[Press Release] Cultivation Capital Partners To Discuss St. Louis Innovation at Washington University
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Cultivation Capital Partners To Discuss St. Louis Innovation at Washington University
Saint Louis – April 10, 2013: Three General Partners from Cultivation Capital will lead a panel on Innovation in St. Louis at Washington University in St. Louis. Hosted by wute.vc and open to all WUSTL students, the event occurs this Tuesday, April 16, at 5PM in Simon Hall on the WUSTL main campus. Cultivation Capital leads St. Louis technology venture capital with Pre-A and A-round investments in companies including Lockerdome, Yurbuds, JBara, and Aisle411. The panel comprises General Partners Brian Matthews, Peter Esparrago, and Clifford Holekamp.
Philip Thomas, wute.vc Director, says, “With students soon starting local jobs and summer internships as the semester ends, wute.vc provides an opportunity for the Washington University community to learn about the national impact of local startups from the fund, Cultivation Capital, that catalyzes their growth.”
wute.vc is a division of wute, Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs. Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
Contact:
Philip I. Thomas
Director, wute.vc
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Video from Union Square Ventures Event
This afternoon wute.vc hosted a digital hangout with Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures.
USV is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests in information technology enabled services and manages $450 million across three funds. The firm currently has investments in Boxee, Codeacademy, Disqus, Dwolla, Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Skillshare, SoundCloud, StackExchange, Tumblr, and Twitter, among others.
Its previous investments include Behance (acquired by Adobe), Del.icio.us (acquired by Yahoo!), FeedBurner (acquired by Google), and Zynga (ZNGA).
You can follow Albert on Twitter.
[Press Release] wute.vc Hangout with Union Square Venture Partners
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wute.vc Hangout with Union Square Venture Partners
Saint Louis – February 21, 2013: Union Square Ventures partners Albert Wenger and Fred Wilson will remotely give a speech about technology venture capital in 2013. The event is being held on Tuesday, March 5 at 5:00 PM in May Auditorium of Simon Hall on the WUSTL main campus. All WUSTL students and St. Louis startup community members are invited to attend.
Albert Wenger holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT, and he served as the president of del.icio.us during its acquisition by Yahoo. He blog at Continuations and tweets at @albertwenger.
Fred Wilson co-founded Union Square Ventures. Fred publishes the blog A VC and tweets at @FredWilson
USV is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests in information technology enabled services and manages $450 million across three funds. The firm currently has investments in Boxee, Codeacademy, Disqus, Dwolla, Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Skillshare, SoundCloud, StackExchange, Tumblr, and Twitter, among others. Its previous investments include Behance (acquired by Adobe), Del.icio.us (acquired by Yahoo!), FeedBurner (acquired by Google), and Zynga (ZNGA).
wute.vc is a division of wute, Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs. Local venture capital fund Cultivation Capital serves as a founding sponsor of wute.vc, and Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
Contact:
Director, wute.vc
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[Press Release] Brad Feld Talks Local Startup Communities at WUSTL
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Brad Feld Talks Local Startup Communities at WUSTL
Saint Louis – January 15, 2013: Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group and co-founder of TechStars, will remotely give a speech on building startup communities and conduct a Q&A via Google+ Hangouts. The event is being held on Monday, January 28 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium on the WUSTL main campus. Students, faculty, and startup community members are invited to attend. The event is sponsored by the Google Student Ambassador Program.
Brad is one of the managing directors at Foundry Group, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage software / Internet companies throughout the United States. He is also the co-founder of TechStars, a mentor-driven accelerator, author of several books and blogs, and a marathon runner. His book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City focuses on building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Published yesterday, his book Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur highlights work-life balance for entrepreneurs.
wute.vc is a division of wute, Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs. Local venture capital fund Cultivation Capital serves as a founding sponsor of wute.vc, and Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
Contact:
Philip I. Thomas
Director, wute.vc
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[Press Release] Alexis Ohanian Kicks Off Student-Run Venture Capital Lecture Series at WUSTL
Today Alexis Ohanian, a Co-Founder of Reddit and an angel investor, spoke at Washington University in St. Louis to an audience of over 200 students. The speech marks the first event by the wute.vc student group. Alexis is touring the United States for his Internet 2012 bus tour, which aims to make open internet legislation a prominent political issue.
Alexis’ speech focused on entrepreneurship, with the aim of encouraging the students to start businesses. He discussed the journey of starting Reddit after college, what makes a successful companies, and his current activism efforts. He ended the speech by answering questions posted and ranked by students on a Reddit thread. After the event, he spoke to students regarding their entrepreneurial efforts.
wute.vc is a division of wute, the Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs student group. wute.vc aims to promote open discussion about venture capital fundraising with students through a lecture series featuring both entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Local venture capital fund Cultivation Capital serves a founding sponsor of wute.vc, and Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
Photos of the event are available here.
Contact:
Philip I. Thomas
Director, wute.vc
[email protected]
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[Press Release] Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian to Talk Venture Capital at WashU
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Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian to Talk Venture Capital at WashU
Saint Louis – September 26, 2012 : Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian will open a venture capital-oriented lecture series by wute.vc, a student group at Washington University in St. Louis, with an October 9 speech on the school’s main campus. wute.vc aims to allow students to hear testimonies from venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs regarding their fundraising experiences.
Alexis’ history of being in the first YCombinator class, raising seed funding, successfully exiting by selling Reddit to Conde Nast, then becoming an angel investor himself provide a comprehensive basis for discussing the role of venture capital in start-up businesses.
Alexis will speak at 4:30 PM on October 9 on the Danforth Campus of WUSTL. The specific venue is not yet finalized. wute.vc talks are open to all WUSTL students and faculty.
wute.vc is a division of wute, Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs. Alexis Ohanian’s speech is being sponsored by the WUSTL Engineering Discovery Competition. Local venture capital fund Cultivation Capital serves a founding sponsor of wute.vc, and Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
Contact:
Philip I. Thomas
Director, wute.vc
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[Press Release] wute.vc Student Group Launching Venture Capital Lecture Series at WUSTL
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wute.vc Student Group Launching Venture Capital Lecture Series at WUSTL
Saint Louis – September 1, 2012 : wute.vc, a student group at Washington University in St. Louis, is launching a venture capital-oriented lecture series. The talks allow students to hear testimonies from venture capitalists and seasoned entrepreneurs regarding their fundraising experiences. The upcoming lectures, planned for the Fall semester, will be open to the student body.
wute.vc is a division of wute, Washington University Tech Entrepreneurs. Local venture capital fund Cultivation Capital serves a founding sponsor of wute.vc, and Cultivation Capital General Partner and WUSTL Senior Lecturer Cliff Holekamp serves as an advisor to the group.
wute.vc seeks speakers for its Fall 2012 lecture series, and expects to announce its first event in a week.
Contact:
Philip I. Thomas
Director, wute.vc
[email protected]
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