Day 3, Session 4

Venture Pitches to Investors

Wednesday September 30
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

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Venture Pitches are for companies intending to scale that are raising money through Angel and/or Venture Capital investors.

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Companies

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Founder and CEO
infiniRel brings together industry veterans from the semiconfuctor, telecom, solar and automotive segment to improve the reliability and affordability of renewable energi solutions. Unlike traditional monitoring solutions, infiniRel's inverter health scanning technology enables timely intervention through predictive corrective maintenance.
A film studio in the Monterey Bay Area that provides much-needed industry infrastructure for itinerant productions (like Big Little Lies) and for a burgeoning community of homegrown talent.

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Owner
From the volcanic soil of the mountain ranges of Vietnam, Omni Bev’s finest, high-altitude specialty bean blend has a rich and distictive flavor. A result in a cold brew that is deep in flavor with distinguished character. We slow roast our small batches of exclusive beans in our home state of California.

Investor Panelists

John Seabern

Ridgecrest Investments
Mr. John H. Seabern, CFA, is General Partner at Ridgecrest Investments.Prior to founding Ridgecrest Investments in 2009, Mr. Seabern worked as an analyst and portfolio manager for several years at RS Investments, a San Francisco based investment advisory firm.

While at RS, he served on the management team of small and midcap growth funds. He also worked as an Analyst at Duncan-Hurst Capital Management, Inc.Mr. Seabern holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Bill Young

Clarus Ventures
Bill Young joined NanoString as Executive Chairman after serving from 1999 to 2009 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monogram Biosciences, Inc., a pioneer in the field of personalized medicine. William Young holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a M.B.A. from Indiana University and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Purdue University.

Bob Kavner

Idealab
Bob has had 3 distinctive careers in his life. He began his career at Price Waterhouse Coopers becoming a Partner in 10 years After 18 years at PWC, Bob was recruited to be CFO of AT&T and during 10 years at AT&T was promoted to CEO of the digital businesses of AT&T and member of the Executive Committee.

In the mid 1990s, Bob moved to Ca to start Idealab with Bill Gross and others. Idealab was the first incubator of technology based companies and continues to do so after over 25 years of operation. Bob has been a member of large corporate boards, in his mid career.

Over the last 25 years Bob has focused his attention exclusively on start-ups...mostly in the role of Chairman and investor.

Brad Barbeau
CSUMB/IIED

Moderator
Brad Barbeau, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the CSU Monterey Bay College of Business and Executive Director of the CSUMB Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (iiED). As a faculty member, he teaches courses in entrepreneurship and new venture formation and finance, and is faculty lead for the entrepreneurship concentration for the College of Business. As Executive Director for the iiED, he devotes his efforts to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem and developing and accelerating entrepreneurial ventures in the Monterey Bay region.


Brad Barbeau
CSUMB/IIED

Moderator
Brad Barbeau, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the CSU Monterey Bay College of Business and Executive Director of the CSUMB Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (iiED). As a faculty member, he teaches courses in entrepreneurship and new venture formation and finance, and is faculty lead for the entrepreneurship concentration for the College of Business. As Executive Director for the iiED, he devotes his efforts to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem and developing and accelerating entrepreneurial ventures in the Monterey Bay region.


Brad Barbeau
CSUMB/IIED

Moderator
Brad Barbeau, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the CSU Monterey Bay College of Business and Executive Director of the CSUMB Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (iiED). As a faculty member, he teaches courses in entrepreneurship and new venture formation and finance, and is faculty lead for the entrepreneurship concentration for the College of Business. As Executive Director for the iiED, he devotes his efforts to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem and developing and accelerating entrepreneurial ventures in the Monterey Bay region.


Brad Barbeau
CSUMB/IIED

Moderator
Brad Barbeau, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the CSU Monterey Bay College of Business and Executive Director of the CSUMB Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (iiED). As a faculty member, he teaches courses in entrepreneurship and new venture formation and finance, and is faculty lead for the entrepreneurship concentration for the College of Business. As Executive Director for the iiED, he devotes his efforts to building the entrepreneurial ecosystem and developing and accelerating entrepreneurial ventures in the Monterey Bay region.


Moderator

Brooks McChesney

Advisory Council Member
Brooks McChesney has been an entrepreneur and senior executive in technology companies spanning multiple vertical markets and industries. He has demonstrated repeated success in developing market- based competitive advantage in emerging technology markets. He is a Founder of the Start-Up Challenge Business Plan Competition and a member of the Advisory Council for the CSUMB Institute for Innovation & Economic Development.