Venture San Diego Powered by Snell & Wilmer + EvoNexus Present:
Seed & Series A Rounds in 2024 – Investor Startup Expectations: A Moving Target
05/01/2024
Securing venture capital investment in 2023 was incredibly difficult with venture capital on a national level falling 40%. The reasons for that have been well documented throughout the media. Securing venture capital was not only more difficult, but also took much longer to close. 2024 continues to be a tough environment and the reflection of that will be shown once national statistics are released. This program will provide you firsthand experience of recent early-stage fundings with the panel’s respective companies as well as insight from San Diego based NuFund, that specializes in early-stage investments.
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Agenda:
5:30-6:00 p.m. | Registration
6:00-7:00 p.m. | Presentation
7:00-7:30 p.m. | Q&A
Location:
Snell & Wilmer
Executive Center Del Mar
12230 El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Diego, California 92130
Complimentary parking is available.
If you have any event-related questions, please contact Christopher Saldivar.
Moderator:
Bardia Moayedi, Partner, Snell & Wilmer
Bardia Moayedi is a corporate and securities partner at Snell & Wilmer, chair of the firm’s Technology Industry Group, and co-chair of the firm's Life Sciences Industry Group. He primarily advises emerging growth and public companies throughout their life cycles as well as venture capital and private equity firms, particularly in the life sciences, high-technology, financial technology, food and beverage, and clean-technology industries.
Panelists:
Ashok Kamal, Executive Director, NuFund
Ashok Kamal is an Executive Director & Co-Fund Manager of NuFund Venture Group, a San Diego-based early-stage investment fund created by, and formerly known as, Tech Coast Angels - San Diego. NuFund is one of the largest, most active and most successful early-stage investor groups over the past 20+ years. They invest primarily in tech and life sciences.
Patrick Henry, President & CEO, GroGuru
As the CEO of GroGuru, Mr. Patrick Henry drives the overall strategy and operational execution for an exciting AgTech company that will change the way that we grow crops by using an innovative IoT system for precision irrigation and soil monitoring and management.
Ross Bundy, CEO, CRISPR QC / Co-Founder & Chief Entrepreneur, Cardea Bio
Ross Bundy, Co-founder of Cardea Bio, brings his vision for directing strategy, operations, and planning to the company’s market-leading technology solutions at CRISPR QC. As the Chief Executive Officer of CRISPR QC, he leads a team of passionate and innovative scientists and engineers who are developing and deploying a revolutionary biosensor platform that enables the Internet of Biology. With over 6 years of entrepreneurial experience in the biotechnology sector, Ross has co-founded and scaled two successful companies, Cardea Bio Inc. and CRISPR QC, that are transforming the fields of diagnostics, therapeutics, and bioinformatics.