May29-AccessUSA Flyer

Access
cordially invites to the 2nd event of the
USA
Academy
AccessUSA Academy 2014
Acquiring Venture Capital and
Expanding Your Business in the USA:
Tips & Tricks from U.S. Venture Capitalists
DATE: Thursday, May 29
TIME: 13:00-16:00
VENUE: Tehnopol StartUp Incubator, Mäealuse 2/1 2nd floor
We would like to invite you to the second event of the AmCham AccessUSA Academy that will feature a special hands-on workshop by the VCs from the USA, as well as the pitching contest and one-on-one meetings with the companies.
EVENT PROGRAM:
13:00 Welcome Remarks by Daria Sivovol, AmCham Executive Director
VC TRENDS & TIPS 13:05 The Current Market Updates and Trends
Alex Oppenheimer
13:30 The Dos and Don’ts Yanev Suissa
14:00 Coffee Break
PITCHING CONTEST
14:10 10 Finalists (5 min per company)
15:00 Analysis and Feedback from the jury
15:30 One-on-one meetings with selected companies
16:30 End
Registration is open until May 25, 2014 at www.amcham.ee .
Participation:
AmCham Members and Pitching Contest Finalists- free of charge
Non-members - 15eur/person
EVENT PARTNERS: Access
USA
Academy
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Alex Oppenheimer – Associate, NEA – Washington, DC
Alex joined NEA as an Associate in 2013 and focuses on enterprise and
consumer technology investments. Prior to joining NEA, Alex was a
member of Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking team in
Menlo Park.
http://www.nea.com/team/alex-oppenheimer
Yanev Suissa – Venture Capitalist, NEA – Washington, DC
Yanev joined NEA officially in 2010, having worked with the firm since
2009. He currently works with the boards of Solidfire, Bridge
International Academies, Bandgap Engineering, and Boulder Wind Power
for NEA. In the tech space, Yanev focuses on earlier stage investments,
including enterprise and cloud solutions, digital media, and consumer
technologies. In the energy space, Yanev focuses on both supply and
demand side solutions across all renewable technologies while
simultaneously providing regular advice to energy companies within
NEA’s portfolio.
http://capitalonstage.com/speaker/cosnyc12-yanev-suissa/
ABOUT NEA:
www.nea.com
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is an investment firm focused on venture capital and growth
equity investments. With approximately $11 billion in committed capital, NEA is among the
largest venture firms. The firm invests in three broad industry sectors: information technology,
health care, and energy technology, with investment professionals allocated to each
industry. NEA invests in companies invarious stages of development. NEA employs more than 40
investment professionals. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in the
suburbs of Washington, D.C. as well as Bangalore, Mumbai, Beijing and Shanghai.
Since its founding, NEA invested in over 650 companies, of which more than 170 have gone
public and more than 280 have been sold. Among the firm's investments are 3com,
CareerBuilder, Diapers.com, Juniper Networks, The Learning Company,
Macromedia, Salesforce.com, SMIC, TiVo, Vonage, WebMD, in Groupon and Gilt Groupe.