Investors

Over $1 million has been raised by presenting companies that met investors at previous Founder Showcase events

Every Founder Showcase event is attended by 30-50 professional investors, including the top VCs and angels in Silicon Valley.

Investor Partners

Founded in 1970, Charles River Ventures is one of the nation’s oldest and most successful early-stage venture capital firms with approximately $2.5 billion under management. CRV is dedicated to helping exceptional entrepreneurs turn their ideas into the next category leaders in high growth technology and media sectors. Over the past 10 years, CRV funds have been ranked among the industry’s top performers. CRV has offices in Boston, MA and Menlo Park, CA. For more information visit www.crv.com.

Morgenthaler Ventures is a premier venture capital firm, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build valuable companies for more than 40 years. Today, we have nearly $3 billion under management, including $400 million in our ninth fund, capitalized in November of 2008. We have invested in approximately 300 companies in the information technology and life science sectors. Our passion for supporting entrepreneurship and innovation has earned us the respect of entrepreneurs and investors alike. Representative portfolio companies in the IT space include: Siri, NexTag, Lending Club, Practice Fusion, Sezmi, Nominum, JasperSoft, MuleSource, Peregrine Semiconductor, Synopsys, Verifone, Nuance Communications, Apple and NEXTEL. We are headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. www.morgenthaler.com

Javelin Venture Partners is an early stage venture capital firm specializing in technology based start-ups that leverage key innovations to create scalable, high-growth companies. Our office is located in San Francisco, but we invest throughout the world. If you’re interested in more than just capital from your venture capital partners, and the idea of working with investors who know exactly what you’re going through appeals to you, then we encourage you to contact us.


Become an Investor Partner

The Founder Showcase offers an exclusive package for a few select Investor Partners to gain valuable exposure to the start-up community. Investor Partners are ingrained into the format of the event, receiving significant stage and microphone time as a member of the Judging Panel. They are also invited to post on TheFunded.com’s “VC Perspective Series”. Past Investor Partners include Charles River Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, and SoftTech VC.

To see if you qualify or for more information, contact Nima Adelkhani at nima (at) thefunded (dot) com, or call 408-309-6333.


Investor Tickets

See pitches, benefit from informative talks from successful CEOs, and meet the Founders of cutting-edge companies in the Event Table area. Go to the Ticket Page for more information.