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WebConference March 19 2008
What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (III)
(A WebConference)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET (9:30-11:00 PT)
Thomas L. Churchwell ( Managing Partner, Midwest Venture Partners )
Mark Grovic ( Founding Partner and Managing Director, University of Maryland, New Markets Fund )
Matt McCooe ( Founding Managing Partner, Chart Venture Partners )
(A WebConference)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET (9:30-11:00 PT)
Thomas L. Churchwell ( Managing Partner, Midwest Venture Partners )
Mark Grovic ( Founding Partner and Managing Director, University of Maryland, New Markets Fund )
Matt McCooe ( Founding Managing Partner, Chart Venture Partners )
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Thomas L. Churchwell
( Managing Partner, Midwest Venture Partners )
Bio
Thomas L. Churchwell is Founder and Managing Partner of Midwest Venture Partners, LLC, a venture partnership formed to address the gap in early-stage capital in the Midwest by investing in promising life sciences and technology companies and mentoring the entrepreneurs that lead them. He is also Managing Partner of ARCH Development Partners L.L.C., a very-early stage venture partnership which specializes in the creation and funding of high-tech companies in the Midwest.
Previously, he was President and CEO of ARCH Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago, which commercialized technology from the University and Argonne National Laboratory.
Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Calgene Fresh, Inc., a 1992 start-up company which produced and marketed the MacGregor’s FLAVR SAVR tomato, the world’s first biotech food product. Prior to joining Calgene Fresh, Mr. Churchwell was Vice President of ARCH Development Corporation Development. Before starting Calgene Fresh, Mr. Churchwell held several senior management positions at the NutraSweet Company, including Vice President, Sales and legal positions at G.D. Searle & Co., American Hospital Supply Corporation and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation.
Mr. Churchwell is the president of TiE Midwest, a member of the boards of directors of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, iBio, the Illinois Venture Capital Association, and number of start-up companies in the Chicago area.
He holds a BA degree from DePauw University and JD degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He also is a Graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Click Here for Thomas Churchwell Slides
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Mark Grovic
( Founding Partner and Managing Director, University of Maryland, New Markets Fund )
Bio
Mark is a Founding Partner and Managing Director of the New Markets Growth Fund (NMGF), a $26 million venture capital fund focused on high-growth technology companies and housed at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). Mark serves or served on the Board of Directors of Lightningcast (sold to NYSE: TWX), Innovative Biosensors, and Artifact Software, and is a board observer for Biosurface Engineering Technologies, BD Metrics, and Paratek Microwave, all of which are NMGF portfolio companies. Mark is also the Venture Capitalist in Residence for the R.H. Smith School of Business at UMCP, where he is a Professor of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship. In 2004, he received the US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship National Outstanding Course Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship in Education. Mark is also a Partner in Smith Advisory and Collaborative Services, a Senior Fellow in the Executive Education Department, and teaches in the UMCP Executive MBA program.
Mark currently sits on the Investment Committee for the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), is Co-Chair of the NASA Goddard / UMCP Technology Transfer Initiative, is on the Business Review Panel for UMCP’s Technology Advancement Program (TAP) Incubator, the Incubator Company of the Year Award Committee, UMCP Inventor of the Year Selection Committee, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Grants Review Committee, and the US DOC’s Minority and Business Development Associations Steering Committee for minority access to capital. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and guest lecturer, and has been a regular contributor to domestic and international publications. Mark graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 where he majored in international politics and economics. In 1994 he received a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center, where his focus was in international, tax, and corporate law. Mark has also completed graduate work in accounting and finance at the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management in Washington, DC, and at Pace University in New York City. Mark is married and has two children.
Click Here for Mark Grovic Slides
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Matt McCooe
( Founding Managing Partner, Chart Venture Partners )
Bio
Matt joined CVP at its inception, coming from Columbia University Science and Technology Ventures (STV) where he managed a portfolio of spinout companies and the deployment of STV's highly profitable seed fund. During his tenure at Columbia, eleven portfolio companies went public or were acquired by publicly traded companies. Prior to Columbia, Matt led two startup operations, both of which reached revenues in excess of $125MM and were acquired.
In 1998, Matt co-founded Eureka Networks, a communications and application software organization. Earlier in his career, he managed product development, sales and marketing, and new product roll-outs for two Fortune 500 companies, Becton Dickinson and MCI. As a national sales leader at MCI, he rose to become marketing manager, launching MCI's flagship voice and data products for Avantel, the company’s start-up joint venture in Latin America.
At CVP, Matt focuses on early stage investments in communications, software and robotics. He represents CVP on the Board of RemoteReality, StackSafe and PacStar Communications.
Matt earned an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a BA from Boston College. Matt serves on Columbia’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Advisory Board, and as an SBIR reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Click Here for Matt McCooe Slides
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Thomas L. Churchwell
( Managing Partner, Midwest Venture Partners )
Bio
Thomas L. Churchwell is Founder and Managing Partner of Midwest Venture Partners, LLC, a venture partnership formed to address the gap in early-stage capital in the Midwest by investing in promising life sciences and technology companies and mentoring the entrepreneurs that lead them. He is also Managing Partner of ARCH Development Partners L.L.C., a very-early stage venture partnership which specializes in the creation and funding of high-tech companies in the Midwest.
Previously, he was President and CEO of ARCH Development Corporation, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago, which commercialized technology from the University and Argonne National Laboratory.
Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Calgene Fresh, Inc., a 1992 start-up company which produced and marketed the MacGregor’s FLAVR SAVR tomato, the world’s first biotech food product. Prior to joining Calgene Fresh, Mr. Churchwell was Vice President of ARCH Development Corporation Development. Before starting Calgene Fresh, Mr. Churchwell held several senior management positions at the NutraSweet Company, including Vice President, Sales and legal positions at G.D. Searle & Co., American Hospital Supply Corporation and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation.
Mr. Churchwell is the president of TiE Midwest, a member of the boards of directors of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, iBio, the Illinois Venture Capital Association, and number of start-up companies in the Chicago area.
He holds a BA degree from DePauw University and JD degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He also is a Graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Click Here for Thomas Churchwell Slides
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Mark Grovic
( Founding Partner and Managing Director, University of Maryland, New Markets Fund )
Bio
Mark is a Founding Partner and Managing Director of the New Markets Growth Fund (NMGF), a $26 million venture capital fund focused on high-growth technology companies and housed at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). Mark serves or served on the Board of Directors of Lightningcast (sold to NYSE: TWX), Innovative Biosensors, and Artifact Software, and is a board observer for Biosurface Engineering Technologies, BD Metrics, and Paratek Microwave, all of which are NMGF portfolio companies. Mark is also the Venture Capitalist in Residence for the R.H. Smith School of Business at UMCP, where he is a Professor of Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship. In 2004, he received the US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship National Outstanding Course Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship in Education. Mark is also a Partner in Smith Advisory and Collaborative Services, a Senior Fellow in the Executive Education Department, and teaches in the UMCP Executive MBA program.
Mark currently sits on the Investment Committee for the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), is Co-Chair of the NASA Goddard / UMCP Technology Transfer Initiative, is on the Business Review Panel for UMCP’s Technology Advancement Program (TAP) Incubator, the Incubator Company of the Year Award Committee, UMCP Inventor of the Year Selection Committee, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Grants Review Committee, and the US DOC’s Minority and Business Development Associations Steering Committee for minority access to capital. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and guest lecturer, and has been a regular contributor to domestic and international publications. Mark graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 where he majored in international politics and economics. In 1994 he received a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center, where his focus was in international, tax, and corporate law. Mark has also completed graduate work in accounting and finance at the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management in Washington, DC, and at Pace University in New York City. Mark is married and has two children.
Click Here for Mark Grovic Slides
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Matt McCooe
( Founding Managing Partner, Chart Venture Partners )
Bio
Matt joined CVP at its inception, coming from Columbia University Science and Technology Ventures (STV) where he managed a portfolio of spinout companies and the deployment of STV's highly profitable seed fund. During his tenure at Columbia, eleven portfolio companies went public or were acquired by publicly traded companies. Prior to Columbia, Matt led two startup operations, both of which reached revenues in excess of $125MM and were acquired.
In 1998, Matt co-founded Eureka Networks, a communications and application software organization. Earlier in his career, he managed product development, sales and marketing, and new product roll-outs for two Fortune 500 companies, Becton Dickinson and MCI. As a national sales leader at MCI, he rose to become marketing manager, launching MCI's flagship voice and data products for Avantel, the company’s start-up joint venture in Latin America.
At CVP, Matt focuses on early stage investments in communications, software and robotics. He represents CVP on the Board of RemoteReality, StackSafe and PacStar Communications.
Matt earned an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a BA from Boston College. Matt serves on Columbia’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Advisory Board, and as an SBIR reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Click Here for Matt McCooe Slides
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