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IPO in 2012; Market Cap Approaching $1 Billion; Past Conference Presenter NHL Owner; $200 Million 2012 Parise/Suter Investment The State of
Venture Investing
Brad Cleveland
CEO, Proto Labs
Craig Leipold
CEO, Minnesota Wild
Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association
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The Future of Innovation: Health • Cloud • Clean • Commerce • Device
Health:
CEO of 24,000 Employee
Health Care Network
Cloud:
$50+ Million VC-Backed Cloud,
Storage & Data Firm
Clean:
$355 Million MN Cleantech &
Renewable Energy VC Fund
Ken Paulus
CEO, Allina Health
Matthew Dornquast
CEO, Code 42 Software
Tom Erickson
Co-President, First Green Partners
Commerce:
VC-Backed Social Commerce Entrepreneur; Past Oracle & Retek Exec
Device:
Serial MN Medtech
Entrepreneur
Media & Technology
Entrepreneur & Veteran
TV Anchor
Wade Gerten
CEO, 8thBridge
Dan Sullivan
CEO, superDimension
Rick Kupchella
President, BringMeTheNews
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The Future of Financing Innovation: VCs & Angels
Veteran Medtech &
Healthcare VC
Angel Investor &
Co-Founder, Stratasys
Active MN Storage,
Software & Tech VC
Buzz Benson
Mananging Director, SightLine Partners
Lisa Crump
CEO, Cairn Ventures
Jeff Hinck
General Partner, El Dorado Ventures
MN's Largest
Private Equity Fund
Active MN Angel
Investor & CEO
Active MN Private &
Angel Investor
Tim Kuehl
Partner,
Norwest Equity Parnters
Vance Opperman
CEO, Key Investment
Joy Lindsay
President, StarTec Investments
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Veteran MN
Healthcare VC

 25 Years Serving Growth
Companies & Investors

 
 

Pete McNerney
Partner, Thomas McNerney & Partners

Dan Carr
CEO, The Collaborative
 


 
Tom Martin,
Dorsey & Whitney
Scott Ebert,
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
Jim Grant,
Dorsey & Whitney
Milo Arkema,
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
 

 
Mark Phillips, Commissioner
MN DEED
Kim Lowe,
Fredrikson & Byron
Mike Harris, Core Innovation Capital Kevin Spreng,
Fredrikson & Byron
 

Workshop III: Strategic Partnering
   
Mark Pihlstrom,
Faegre Baker Daniels
Joe Biller,
SightLine Partners
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Faegre Baker Daniels
   

Workshop IV: Positioning the Company for Financing
   
Patrice Kloss,
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
Greg Glarner,
Affinity Capital Management
Pat Pazderka,
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
   

Workshop V: Exit Strategies: Liquidity for You and Your Investors
   
Bob Tunheim,
Lindquist & Vennum
Shane Slominski, Tonka Bay Equity Partners John Wambold,
Lindquist & Vennum
   
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