Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood, October 19-22, 2009 Wednesday, October 21st 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Track II: Venture Funding, Investment & Mergers - Leadership in the Entertainment & Technology Space: Broadband, Social Networks, Mobile and Games The VC and strategic investment community has always led the way in recognizing the newest opportunities in the technology and entertainment space. In this era of economic flux, boom and bust, there are as many interpretations of value, opportunity and investment as there are investors and analysts in the industry. In this session, we bring together a number of the formative players in the Media, Entertainment, Technology finance world who have played a part in the investments, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers over the past few years. At the moment there is more money chasing fewer ready resources, but as the market predictably shakes out, how the relationship between the traditional and new media companies settles will create a fascinating foundation for the next step in growth for our industry. Are we building toward another bubble or are we laying the groundwork for a period of hypergrowth in the convergence space? Media companies are making nine and ten figure bets in this new arms race and what the future holds is anyone’s guess. Richard de Silva, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners David Siemer, founder, Siemer & Associates, Inc. Eghosa Omoigui, Director, Strategic Investments, Intel Capital Chris Hollenbeck, Managing Director, Granite Ventures Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners Joey Tamer, President, S.O.S. Inc., Moderator Richard de Silva, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners: Richard is a General Partner at Highland focused on digital media investments with specific experience and interest in online advertising, online media properties, consumer payment systems and consumer media technologies and infrastructure. He invests in early stage companies as well as later stage opportunities including growth equity, venture buyouts, spin-outs and recapitalizations. Richard co-led Highland’s investment in NameMedia in 2005 and has worked closely with NameMedia to build out its media business which now reaches 60 million monthly visitors. Richard serves on the board of Affine Systems, Digg, Metacafe, NameMedia and US SEARCH, and is or has been actively involved in Highland's investments in Fastclick (IPO, sold to ValueClick), Going.com, Quigo (acquired by AOL) and Turbine. David Siemer, founder, Siemer & Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in online media and technology Investment Banking. Siemer was previously with Montgomery & Co. where he served as a key member of the Digital Media Investment Banking Group. At Montgomery, Siemer led sales to major media companies such as News Corp, Sony, Hearst, Viacom, and Disney, and managed private investments from tier one venture capital and hedge fund firms. Prior to his work with Montgomery, Siemer spent eight years at Desco Corporation. In 1997, Siemer joined Desco Capital Partners, the venture capital arm, where he analyzed early stage software, online media, and biotech opportunities. Investments made during his tenure included Total Control Products, sold to GE; Conquest Communications, sold to SmarTalk (now a division of AT&T); Enact Software, sold to Sage SalesLogix. In 2000, Siemer duties were expanded to Desco Corporation's business development group, where he participated in and led several acquisitions, including MDT Software, Emergitech, Medical Indicators, Inc., Tek-Air Systems, Alnor Sensors, and Diversified Electronics. In 2003, Siemer was appointed to Director of Operations of Marsh Bellofram Instrumentation with the oversight of 110 employees. In this role, Siemer successfully launched Desco's first Chinese manufacturing facility and opened foreign sales offices in the United Kingdom and India. Siemer received his MBA in Finance and Economics from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business, graduating with high honors. He completed his undergraduate work at Lehigh University with degrees in Management Information Systems and Accounting. Chris Hollenbeck, Managing Director, Granite Ventures: Chris Hollenbeck is a Managing Director and founding member of the Granite Ventures team. He joined Granite after serving as Vice President of Hambrecht & Quist’s Venture Capital department, and focuses his investments in software. In addition to software applications, Chris is also interested in companies that capitalize on the current digital content explosion – from voice and video to consumer entertainment – and next-generation software infrastructure technologies. Chris currently sits on the Boards of Bunchball, Convio, DecisionVeiew, Episodic, Oversight Systems, SonicMule, Telltale, and YottaMark. He sponsored Granite’s investments in Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC) and Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN), and was a member of the Boards at AvantGo prior to its acquisition by Sybase (NYSE: SY) and of Liquent prior to its acquisition by Information Holdings (NYSE: IHI). Earlier in his career, Chris held several positions within Hambrecht & Quist's Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance departments. Chris holds a B.A. in American Studies from Stanford University. Eghosa Omoigui, Esq.. Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet; Semantic Technologies, Intel Capital: Eghosa Omoigui has been with Intel for nearly 9 years and is currently Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies. In this Santa Clara, CA-based role, he acts as a senior investment professional in the world's largest stage-agnostic technology venture capital organization, focused on platform-agnostic web services and digital media-based investment opportunities in the consumer internet. Due to a 10+ year passion for all things semweb/semtech, Eghosa also drives Intel Capital's investment focus on next generation semantic technologies. Current representative investments include Sense Networks, Voxify, Yatra, BuzzInTown, Cerebra and TextDigger. Prior to joining Intel, Omoigui worked in several start-ups in senior management positions and has variegated experience as a corporate and securities law firm lawyer, in-house counsel and turnarounds/restructuring advisor. Eghosa attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and has been admitted to the Bar in Nigeria, New York and Oregon . Eghosa lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his 3 kids, a miniature poodle and a supersized german shepherd. Jim Jones, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners: Jim's investment focus is in semiconductor, MEMS components and enterprise systems. Jim joined Scale Venture Partners in 2000 and currently sits on the Boards of Auvitek, Discera, Entone, Innovative Micro Technology, NComputing, Inc., and Xceive. Jim was also responsible for ScaleVP's investment in Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ: MPWR). Prior to Scale Venture Partners, Jim led product management, product marketing and business development groups at 3Com Corporation, where he managed a diverse $1.2 Billion product line. He also spearheaded the company's entry into and market leadership of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions as well as its foray into the home networking market. Prior to 3Com, Jim worked in integrated circuit development and marketing with National Semiconductor, focusing on analog, ATM, FDDI, and Ethernet controller and transceiver solutions. 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.