SDForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast
with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Pillsbury Winthrop
“Clean Technology”
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Description:
VC cleantech investing surged from a rounding error 10 years ago to the #3 category in 2008, according to the PwC Money Tree. Recently, the US government has become a major funding source for key cleantech investments, facilitating their growth. Will cleantech continue to be one of the leading areas for investments going forward? If so, how will the mix of cleantech investments change? What are the emerging categories within cleantech? Which parts are fading? Come hear our experts debate these and other cleantech topics in what promises to be a lively discussion.
Agenda:
8:00am - 8:30am Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - 8:45am Introductions
8:45am - 9:00am Overview
9:00am - 9:45am Panel Discussion
Confirmed Speakers:
Wayne Hedden, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Don Wood, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Marianne Wu, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Rick Yang, NEA
Moderator: Allison Leopold-Tilley, Pillsbury Winthrop
Online Registration Pricing:
SDForum Members: $20, Non-members: $30, Platinum Pass: $0
$10 more at the door (does not apply to Platinum Pass Members)
Location:
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Speaker Bios:
Wayne Hedden, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Wayne has 15 years of public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has served a diverse base of public and emerging companies in the U.S. and overseas. Wayne is a partner in PwC's technology practice in San Jose, California working with numerous companies in the cleantech sector, as well as clients in other technology sectors including semiconductors, software and networking. In addition to serving clients, Wayne acts as a liaison to VC cleantech funds and contributes to PwC's thought leadership efforts within the cleantech sector. Wayne received a Bachelor’s degree (with honors) in Accounting and Finance from the University of the West of England, Bristol. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Allison Leopold Tilley, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop. Allison focuses on the representation of technology companies in securities and venture capital transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, venture funds and joint ventures. She has significant experience representing acquirers and target companies. Ms. Leopold Tilley is co-leader of the firm's Emerging Growth & Technology practice, leader of the Silicon Valley Business and Technology Group and co-leader of the Southeast Asia team.
Don Wood, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Don leads DFJ’s 16 Global Network Funds and is an active member of DFJ's investment team, with a primary focus on cleantech and IT investing. Don’s cleantech career began with his first job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. working in the policy planning department. Later he was SVP at International Power Technology which designed, financed, and installed co-generation power plants. Don also assisted the founders of SunPower (SPWR) in writing their original business plans and raising capital. Don served on the Board and was President of Metricom (MCOM), which provided wireless smart grid systems to utilities and pioneered the first wireless Internet service known as Ricochet. Prior to DFJ, Don was a GP at Vanguard Ventures and also worked at McKinsey and Octel Communications. He has BS and MBA from Stanford.
Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures. At MDV, Marianne focuses on Cleantech investments. These typically involve significant technology or business model breakthroughs applied to large, evolving markets such as solar, biofuels and chemicals, clean coal, energy efficiency, smart
grid, and water treatment and management. She leverages over 15 years of technology development and business experience to help entrepreneurs build meaningful, successful businesses. At MDV, she is on the Board of Laurus Energy and works closely with Zeachem and Catilin.
Rick Yang, Associate, NEA. Rick joined NEA in 2007 and is focused on energy and information technology investments. Rick works closely with a number of NEA's energy technology portfolio companies in the solar, wind, and building efficiency industries. Prior to joining NEA, Rick was an investment banker in the Credit Suisse Technology Group. While at Credit Suisse, Rick advised on and executed a number of strategic financing initiatives for leading public and private companies in the semiconductor, software, Internet and communications equipment verticals. Rick earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
