Technology Financing
Moderator:
Jon Guido, Chief Operating Officer, Founding Partner, AGC Partners
Jon is a partner in the investment banking group of AGC Partners, with a focus on digital media, Internet, tech- enabled services and communications sectors. In his 15 years as an investment banker, Jon has completed nearly 75 strategic and financing transactions with leading technology companies and investors such as ACS, Cisco Systems, ConstantContact, eBay, IAC, Tekelec, Zynga, 3Com, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and The Carlyle Group. Jon helped launch AGC Partners in February of 2003, coordinating the infrastructure build, capital raise and recruiting effort. As COO for AGC, Jon works with the Founding Partners to develop and implement the firm's finan-cial, opera- tional and business development strategies. Prior to joining AGC, Jon worked in SG Cowen's Mergers and Acquisi- tions Group. Jon received a BA with honors from Colgate University. Simon is responsible for the portfolio management of the team’s early stage investments, and sits on the boards of a number of companies in the portfolio. He has a particular expertise in software and service companies having spent ten years covering the sector as a research analyst at Jefferies, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas. He joined Octopus in 2010 having spent four years at Silicon Valley Bank, where he worked with a number of venture backed companies across a wide range of sectors providing debt and equity funding solutions to them. Simon gradu- ated from the University of Southampton and Grenoble University and is a fluent French speaker. Richard Anton is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Oxx Capital. Prior to co-founding Oxx, Richard spent 18 years at Amadeus Capital, where he focused on B2B software investments in companies originating from the UK and Israel. Before joining Amadeus, Richard was on the TMT team at Apax Partners. In his early career, Richard worked as a management consultant and a hands-on finance and business development executive at software-company Autono- my. His current investments include Celltick, Clicktale, ForeScout, Openbravo, and Relayware. Richard received his M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. Marcos is a Partner at C5 Capital and has been investing in technology venture and growth equity since 1998. Prior to C5, he held the position of Managing Director for Western Europe and Israel at Intel Capital, where he served as a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Marcos has backed and successfully exited companies such as Amplida- ta in Belgium, Aldebaran in France, Anobit in Israel and Azure Solution in the UK, amongst others. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Reduxio (ISL). Marcos is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer from University of Sao Pau- lo in Brazil and holds an MBA from INSEAD. Fernando Chueca is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, where he focuses on buyouts, growth capital, and strategic minority investments throughout Europe in the technology, telecommunications, software, and business ser- vices sectors. Since joining Carlyle in 2001, Fernando has been actively involved in several transactions including the investment in Trema AB in 2002 and its sale to Wallstreet Systems in 2006. Other notable transactions include Accu- card, Omiris, Global Media, FRS Global Sarl, and Arsys Internet. Prior to joining Carlyle, Fernando worked for the strategic venture arm of J.P. Morgan, focusing on investments in the financial services space. Fernando received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain. Naveen co-heads the Asia operations of TA Associates Asia Pacific Ltd. and co-heads the European technology in- vestment efforts for the firm. He joined TA in 2001 and has more than 13 years of private equity experience. He helped open TA’s London office and build out TA’s European investment efforts. Previous to that, he founded TA’s Asian investment efforts in 2008 and opened and led TA’s office in India in 2009. He has been involved in 19 of TA’s investments to date, including sponsored investments in Europe, India and the United States. Prior to joining TA, Naveen worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in their Asian Special Situations Group. He received his MBA from the Wharton Business school and his BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Richard Anton, Co-Founder, General Partner, Oxx Capital Marcos Battisti, Managing Partner, C5 Capital Fernando Chueca, Managing Director, Carlyle Naveen Wadhera, Managing Director, TA Associates Panelists: Simon Andrews, Portfolio Manager, Octopus Venture
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