Finding and Working with Investors Session
Topics Will be Discussed on How to:
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Find investors
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Present to investors
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Know investors’ expectations
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Work with them
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Select board members
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Manage BOD/ BOA effectively
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Manage investor/board updates
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Follow on investment from participants in previous rounds
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Leverage your investors' network to access more resources
Moderator
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Garnet S. Heraman, Managing Director, Investments at FUTURES NYC Innovation Fund
Garnet S. Heraman is an investor and influencer with 25 years experience in innovation strategy.
He is a frequent speaker and judge at technology events around the world. He + his ventures have been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, HuffPost, CNET, Thrillist, WSJ, BizJournals, Institutional Investor, Business Week, Inc., Entrepreneur, Red Herring, Crain’s Business, GMA, Travel+ Leisure and O, Oprah Magazine.
Mr. Heraman is Managing Director of Investments at Futures NYC Accelerator + Innovation Fund, where he is helping to define the future of brand experiences by investing in experiential marketing & retail technologies.
He is the founder of Anvil Venture Partners, a seed stage fund. Previously, he was a co-founder of Aegis Investment Partners, a corporate venture capital fund.
He is an investor in or board member/advisor of numerous ventures including: Benefunder, Candy Lab AR, Dynepic, iOKids, MetroButler and Biba Ventures. He also is co-owner of the beloved Hudson Valley lifestyle brand, Karina Dresses.
He works with several non-profits, including Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center, the original MakerBot Smart Lab, where he is Investor in Residence; TiE New York, where he was a founding board member (1999-2001); The CORO Foundation, which named him to the prestigious Leadership New York Program (2000-1) and; Rhizome.org, the world's first digital art space on the web (1996).
Panelists
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Founder & Partner of InvestHER Ventures