IANano Header
 


Nanotech Clean Tech Investment Forum
at the
4th International Congress of Nanotechnology (ICNT) 2007
Clean Tech Congress 2007
November 7, 2007, San Francisco
at 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

The Nanotech/Clean Tech Investment Forum will include a 15-20 minute presentation on your company’s business model in front of an audience of Venture Capitalists, 5-10 minutes for questions and answers, and an invaluable opportunity to meet with our panel of Venture Capitalists. This networking session will be a great opportunity for you to showcase your company’s products and services to an audience of Venture Capitalists.

The Nanotech Clean Tech Investment Forum will feature:

Mark Chasan
CEO
Transformative Capital, Inc
Chuck McDermott
General Partner
Rockport Capital Partners
Scott Chou
Partner
Gabriel Venture Partners
Bill Reichert
Managing Director
Garage Technology Partners
Dan Colbert
Chief Technology Officer
NGEN Partners
David Ward
Senior Partner
MTI Partners Inc

Present your Company
To sign up as a presenting company, please click on this link.

 Please note, presenting companies must pay Industry attendee fees to participate in the Nanotech Clean Tech Investment Forum. 

 

Mr. Mark Chasan
CEO
Transformative Capital, Inc

Mr. Chasan is a successful entrepreneur, strategic advisor, Internet veteran, lawyer and digital media pioneer. Prior to becoming Chairman and CEO of Transformative, Mr. Chasan held positions as Managing Director of Greenbridge Capital Group, Inc., and Managing Partner at Publex Ventures, both of which were private-to-public hybrid equities firms.
Prior to Publex, Mr. Chasan was an Executive Consultant of IBM Global Services, Digital Media and Entertainment Group, where Mr. Chasan was a leader in IBM's development of marketplace strategies and solutions in the media and entertainment sectors and created several digital media solutions for IBM.

In 1995, Mr. Chasan founded Emusic, and as Chairman and CEO of Emusic built the premiere online digital music distribution and retailing company and a leading online music and entertainment superstore. In February 1999, Emusic was acquired by Goodnoise/Emusic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMUS). Mr. Chasan left the company in July, 1999 and fully liquidated his position between September, 1999 and May, 2000. In June 2001, Vivendi/Universal acquired Emusic. Also, in 1995, Mr. Chasan formed Webcentral, one of the first web development, hosting and co-location facilities in the US and hosted such customers as CalTrans, ReMax and AudioNet/Broadcast.com.

From 1985 to 1998, Mr. Chasan was the Managing Partner of Chasan & Associates, a Los Angeles law firm practicing in the areas of securities, corporate, real estate, entertainment and civil litigation. Mr. Chasan is extremely knowledgeable in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, traditional and digital rights licensing, acquisition, management, distribution and sales. Mr. Chasan is also skilled in the development and implementation of a broad spectrum of marketing, PR and business development strategies for building sales, distribution channels and brand recognition.

Mr. Scott Chou
Partner
Gabriel Venture Partners

Mr. Scott Chou is a General Partner at Gabriel Venture Partners. He is known within the venture industry for his focus on disruptive technologies and for authoring Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors – A Philosophical Guide to Venture Capital. Scott’s passion for early stage technology ventures extends back to high school when he joined his first startup as a software engineer. He has since worked for five more technology ventures including Poqet Computer and ICE in addition to world-renowned research and development organizations such as Bellcore and IBM. His broad expertise in technology spans the industry from manufacturing to software development to chip design. Scott completed the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program with Onset Ventures and is currently the chairman of the alumni network. He later joined Gabriel Venture Partners where he pursues research labs for fundamental innovations. Scott currently serves on the boards of Boston Power, iForem, NextG Networks, Sequoia Communications, SkyCross, and YLX. His educational background includes a bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering with honors from Caltech as well as master’s degrees from Harvard University and Stanford University.

Dr. Dan Colbert

Chief Technology Officer
NGEN Partners

Dr. Colbert is Chief Technology Officer and a Principal of NGEN. Prior to joining NGEN, Dr. Colbert co-founded Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. in 2000, the leading producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes, a remarkable material prominent in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology. CNI was founded as a combined effort with Nobel Laureate Professor Rick Smalley to commercialize technology developed together at Rice University over the preceding years. Dr. Colbert was also a member of the chemistry faculty at Rice University where he earned an international reputation as leader in the nanotechnology field for his pioneering work. He's co-author of more than 50 research papers and inventor on more 50 patents.

At CNI, Dr. Colbert was Vice President for Major Development Strategies where he negotiated funding and joint development agreements and was responsible for all Asian business development.

Dr. Colbert earned his B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His postdoctoral work focused on quantum reactive scattering theory at the University of California-Berkeley.

Mr. Chuck McDermott
General Partner
RockPort Capital Partners

Mr. McDermott began working in the energy and environmental area in 1984, when he joined Citizens Energy Corporation as Manager of Project Development, helping to pioneer the creation of the nation's first bulk electric power trading company. He later served as Campaign Director and then as Chief of Staff for a U.S. Congressman from 1986-1990, directing all political, constituent, and legislative matters. In 1990, Mr. McDermott joined the government relations staff of Waste Management, Inc., the world’s largest environmental services company, and was made Vice President and officer of the corporation in 1993 responsible for the company’s federal advocacy before the White House, U.S. Congress, and other federal agencies. He relocated to Boston in 1998 and helped form RockPort’s merchant bank in that year and the venture fund in 2001.

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Advanced Electron Beams, Renaissance Lighting, Soliant Energy (Formerly Practical Instruments) and Tioga Energy. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors and President of the CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technologies, a member of the Board of Advisors to the Cleantech Venture Network, Chairman of the Gridwise Alliance and Board Member of the Flax Trust, a business incubator in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Mr. McDermott studied at Yale University before becoming a producer, performer, writer and music company executive, recording three albums, and founding Homecoming Records with John Stewart in 1982.

Mr. Bill Reichert
Managing Director
Garage Technology Ventures

Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since joining Garage in 1998, Bill has focused on early-stage information technology and materials science companies. He sits on the Boards of CaseStack, WhiteHat, ClearFuels, and cFares. Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed technology startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank. Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Mr. David Ward
Senior Partner
MTI Partners Inc

David heads up the US operations for MTI in Waltham, MA and also leads the Materials Science investment practice for MTI.
 After gaining an MA in Materials Science from the University of Oxford, David’s joined Cookson Group PLC. His first venture capital experience was as EVP Sales in a LBO backed by Morgan Grenfell Development Capital. He then became CEO of a tech start-up in the global metals industry as part of an further LBO funded by Granville Baird Private Equity in the UK.

In the past David has given press commentary on venture capital investing in Nanotechnology and has chaired a Nanotech panel session for the European Venture Capital Association. His current portfolio of investments includes Datalase, Eleksen (AIM) and Powerlase.

 

To sign up as a presenting company, please click on this link.

For further information, please contact the Membership Coordinator at membership@ianano.org

 

© 2002-2007
International Association for Nanotechnology. All rights reserved - Privacy Policy

International Association of Nanotechnology, Inc.
Headquarters: 1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126 USA
Sacramento Office: 2386 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95825 USA 
Tel. 916-481-8100 and 408-239-4244  Fax. 408-280-6255

  Email:
info@ianano.org