Event Name: Launch: Silicon Valley 2009
DATE: June 9, 2009
TIME: 7:30 AM – 1:30 PM
LOCATION: Microsoft Campus, 1065 La Avenida St, Building 1, Mt. View, CA 94043

The 2009 edition of Launch: Silicon Valley will be held June 9, 2009, including the opportunity to network with Silicon Valley top movers and shakers at the Pre-Event Party the evening before. Up to 30 exciting young companies will be selected to present at Launch: Silicon Valley before an audience of several hundred of the most influential people in the Valley.

As one measure of the event’s impact, public records show that since its launch in the fall of 2006, Launch: Silicon Valley presenting companies had raised a combined $80-plus million by the end of 2008.

Companies interested in presenting their products at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 should send an Executive Summary of no more than two pages to Launchsv@svase.org by May 8, 2009.

Each year, the event draws several hundred VCs, Angels, corporate business development executives, prospective customers and partners, media and bloggers – “Launch: Silicon Valley was a great experience for us. It brought us great press, new investors, and connections with a lot of great people,” said Zach Coelius, co-founder of Triggit.

The following VCs have already signed on as panelists for Launch: Silicon Valley 2009 and more will be joining in the coming weeks:

Matt Horton, @Ventures
Evgeny Zaytsev, Asset Management
Howard Hartenbaum, August Capital
Ted Driscoll, Claremont Creek Ventures
Rich Ferrari, DeNovo Ventures
Warren Packard, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures
Barry Eggers, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ken Gullicksen, Morgenthaller Ventures
David Aslin, Nexit
Ken Elefant, Opus Capital
Jeff Clavier, SofTech VC

This event is co-sponsored by:

PLATINUM:

Garage Technology Ventures, http://www.garage.com

GOLD:

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, http://www.cooley.com

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, http://www.dfj.com

Microsoft Corporation, http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, http://www.townsend.com

SILVER:

Bank of Angels, http://www.bandangels.com
Business Wire, http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/
Halosys Technologies, Inc., http://www.halosys.com
Kaufman Fellows Program, http://www.kauffmanfellows.org
Keiretsu Forum, http://www.keiretsuforum.com
Krause Taylor Associates,

http://www.krause-taylor.com

Life Science Angels, http://www.lifescienceangels.com
Link Silicon Valley, http://www.linksv.com
OuterJoin Inc., http://www.ojoin.com
Sand Hill Angels, http://www.sandhillangels.com
The Angels Forum LLC, http://www.angelsforum.com Venture Deal, http://www.venturedeal.com

For further information and to register visit our website at http://www.launchsiliconvalley.org.