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In my opinion, thought leaders are people who lead with action and not just words. Morgenthaler partners do what they say they'll do. They also offer us a rare level of hands-on involvement and guidance - to be there when we need them - while giving us the room to experiment, think, learn, and maneuver. It's how a partnership should be.

Barry Weinbaum, CEO
NanoOpto Corp.


 

Speaking Engagements

    Stanford University Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students - E-Challenge & Social E-Challenge
Stanford University, CA
May 30, 2008

Drew Lanza and Ken Gullicksen will Serve as Judges
 


Past Engagements

    University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
April 24 - 26, 2008

Ken Gullicksen & Rebecca Lynn will serve as a judges for the Entrepreneurship Program's International Business Plan Competition.


 


    Stanford University Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students - E-Challenge & Social E-Challenge
Stanford University, CA
April 25, 2008

Drew Lanza and Ken Gullicksen will serve as judges
 


    2008 West Coast Venture Capital Conference & Monterey Bay Innovation Investment Forum
Monterey, CA
March 11, 2008

Morgenthaler Senior Associate Rebecca Lynn will serve as a judge for the New Media/Web 2.0 presentations.
 


    Dow Jones Venture One Summit 2008
Redwood City, CA
February 26, 2008

Bob Pavey is a panelist in the session The Bubble Companies: Should They Be Viewed In A More Favorable Light?
 


    Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs Luncheon Forum
Event: 'Portfolio Forum: VCs Are From Mars, CEOs Are From Venus'

Palo Alto, CA
February 19, 2008

Ken Gullicksen will describe how he assesses the progress of portfolio companies and the risks and red flags he looks for in assessing companies and management teams.

 


    Shaking the Money Tree of Multi-Platform Social Networks
Stanford - Palo Alto, CA
February 19, 2008

Ken Gullicksen will be a panelist offering insight on the viability of the multi-platform strategy for social apps.

 


    Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) Breakfast Club
Palo Alto, CA
January 31, 2008

Bob Pavey will speak on Morgenthaler Ventures' Focus On Life Sciences, Information Technology

 


    Stanford University Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)
E-Challenge & Social E-Challenge Workshop: Idea to Company

Stanford, CA
January 17, 2008

Drew Lanza and Ken Gullicksen will give a presentation on how to take a business idea and turn it into a profitable company.

 


    Silicon Valley Association of Startup Engineers (SVASE) Main Event
Palo Alto, CA
January 10, 2008

Partner Ken Gullicksen will speak in the panel discussion Where the ‘Hot Money’ will be going in 2008
 


    Under the Radar | Mobility forum
Moutain View
November 15, 2007

Gary Little will serve as judge for Dealmaker Media's Under the Radar | Mobility forum. Forty-two startup companies will present.
 


    IBF Biotech Investing Conference
Menlo Park , CA
November 05 - 06, 2007

Chris Christoffersen, Partner, is on the Conference Advisory Board and will speak on November 6 in the panel on New Trends in Venture & Private Equity Investing
 


    NVCA VC dinner at DEMOfall 07
San Diego
September 24, 2007

Gary Morgenthaler will speak in a panel on Venture Capital: A Monogamous Investment Vehicle or Strange Bedfellow?


 


    Strategy Series | Playing Hard to Get - The Art of Being Bought not Sold
Menlo Park, CA
September 12, 2007

Morgenthaler Partner Ken Gullicksen will speak at this conference.
 


    iHollywood Forum's VC Demo Digital Media Venture Summit
Mountain View, CA
July 17, 2007

Partner Gary Little will judge presenting companies in the track: "Internet, Video and the Fall of TV?" Session begins at 3:30 pm.


 


    IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference
Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco
June 07, 2007

Partner Gary Morgenthaler will speak on June 7 at 9:15 a.m. in a panel on The Venture Capital Forecast: Views on the Silicon Valley Investment Model.

Over 400 of the most active venture capitalists, limited partners and private equity investors will be present.
 


      NECINA Optics SIG Seminar: Nano Technology
Anza LLC, Wilmington, MA
May 19, 2007

Morgenthaler Partner Greg Blonder will participate in NECINA's Optics Seminar on Nanotechnology, discussing the economic potential of nanotechnology and how to "avoid small returns from small things".
 


    Stanford BASES 10th Annual E-Challenge
Stanford Campus
April 28, 2007

Morgenthaler Partners Drew Lanza and Ken Gullicksen will participate as judges in Stanford University's 10th Annual E-Challenge campus-wide business plan competition.
 


    Strategy Series: Getting KaChing!
Morgenthaler Ventures
April 19, 2007

Ken Gullicksen moderates a panel which analyzes the key factors that lead start-ups to success in Office 2.0. Participants include executives from Cisco, ThinkFree and Atlassian Software Systems.
 


      SDForum's Application Platforms Conference
Network Meeting Center, Techsmart, Santa Clara
March 27, 2007

Gary Little will provide practical guidance on how to navigate the labyrinth of issues faced by small and large development groups.
 


    Under the Radar: Why Office 2.0 Matters
Microsoft Campus, Mountain View, CA
March 23, 2007

Ken Gullicksen participates to judge a mash-up panel consisting of LongJump, Masherey, Proto Software, and Teqlo.

 


    Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) Entrepreneurial Thought Leader (ETL) Series
Stanford University, CA
March 07, 2007

Shaukat Shamim, EVP of Business Development at Morgenthaler portfolio company Rhythm NewMedia, will share his experiences as a co-founder, developer & entrepreneur with Stanford University students.
 


    Super Return 2007
Frankfurt, Germany
February 26 - March 01, 2007

Bob Pavey will moderate the panel "Agony or Ecstasy - What's Ahead for the Next Ten Years?".
 


    Thomas Weisel Partners Tech2007
San Francisco, CA
February 05 - 07, 2007

Gary Morgenthaler will participate in the VC panel at the upcoming Thomas Weisel Partners Tech2007 conference.
 


    Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES) E-Challenge
Stanford University, CA
January 22, 2007

Ken Gullicksen and Drew Lanza shed some light on what investors look for in a successful business plan.
 


    IBF Nanotech Investing Forum
Palm Springs , CA
January 22, 2007

Bob Pavey moderated the panel "An Inside Look at Investing in Innovative Nanotechnologies".
 


    Livingston Nanotechnology Conference
New York City, NY
December 07, 2006

Bob Pavey delivered the keynote at this event.
 


    BIO InvestorForum 2006
San Francisco, CA
October 18 - 19, 2006

Chris Christoffersen spoke on the "M&A and licensing is good for the biotech industry" panel.
 


    Seed and Early Stage Investing
Boston University
October 19, 2006

Paul Levine spoke at this event.
 


    Dow Jones Private Equity Analysts Conference
Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY
September 26, 2006

Bob Pavey was a speaker on the "Building A Sustaining Firm: What Does It Take? " panel.
 


    Internet Venture Fair & Investment Forum
San Jose, CA
June 20 - 21, 2006

Gary Little moderated the "Future of Online Advertising: Where is it Now and Where is it Going?" panel.
 


    The City Club of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
May 24, 2006

David Morgenthaler spoke at the "New Leaders Dialogues on Leadership" event.
 


    Globalization Of Private Equity Investing Conference
Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, Glendale, AZ
April 02 - 04, 2006

Bob Pavey participated in a panel “General Partners: Technology & Venture Capital Best Practices” on April 4th.

 


    Dow Jones Venture Summit
San Francisco, CA
March 22 - 23, 2006

Ken Gullicksen participated in the "Digital Home" panel.
 


    Churchill Club Breakfast Event
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
December 08, 2005

Gary Little participated in a panel ("Building the Next Google: The Small Business Startup Kit") moderated by Michael Copeland of Business 2.0.
 


    Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2005
Boston, MA
November 28 - December 02, 2005

Greg Blonder spoke at this event.
 


    TIE SOFTWARE SIG: Top 10 Software Predictions for 2006!
Santa Clara
November 29, 2005

Gary Morgenthaler participated in this panel.

 


    Under the Radar: Enterprise Technologies
Microsoft, Mountain View, CA
November 16, 2005

Ken Gullicksen participated.
 


    VentureWire Consumer Technology Ventures 2005
Sofitel San Francisco Bay, Redwood City, CA
November 08 - 09, 2005

Gary Little spoke at this event.
 


    Digital Imaging Conference
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, CA
September 29, 2005

Ken Gullicksen spoke at this event.
 


    Healthcare Ventures
Redwood City, CA
September 27 - 28, 2005

Robin Bellas moderated a panel at the event.
 


    Silicon Valley Bank Northern California Showcase
Hyatt Regency San Francisco International Airport
September 28, 2005

Gary Little was one of five distinguished venture capitalists who evaluated eight entrepreneurs on their business ideas and market opportunities.
 


    BIO 2005: Nanotechnology: Promising Near-Term Opportunities for Commercialization
Philadelphia, PA
June 19 - 22, 2005

Greg Blonder spoke on a panel addressing Nanotechnology.

 


    IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference
San Francisco, CA
June 01 - 03, 2005

Gary Morgenthaler spoke at the event and was also on the Advisory Board.
 


    IBDNetwork's Under the Radar | Consumer Technologies
Mountain View, CA
May 31, 2005

Ken Gullicksen was a judge for the competition.
 


    C21 BioVentures
Monterey, CA
May 24 - 26, 2005

Chris Christofferson spoke at the event.
 


    UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition
Berkeley, CA
April 27 - 28, 2005

Morgenthaler Ventures sponsored the event.
 


    2005 Dow Jones VentureOne Summit
The Argent Hotel in San Francisco
April 12 - 13, 2005

Gary Little spoke, and Bob Pavey was on the Advisory Board at the event.
 


    MIT: The Materials-Money Phase Diagram
Cambridge, MA
April 12, 2005

Greg Blonder spoke at the event.
 


    Cleantech Venture Forum VI
San Francisco, CA
March 22 - 24, 2005

Greg Blonder spoke on a panel addressing Technology Investment.

 


    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC)
Anaheim, CA
March 06 - 11, 2005

Drew Lanza chaired a panel at the Executive Form that preceded the conference. He also spoke at the conference at a MarketWatch panel.
 


    13th Annual VentureWire Network Ventures
Redwood City, CA
March 08 - 09, 2005

Ken Gullicksen participated in an onstage debate: "What's Next After Gigabit Ethernet?"
 


    2005 Wharton Technology Conference
Philadelphia Convention Center
February 25, 2005

Greg Blonder spoke on the Venture Capital Panel at the event.
 


    Entrepreneurial Conference 2005
Stanford, CA
February 12, 2005

Robin Bellas spoke at this event.
 


    IBF NanoTech Investing Forum
Rancho Mirage, CA
February 01 - 02, 2005

Bob Pavey spoke at the event.
 


    IBF Biotech Investing Conference
Westin San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, CA
November 10 - 11, 2004

Robin Bellas spoke at the IBF Biotech Conference on November 10-11, 2004.
 


    NGN 2004
Boston, MA
November 01 - 05, 2004

Greg Blonder spoke on a panel addressing Wireless Broadband on Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
 


    5th Annual Early Stage Venture Investing Conference
The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
October 21 - 22, 2004

Gary Little lead the "Exit Strategies: Preparing early on for the liquidation event" panel on Thursday, October 21.
 


    VentureOne Innovation and Growth Exchange
Hilton Logan International Hotel, Boston
October 19 - 20, 2004

Greg Blonder participated on "The Future of Wireless" panel, Tuesday, October 19, at 10:30 AM.
 


    Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
October 06, 2004

Partner Robin Bellas and The Foundry CEO Hanson Gifford spoke on successful incubator models.
 


    Stanford Asia Technology Initiative 2004
Suntec City, Singapore
August 25, 2004

Robin Bellas appeared on the Biotech panel, speaking on convergence.
 


    Supercomm 2004
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
June 21 - 22, 2004

Gary Morgenthaler was a featured speaker at Telecommunications Magazine "Hot Startups" breakfast at Supercomm.
 


    Venture Capital Investing 2004
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
San Francisco, CA
June 09 - 11, 2004

Gary Morgenthaler was the Advisory Board Chairman.

Pre-Conference Workshops
Track B: Expectations on Exits & Preparing for Liquidity
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
4:30 - 5:30pm
Bob Pavey participated in the panel: Co-investing & Developing Strong Syndicates.

Thursday, June 10, 2004
8:50am
David Morgenthaler received a lifetime achievement award from the International Business Forum.

Thursday, June 10, 2004
9:30 - 10:30am
Gary Morgenthaler spoke in the opening panel: Return of the Venture Market.

 


    Red Herring Spring 2004
Monterey, California
May 18 - 20, 2004

Gary Little participated on the "Exit Strategies" panel.
 


    Venture Capital Investing in Homeland Security and Defense Technologies
May 11 - 12, 2004

Greg Blonder spoke on the "Government as a Driver for Seed Stage Companies" panel.
 


    Medtech Investing Conference 2004
The Millennium Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
May 04 - 05, 2004

Robin Bellas was on the Advisory Board.
 


    Entrepreneur's Challenge, or E-Challenge 2004
Stanford University Campus
February 01 - May 01, 2004

Ken Gullicksen was a judge for the competition.
 


    2004 VentureOne Summit
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA
March 31 - April 01, 2004

Thursday, April 1, 2004
12:45pm
Bob Pavey was on the Advisory Board. Drew Lanza spoke in the panel on Valuing a Company: What Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know Before Signing a Term Sheet or Agreeing to a Sale.
 


    Network Outlook 2004
Sofitel San Francisco Bay
Redwood City, CA
March 09 - 10, 2004

Tuesday, March 9, 2004
9:20am
Krish Prabhu was part of a panel dicussion on Broadband Technology
 


    OFC Technical Conference
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA
February 23 - 27, 2004

Thursday, February 26, 2004
11:30am-1:30pm
Drew Lanza spoke in the session "Out of the Gloom, Stagnation or Growth", a longer-term look at industry directions and possible solutions leading to greater health. His topic was "All of that Money Went Somewhere, Didn't It?"
 


    The OSA 6th Annual Photonics & Telecommunications Executive Forum
Millennium Biltomore Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
February 22 - 23, 2004

Monday, February 23, 2004
8:45am-9:30am
Drew Lanza spoke in the opening keynote session on State of the Industry: The Future of Telecom.

3:15pm-4:30pm
Drew Lanza chaired the session on Financial Perspectives.
 


    5th Annual Sacramento Venture Capital Conference
Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
February 10 - 11, 2004

Wednesday, February 11, 2004
5:00pm
Ken Gullicksen spoke and was a judge in the closing General Session: Finalist Showcase & Best of Show.
 


    3rd Annual Nanotechnology Investing Forum
The Lodge at Rancho Mirage
Palm Springs, CA
February 02 - 03, 2004

Monday, February 2, 2004
10:15 - 11:15am
Bob Pavey chaired the session on "How VCs, Universities & Labs are Working Together: Strategies, Opportunities and Structures".
 


    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
Stanford University Campus
Terman Auditorium
Stanford, CA
January 14, 2004

Wednesday, January 14, 2004
4:00 - 5:30 pm
David Morgenthaler shared some of the business principles, and Gary Morgenthaler discussed how he uses those principles in his own career.
 


    11th Annual Biotech Investing Conference
Westin San Francisco Airport
Millbrae, CA
November 12 - 13, 2003

Thursday, November 13, 2003
10:00-11:00am
Robert (Robin) Bellas lead the Ready...Set...IPO session.
 


      VentureOne/Ernst & Young Growth & Innovation Conference
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Burlingame, CA
November 04 - 05, 2003

Tuesday, November 4, 2003
2:15-3:45pm
Gary Little was on the Advisory Board. He also moderated the Sector Outlook Roundtable on software, taking place.
 


    BIO VentureForum West 2003
The Palace Hotel
San Francisco, CA
October 14 - 16, 2003

Wednesday, October 15, 2003
3:30-4:50pm
Chris Christoffersen spoke in a workshop on Developing a Clinical Strategy Investors Will Love.
 


    4th Annual Early Stage Venture Investing Conference
The W Hotel
San Francisco, CA
October 14 - 15, 2003

Wednesday, October 15, 2003
10:00-10:45am
Gary Little participated in a panel, 'The Shape of Things to Come for 2004: Will There be Another Round of Pain Ahead or is Early Stage Investing on a Come Back Trail.' Leading venture capitalists spoke out about their expectations for 2004.
 


    VentureOne Exchange
Seaport Hotel
Boston, MA
September 30 - October 01, 2003

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
11:00am to 12 noon
Paul Levine spoke in the session, the Valulation Game: How Investors and CEOs are Deciding What Companies are Worth.
 


    Datacenter Ventures
Sofitel San Francisco Bay
Redwood City, CA
September 16 - 17, 2003

Tuesday, September 16, 2003
8:10am
Ken Gullicksen spoke in the Opening Perspectives panel on Virtual Reality: How the datacenter is changing and who's affected.
 


    National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC)
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL
September 07 - 11, 2003

Monday, September 8, 2003
8:30am - 12:00pm
Drew Lanza was a keynote speaker.

 


    Enterprise 2003
Ritz Carlton
Laguna Nigel, California
June 01 - 03, 2003

Monday, June 2, 2003
11:00am - 12:00pm
Gary Morgenthaler participated on
VC Panel.

 


    IBF’s MedTech Investing Conference
Marriott City Center
Minneapolis, MN
April 09 - 10, 2003

April 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Robert (Robin) Bellas moderated the session on "Investing in Medical Devices and Healthcare Technologies 2003 - Where Do Investors See the Opportunities Today?"

 


    VentureOne Summit
The Four Seasons Hotel
San Francisco, CA
March 18 - 19, 2003

Bob Pavey was on the advisory board.

Tuesday, March 18
Bob Pavey participated in the Application Software Roundtable.

Wednesday, March 19, 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Gary Morgenthaler spoke in the closing keynote panel: What's Next for Venture Capital?

 


    Harvard Business School's 2003 Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference
Boston, MA
February 01, 2003

2:00-3:00pm
Robert (Robin) Bellas was a speaker on the panel entitled: "Medical Devices: Is this Sector Immuned from the Downturns Experienced in Biotechnology?
 


    IBF’s Biotech Investing Conference
San Francisco, CA
November 13 - 14, 2002

November 14, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen spoke on a keynote panel entitled "Abolishing Pandemics: Our Biggest Opportunity and Biggest Challenge."

 


    Venture One’s Exchange
Boston, MA
October 29 - 30, 2002

October 29, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Greg Blonder spoke on the "Communications Industry Roundtable".

October 29, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Paul Levine moderated the "Software Industry Roundtable".

 


    Next Generation Networks
Boston, MA
October 14 - 18, 2002

October 16, 10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
Krish Prabhu was featured on the Plenary Panel, "After the Party's Over: Investing in Networking Today".

 


    IBF's Early Stage Venture Investing Conference
San Francisco, CA
October 03 - 04, 2002

October 3, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Gary Little spoke on the opening panel entitled "Early Stage Investing 2002: How has the Early Stage Venture Investment Process Changed?"

October 3, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen spoke in the session, "Tech Transfer: Harvesting Innovative Technologies from the Lab".

October 3, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Robin Bellas participated on a panel entitled "Lessons From the '80s: How Did Early Stage Investing Work Before The Bubble?"

 


    BIO Venture Forum 2002 conference
San Francisco, CA
October 01 - 02, 2002

Ralph (Chris) Christoffersen was on the Advisory Board.

 


    TechVenture Asia 2002
Singapore
Keynote Address
September 26 - 27, 2002

September 26, 9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

Gary Morgenthaler delivered the keynote address on "Trends & Development of the Venture Capital Market". TechVenture Asia is produced by TIF Ventures, under the Economic Development Board (EDB).

 


    NFOEC
Dallas, TX
September 15 - 19, 2002

Session F2 - Panel: Perspectives on an Industry Recovery.
September 17, 10:30 a.m.

Krish Prabhu participated in a panel discussion featuring perspectives of several Wall Street analysts on the telecom and communications environment.

 


    Datacenter Ventures
San Francisco, CA
September 17 - 18, 2002

Investor's Roundtable Picking the Winners: Which of the private companies at Datacenter Ventures are most likely to succeed?
September 18, 4:40pm

Gary Little helped nominate and assess the top-ten presenting companies at this leading enterprise IT conference.
 



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