Financing: Equity, Debt & Grants
"Financing: Equity, Debt & Grants"
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Considering your financing options? One key to any successful business start-up and expansion is the ability to secure appropriate financing. This seminar will explore the current financing environment & various sources of capital.
Join Venture Lab speakers Gary Gigot, Annette Sager and Nate Silverman as they share their knowledge, experience and insiders perspective.
Our Goal is to arm you with information that will help you develop an effective capital-raising plan that will work for you and your company.
This event will discuss funding sources including:
- Friends and family
- Angel investors
- Venture capital investors
- Debt financing from banks
- Venture leasing companies
- Factoring companies
- Government grants
Speakers:
Gary Gigot - General Partner - Frazier Technology Ventures
Gary serves on the board of Aprimo, Aveso, Clearsight, Docusign, and OnRequest Images. Gary was an investor in Visio Corporation (NASDQ: VSIO) and signed on as their chief marketing officer, where he played a central role in positioning Visio as the leader in business drawing software. During his Visio years, the market capitalization rose from $25 million to $1.3 billion, after which the company was sold to Microsoft. Mr. Gigot is a 16-year advertising veteran, principally with Ogilvy & Mather.
Gary remains an active philanthropist, having founded the Gigot Center of Entrepreneurial Studies at Notre Dame and the United Way of King County's "Out of the Rain" initiative to end homelessness. Gary currently sits on the Notre Dame Business School Advisory Council, the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Board and the Board of Managers of Northwest Horticulture.
Annette Sager - Relationship Manager/Team Leader - Silicon Valley Bank
Annette Sager leads a commercial lending team for Silicon Valley Bank specializing in mid to later stage public and private companies in the technology and life sciences arena. In her tenure at Silicon Valley Bank, Ms. Sager has specialized in unique financing solutions for high-growth companies.
Ms. Sager joined Silicon Valley Bank in early 2000 and is based in Seattle where she manages a portfolio of technology clients located in Seattle and Eastern Washington. Prior to joining Silicon Valley Bank, Ms. Sager served as Senior Account Executive for MetLife Capital's Large Ticket Group specializing in leveraged lease equity for domestic and cross-border financings as well as project finance. She has also held positions at Seafirst Bank and Complete Business Solutions, Inc. Ms. Sager holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puget Sound.
Nate Silverman - Owner - Silverman Consulting LLC
Nate Silverman founded Silverman Consulting LLC to help position startup companies for growth, focusing on preparing companies to successfully raise angel investments and secure research grants. Previously, he co-founded and managed four angel investor groups - the Northwest Energy Angel Group, the Bellingham Angels, the Apple Seed Network and the Columbia Investor Group - and served as Program Manager for the Alliance of Angels in Seattle. He also supervised an SBA-supported program in Washington State to help small businesses compete for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research grants.
Nate earned an MBA from the University of Washington, focusing on entrepreneurial marketing, and a BA in economics from the University of California, San Diego.
