DukeGEN Angel Pitch Event in NYC
October 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Dogpatch Labs New York, New York
Pitch to Duke early stage investors in New York City on October 19th!
DukeGEN is hosting an event for Duke founders of "consumer internet" & "online media" ventures to present their business concepts to a panel of sophisticated investors.
This event will be held on Tuesday, October 19th from 6:30-9:00pm in New York City at Dogpatch Labs. This event is open to the entire Duke community and may be of particular interest to:
- Entrepreneurs who seek funding for their ventures;
- Angel investors and venture capitalists looking for new investment opportunities; and
- Duke alumni who desire to develop contacts with other Blue Devils involved with new venture creation.
Our investor panel includes:
Chris Fralic of First Round Capital (thanks to Josh Felser T'86, B '90 for the introduction)
Rob Go '01, NextView Ventures
Mark Peter Davis '01, DFJ Gotham
Kal Vepuri '03, The Trisiras Group
Peter Flint, Polaris Ventures and Dogpatch Labs
Pitching companies:
# CoverHound (San Francisco, CA) - Basil Enan, Trinity '03 - Expedia for Car Insurance
# Foodably (Palo Alto, CA) - Brian Schwartz, Trinity '09 - Dietary friendly local food recommendations
# FriendCal (Durham, NC and New York, NY) - Andrew Brown, Trinity '11 and Lauren Gundrum, Trinity '09 - Bidding for your business
# Medical Learning Games (Durham, NC) - Peter Lamar, Fuqua '12 - Learning games for Health Professionals
# PhySmart (Springfield, VA) - Rachel Greenberg, Fuqua '99 - Connecting Medical Professionals to Vendors
# Republic of Fun (Durham, NC) - Mike Rasmussen, Fuqua '03 - Crowd sourcing for game design
# WingTips Interactive (New York, NY) - Kimberly Karpf Skelton, Trinity '03 - Social commerce tools to help friends share products they discover
Questions? Contact Tom Powell '09 at tom.powell@duke.edu
Event Owner: Tom Powell (Director, Local Commerce at CBS Local)
