Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, Santa Monica Wednesday, June 13th 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Track III: Venture Funding, Investment & Mergers - Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Broadband, Social Networks, Mobile and Games The VC and Investment community has always led the way in recognizing the newest opportunities in the technology and entertainment space. There are even signs of post-bubble investment and an IPO reversal on the horizon. VC funds are always available for the right idea and in this session, we will focus on the four sectors leading the entertainment and technology space today, broadband, wireless, the DTV/SVOD content and the digital home and technology and games opportunities. Broadband has been the Holy Grail for the entertainment industry for years, but what it represents today, is the reality of locking in millions of users. Wireless represents the explosive technology of the moment, DTV/SVOD represents the next explosive area of growth in the entertainment business - bringing new content to millions of consumers and games represent the next threshold of entertainment. Neil Sequeira, Partner, General Catalyst Partners Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc John Hull, Partner, OVP Venture Partners David O. Higley, founder, Higley & Company LLC Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital Harshul Sanghi, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures Christian Lagerling, co-founder and Partner, GP Bullhound Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator Sun Jen Yung, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., based in New York, NY. Sun joined Oppenheimer in September 2006 to head the Digital Media and Internet investment banking practice. Sun's experience of over fourteen years in investment banking includes corporate finance coverage of Media (cable and entertainment), Digital Media, Internet and software companies at TD Securities, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers as well as equity research at Lehman Brothers. Over the years Sun has represented a wide range of clients in these sectors encompassing a variety of equity, debt and merger & acquisition transactions including Adelphia Communications, Autobytel, Comcast Corporation, Digital Domain, iVillage, Liquid Audio, Mediaplex, Scientific-Atlanta and TiVo. She also spent two years at TCSI in Berkeley, CA in Business Development and Finance. Sun graduated from Columbia Business School in 1988 with an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in 1984. Neil Sequeira, Partner, General Catalyst Partners: Neil invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Areas of special interest include: Internet and new media; software; consumer services; and network infrastructure. He is currently a board member of Eons, Visible Measures and ViTrue, a board observer for BrightCove, rPath and Qumas and is actively involved with BlackDuck, ITA Software, and Maven. Neil joined General Catalyst Partners from Time Warner where he was most recently Managing Director, Technology for Time Warner Investments formerly AOL Time Warner Ventures, the early stage private investment vehicle for the world's largest media company. During his four years at Time Warner, Neil worked closely with various operating groups including AOL, HBO, Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, Turner and Warner Bros. to identify investment opportunities. Neil sourced, led and was actively involved with the boards of several of the companies within the Time Warner Investments portfolio including Arroyo Video Solutions, BigBand Networks, Entropic, Goldpocket Interactive (Tandberg), N2Broadband (Tandberg) and Waterfront Media. Prior to joining Time Warner, Neil led Mergers and Acquisitions for CMGI, a diversified technology operating company and venture capital firm. While at CMGI Neil worked on a variety of acquisitions and investments in software, media and networking infrastructure and was actively involved with CMGI companies including Alta Vista (YHOO), Engage, NaviSite (NAVI), Ubid (CCSR), and Yesmail (IUSA). Previously, Neil was an Associate with Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prior to Goldman, Neil was a senior consultant with Accenture, where he managed project teams on technology focused strategic and process initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. In addition, Neil was an early employee at Goldenvoice Presents, a diversified media company and was a contributor to the founding of OpenRatings, a venture backed software start-up based in Boston. He has spoken at numerous media and venture capital conferences and is a judge for the Harvard, Wharton and Springboard Business Plan Competitions. Neil holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. John Hull, General Partner, OVP Venture Partners: John is an experienced venture investment leader in emerging growth technologies. Previously, he was the Director of the $500 million Intel Communications Fund, one of Intel Capital's investment programs, which invests in companies developing innovative networking and communications solutions, worldwide. John joined Intel in 1994, and worked in various organizations including Intel's Enterprise Server Group, Communications Products Group, Treasury Group and Sales and Marketing Finance Group. He joined Intel Capital in 1999, as director of the newly established Intel Communications Fund. During his tenure, the Communications Fund invested in over 120 companies based in 17 countries, on five continents. At OVP, John focuses primarily on investments in the areas of wireless and cellular communications, digital media, semiconductors & semiconductor manufacturing equipment. John has previously served as an adjunct professor of Venture Finance within the Pamplin School of Business at the University of Portland. BS, Biotechnologies Management, University of California at Davis; MBA (High Distinction), University of Michigan Business School. Harshul Sanghi, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures: Harshul Sanghi manages the Silicon Valley office of Motorola Ventures, based in Sunnyvale, California. Harshul’s role includes identifying, executing, and managing strategic investments in startup companies that will drive the realization of Motorola’s vision of Seamless Mobility. He is also responsible for managing the Venture group’s investment activities in India. Prior to Motorola, Harshul was at Ucentric Systems, a leading provider of Whole Home Media solutions, where he was responsible for worldwide sales and market development of the consumer electronics sector. Harshul has extensive experience in the digital media, consumer electronics, and semiconductor industries. In his previous role, Harshul served as General Manager of the satellite and terrestrial business team of Philips Electronic’s North America Set-Top Box Division. Harshul’s early career was spent in various technical and sales management positions in Silicon Valley, Singapore, and Western Europe. Harshul holds an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Oregon. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and Financial Management from the University of Bombay, India. Harshul is an active member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Organization and a board member of the Strategic Venture Association in Silicon Valley. He is an observer on the Boards of Avvenu, Mobile Complete, and Ruckus Wireless. Harshul, himself an entrepreneur, enjoys working with entrepreneurs to drive the adoption of disruptive market technologies. Bijan Sabet is a General Partner at Spark Capital. Prior to joining Spark, Bijan was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of GameLogic after serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Charles River Ventures (CRV). Before his work at CRV, Bijan was Vice President, Business Development and Product Management at Moxi Digital where he was responsible for establishing and managing strategic relationships with cable and satellite operators as well as driving product strategy. In this role, Bijan was part of the early team that introduced the MoxiMedia Center, a low-cost replacement for a digital cable or satellite set-top box that integrates Digital Video Recording, Music Jukebox, DVD player, and Internet Gateway into one device that wirelessly networks video, audio, and broadband connectivity throughout the home. Moxi later merged with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Digeo and is currently deployed by Charter, Comcast and Adelphia Cable. Previously, Bijan was an early member at WebTV Networks, which introduced the first true convergence digital consumer product, combining Internet TV, interactive TV, digital TV, Digital Video Recording, and games into an integrated consumer electronics device. At WebTV, Bijan held responsibility for business development in North America. In this capacity, he established key alliances, commercial relationships and joint ventures with leading network operators and consumer electronics companies. Twenty months after it was founded, WebTV Networks was acquired by Microsoft Corporation for over $425 million. WebTV is now MSNTV as well as the platform for both of Microsoft's TV distribution platforms, Cable TV Foundation and IPTV. WebTV products have been sold throughout the world, and have been deployed to both DirecTV and Dish Network satellite customers. Before WebTV, Bijan held various sales and management positions at Apple Computer and Integrated Systems (acquired by Wind River Systems). Bijan holds a BS degree from Boston College. Christian Lagerling, co-founder and Partner, GP Bullhound: Prior to the combination of Bullhound and GP Capital, Christian co-founded Bullhound Ltd. in 1999, responsible for the company’s investment research activities. Prior to founding Bullhound, Christian worked in the investment banking division of BZW, providing balance sheet optimization strategies for the corporate finance advisory group as well as authoring in-depth credit research reports. Prior to investment banking, Christian worked in the IT management consulting industry. Christian completed his Bachelors Degree in Finance and Economics at the London School of Economics and subsequently received a M.Sc Finance from the Stockholm School of Business. Christian, who runs GP Bullhound’s US west coast (San Francisco) operations, is an avid tennis and squash player and lives in Marin County, California with his wife and two kids. Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S., Inc.: Joey Tamer is a widely-acclaimed strategic consultant to technology and media CEOs, U.S. and worldwide. Her work helps create wealth for founders and investors of entrepreneurial ventures, and a high return on investment for Fortune 1000 in-house ventures. Her capital strategies drive up her clients’ valuations and profitability. She consults to Fortune 1000 and mid-sized companies, capitalized start-ups, and investment funds. Her clients have included J.P. Morgan Capital, Sony, IBM, Apple, Hearst, Blockbuster, Technicolor, Harper Collins, Discovery Channel, and Time-Warner. Her clients say she is "a brilliant strategist and a practical, down-to-earth, get-it-done person," "invaluable in understanding the competitive landscape and alternative strategies" and that she "cuts right through the noise, giving a clear vision of the future," "protecting us from liability and cutting our costs." Through the emergence of the PC, new media, and the Internet, her clients have been in the business, enterprise and consumer sectors, with companies in technology, hardware and software, media and entertainment, publishing and advertising, distribution, and investment and venture funding. She has worked in the U.S., Europe and China. A strategist, policymaker, dealmaker, and negotiator, her work includes strategies on entry, exit, capitalization, return on investment, growth, positioning, pricing, distribution, risk-assessment, new market and international expansion, due diligence, and intellectual property. She speaks and publishes widely. Her website is www.joeytamer.com and she can be reached at joey @ joeytamer.com, or 310 245 5310.