- Kittu Kolluri, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
- Franklin Pitch Johnson, Founding Partner, Asset Management Company
- Peter Loukianoff, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners
- Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
- Pavel Pogodin, Partner, Sughrue Mion LLP
- Dmitry Dubograev, Partner, Femida LLP
- Leonid Gozman, Board Member, RUSNANO
- Mikhail Chuchkevich, Director, Project Office, RUSNANO
- Dmitry Vasuytinsky, Managing Partner, Allianz Asset Management
- Yan Ryazantsev, Investment Director, Russian Venture Company
- Bo Parker, Managing Director, Center for Technology and Innovation, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
- Vlad Shmunis, CEO, RingCentral, Sequoia-backed company
- Matthew Trevithick, General Partner, Venrock
- Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures
- Vish Makhijani, COO, Zynga
- Vimal Solanki, Vice President, McAfee
- Evgeni Utkin, CEO, Kvazar-Micro, acquired by Sitronics, voted the Best Ukrainian Entrepreneur
- Greg Shenkman, General Partner, Exigen Capital, formerly CEO of Genesys, sold to Alcatel for $1.9B
- Mike Selfridge, Northern California Region Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
Date: December 9-10, 2009
Location: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Silicon Valley, CA
To Register: http://www.svod.org
AmBAR Success Story
Submitted by ileonov on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 23:25Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) announced on April 15, 2008 an acquisition of BiPar Sciences, a California based company, for $500 million in a staged cash transaction, which has been the largest biotech M&A deal this year.
