Boston venture capitalists talk about what's changing in 2013 [Audio]
The panelists were Deepak Sindwani of Bain Capital Ventures and Sunil Dhaliwal of Amplify Partners (pictured at right), Todd Dagres of Spark Capital, Amir Nashat of Polaris Partners, and Jeff Fagnan of Atlas Venture. The event took place at Microsoft NERD in Kendall Square, on February 7th.
We talked about reasons to be optimistic and pessimistic about the venture industry in 2013...Dhaliwal's newly-announced firm...the fate of seed-funded startups when they go to raise a larger Series A round...how entrepreneurs should think about how many VC firms to pitch, and which ones...the panelists' turn-offs when they listen to entrepreneur presentations...a recent investment, and how they did due diligence on it...first-time founders versus more experienced entrepreneurs...the day when Facebook's founders went to pitch Battery Ventures in Waltham...and opportunities in cleantech and enterprise technology right now.
I also invited three entrepreneurs from the audience to give a brief pitch about their startups, and asked the panel to tell me what areas they'd poke at or ask more about.
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About Scott Kirsner Scott Kirsner was part of the team that launched Boston.com in 1995, and has been writing a column for the Globe since 2000. His work has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Newsweek, and Variety. Scott is also the author of the books "Fans, Friends & Followers" and "Inventing the Movies," was the editor of "The Convergence Guide: Life Sciences in New England," and was a contributor to "The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston." Scott also helps organize several local events on entrepreneurship, including the Nantucket Conference and Future Forward. Here's some background on how Scott decides what to cover, and how to pitch him a story idea.
Events
May 22: MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
Chief information officers from Guess, Haemonetics, Intel and other companies talk discuss "architecting the enterprise of the future."
June 3: MITX Innovation Awards
Economist & blogger Jodi Beggs hosts at the Westin Copley.
June 25: TEDxBoston
The oldest and biggest of the locally-organized TED events is back, at the Seaport World Trade Center. Tickets are free, but tough to get. Also streams on the web and airs on WBUR.
