ISA - North America: Events (2009)
"Back to the Future "
Swedish IT and Cleantech Growth Companies
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Event Date
10 November 2009, 08:30 to 12:30 (lunch/mingling after)
Location
Quadrus Conference Center, QCC Room, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 [map]
Theme
“Back to the Future” – Enabling US investors to see what tomorrow might look like, by looking back on what a country of nine million already has achieved:
- Discover how Sweden generates the lowest CO2 emissions in Europe, while growing GDP
- Learn how Sweden drives standards for the world’s mobile networks
- Find potential investment opportunities
- Meet collaboration and syndication partner
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Read about last year's event (2008)
Who’s Invited?
Venture capital and corporate investors with active funds under management. Swedish IT, telecom and cleantech growth companies raising B or later rounds.
ISA welcomes the following confirmed investor companies (together representing over $40 billion under management):
- Advanced Technology Ventures
- Applied Materials
- Atrium Capital
- California Technology Ventures
- Chevron
- CrossBridge Venture Partners
- Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Entrepia Ventures Inc.
- General Electric Energy
- Harris & Harris Group
- Hitachi Communication Technologies America
- Intel Capital
- KTH Chalmers Capital
- Private Equity (Palo Alto)
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Samsung Ventures America
- Sequoia Capital
- Sustainable Technologies Fund
- Silicon Valley Bank Capital Partners
- The Westly Group
- VantagePoint Venture Partners
Registration and information
To register for this invitation-only event, or to send questions or comments please contact Maja Svensson, +1 212 702 8780, usa@isa.se.
Lodging and transportation
Click here for information about nearby hotels
Local transportation links:
- Airport shuttle
- Car rental at San Francisco airport
- Caltrain
- San Mateo County bus service
- Santa Clara County public transportation
- Taxi in Palo Alto and Menlo Park
Information links
The Cleantech Industry in Sweden
Slide Presentation: Cleantech Introduction
Slide Presentation: Renewable Energy
Slide Presentation: Sustainable Technologies
The ICT Industry in Sweden
Slide Presentation: Swedish ICT Market Overview
Slide Presentation: Swedish ICT Opportunities
Publication: ICT in Fact
Publication: Wireless Sweden
Publication: Broadband Sweden
Publication: Game Development
Publication: Telematics
Capital Investment in Sweden
Publication: Venture Capital
Publication: Business and Investment Opportunities 2008-09
Slide Presentation: Business and Investment Opportunities 2008
Slide Presentation: Sweden as an Investment Location 2008
Slide Presentation: Opportunities in the Baltic Sea region 2007
Fact Sheet: Taxes in Sweden
Slide Presentation: Attractive tax climate for holding companies
Swedish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA)
This by-invitation-only event is hosted by Invest in Sweden Agency http://www.isa-northamerica.org/
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