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You're invited to the CTSI Business Round Table on Venture Capital: Key Requirements for Funding. We hope you'll join us on June 16 at 5 PM ET!

As a member of CTSI, you are invited to this exclusive Business Round Table webinar. This month, we'll cover key requirements for funding with David Dreessen of Battery Ventures on June 16 at 5 PM ET. E-mail Laura to receive an invitation to the call.

Innovators are constantly faced with the daunting task of pitching their ideas to investors for the funding that will help them stay afloat and ultimately make it big. David Dreessen will discuss the current mood of investors, as well as key rules of thumb for succeeding at quick pitches. Join us to get the inside scoop on what investors are really looking for and how to make yourself stand out in a sea of promising clean technologies.


Contact CTSI to RSVP

Laura Benold
email: laura@ct-si.org
phone: 512/692-7267

About the Expert, David Dreessen

pictureDavid joined Battery in 2006 and focuses on investments in the clean technology sector. He is currently on the board of Modular Wind Energy.

Before joining Battery, David spent seven years at Nth Power, where he completed 16 clean technology investments including Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR) and Northern Power (acquired by Distributed Energy) (NASDAQ: DESC). David also served in interim senior management positions for three portfolio companies.

Before starting his venture capital career, David was a founding member of the Structure Group, which he helped build into a leading consulting and software firm serving the power industry. Prior to that, David worked for Accenture, where he focused on strategic, process and system consulting for the deregulating power markets.
Earlier in his career, David was a Naval officer and engineering program manager for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Headquarters, which is responsible for all aspects of the design, operation, repair and disposal of U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion plants.

David holds bachelor's degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from the University of California, Davis, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

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