Monday, Sep. 29, 2008

Michael Burgmaier
General Parnter / Co-Founder Clear Venture Partners; Topic: The Venture Capital Process
The Venture Capital Process: Pizza and Nanotech?

As a venture capital investor, I am often asked what it takes to get an equity investment from a VC firm. I hear business ideas spanning from magazines, to social networking web sites to consumer products. One of the funds which I co-manage has invested in New Hampshire businesses ranging from pizza crusts (Rustic Crust) to nanotechnology (Nanocomp Technologies). One may ask how can pizza and carbon nanotubes both get venture funding. What common elements make both of these opportunities venture-worthy?

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