InSITE » EcoSystems http://insiteny.org InSITE Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2010 Spring Final Pitch Event http://insiteny.org/media/2010/04/21/2010-spring-final-pitch-event/ http://insiteny.org/media/2010/04/21/2010-spring-final-pitch-event/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:00:36 +0000 InSITE http://insiteny.org/?p=970 On Friday, April 9, 2010, InSITE Fellows, Spring 2010 Companies, representatives from 6 venture funds and other guests gathered at the offices of Cooley Godward and Kronish for InSITE’s 2010 Spring Final Pitch Event.

InSITE’s Spring 2010 companies presenting were:
ProtEquity
Bandvest
modos
Klickable
Active Locations

A distinguished panel of senior venture capitalists and entrepreneurs provided invaluable feedback on each pitch. These included:
Jason Finger / Founder of Seamlessweb and EIR at Bessemer Venture Partners
Will Porteous / General Partner at RRE Ventures
Morgan Rodd / General Partner at Milestone Venture Partners

Other venture firms present were InSITE Sponsor Greenhill SAVP, Rose Tech Ventures and Tipping Point Partners.

InSITE is tremendously thankful to our sponsors for supporting us through another outstanding semester:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
Canaan Partners
Contour Venture Partners
DFJ Gotham
Investor Growth Capital
Greenhill SAVP
Kodiak Venture Partners
Milestone Venture Partners
RRE Ventures

InSITE also thanks Cooley, Godward and Kronish for hosting our Pitch Event for the fourth semester.

We captured brief interviews with several participants in this Klickable video:

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Register now for the

Spring 2010 Final Pitch Event

Friday, April 9, 2010

8:30 am – 11:00 am



Click here to RSVP

InSITE Overview InSITE (Investments from Student Interaction with Technology and Entrepreneurs) brings together the best and brightest students from Columbia and NYU’s Business and Law schools to support New York-area entrepreneurs to develop their businesses and support their pursuit of private equity, venture capital, or angel investments. Since 2000, InSITE Companies have raised more than $160M in venture funding.
Event Includes
  • Presentations from five promising New York-based startups (listed below) and featuring three extraordinary panelists:

    • Jason Finger, Bessemer Venture Partners
    • Will Porteous, RRE Ventures
    • Morgan Rodd, Milestone Venture Partners
  • A reception with New York’s leading VCs and angel investors
  • Exposure to business and law graduate students from NYU and Columbia
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    Date Friday, April 9, 2010
    8:30am – 11:00am
    Location Cooley Godward Kronish
    The Grace Building
    1114 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, NY 10036
    (Google Maps)
    Schedule 8:30 am – 9:00 am: Registration with light breakfast will be served
    9:00 am – 10:30 am: Company presentations
    10:30 am – 11:00 am: Closing statements and networking
    Presenting Companies
  • Bandvest is a platform where fans can invest in the bands they believe in.
  • EcoSystems offers hardware systems that allow users to easily create or customize furniture under comprehensive, environmentally-friendly frameworks.
  • KlickableTV makes adding clickable links to videos as easy as tagging photos in facebook, which allows video sites, media companies and advertisers to better monetize and engage their audiences.
  • ProtEquity offers a Home Equity Protection (HEP) product for homeowners that allow them to protect the value of their home against regional housing market declines.
  • Active Locations develops location-aware mobile applications that allow organizers and owners of events and venues to place branded information and content at their visitors’ fingertips.
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    RSVP


    Click here to RSVP

    If you have any questions about the InSITE Pitch Event or problems RSVPing, please contact Katherine Chung at vp.teams@insiteny.org.

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    • Bandvest is an online music marketplace where artists raise money to record a professional EP by pre-selling their EP to fans at a discounted price and giving them meaningful incentives including equity in the EP in the form of ‘Bandvest Bucks.’
    • EcoSystems offers hardware systems that allow users to easily create or customize furniture under comprehensive, environmentally-friendly frameworks.
    • Klickable is an easy-to-use online video platform that allows users to create interactive Klickable videos.
    • ProtEquity offers a Home Equity Protection (HEP) product for homeowners that allows them to protect the value of their home against regional housing market declines.
    • Active Locations develops location-aware mobile applications that allow organizers and owners of events and venues to place branded information and content at their visitors’ fingertips.

    Teams of Fellows have been paired with each company; they will work to improve their pitches over the next two months in preparation for InSITE’s Spring 2010 Final Pitch Event on Friday, April 9th.

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