New York Entrepreneurs to Meet Active Investors at FundingPost's VC and Angel Event on August 24, 2010

August 09, 2010 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
New York, NY – August 9, 2010 - On August 24, 2010, FundingPost (www.FundingPost.com) will host a panel discussion and networking event with local Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists at its "New York VC and Angel Conference," sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLC. FundingPost has organized 165+ sold-out venture events over the past nine years. Leading Venture Capital and Angel investors are set to speak and meet entrepreneurs at the FundingPost NYC event in August 2010. The FundingPost Event Calendar and registration information are online at: http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp

Top Venture Firms and Angel investors will gather at FundingPost's upcoming event to discuss the trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these Angels and VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors.

Speakers:
Michael Majors, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture Capital
Edwin A. Goodman, Co-Founder, Milestone Venture Partners
Paul Cianciolo, Associate, FirstMark Capital
Bob Gailus, Venture Advisor, OgdenCAP
Michael Kelley, Founding Member, ARC Angel Fund
Additional VC and Angel Speakers TBA!

"We are looking forward to another event in the New York area. The Pitching Workshops have been successful because both the entrepreneurs and the investors see the importance of the exchange," said Joe Rubin, Director, FundingPost. "The economy for early-stage investing is climbing and there is a lot of attention being focused on these companies within the Venture Capital world. We are thrilled to be organizing another event that supports this entrepreneurial community."

As with all FundingPost events, there will be elevator pitches and plenty of networking time for the entrepreneurs to meet the investors! There is still space available, but the event is limited! To register to attend, visit: http://www.FundingPost.com/events.asp

ABOUT FUNDINGPOST:
With over 9,500 CEOs and 650 Venture Capital Funds attending events in 19 cities nationwide; a printed Dealflow Magazine; and a deal-exchange website with over 7,600 VC and Angel Investor members and over 125,000 companies, that has, on average, made an introduction of an Investor to an Entrepreneur every business day since its inception, FundingPost believes that it is important to reach investors in every medium possible - both online and offline. FundingPost has been responsible for Millions of dollars in Venture Capital Raised!
For more information: www.FundingPost.com

ABOUT BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN:
Bingham, with approximately 1,000 lawyers in 12 offices spanning the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia, has extensive experience representing venture capital funds in organizational matters, negotiating and documenting their investments in portfolio companies, and representing clients in multiple rounds of preferred stock and other financings. Bingham's venture capital clients cover a variety of industries, including software and hardware, life sciences and healthcare, telecommunications, Internet infrastructure and e-commerce, and energy. For more information: www.bingham.com

Contact:
Heather Coull
FundingPost.com
800-461-5509
press@FundingPost.com