Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from a previous Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here Digital Hollywood New York City November 10-12, 2010 Wednesday, November 10th 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Track II: DHFi-3, DEALS-3 Private Equity – The Investor Strategy – Networks, Tech Companies, Venture Funds – Entry and Exit Strategies Brian Richards, Managing Partner, Mesa David Pakman, Partner, Venrock Jim Labe, CEO, TriplePoint Capital Gadi Tirosh, Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners Art Chang, founder and CEO, Tipping Point Partners Pratik Patel, Vice President, Gridley and Company, Moderator Howard Gwin, Managing Director | Bridgescale: Howard Gwin brings to Bridgescale more than 25 years of senior executive operating experience in the technology industry. Before joining Bridgescale, Howard spent a decade serving as corporate director, chairman and operating chairman to help more than 20 software, SaaS and digital media companies build, scale and drive great outcomes. He has experience in all major software industry segments, and has focused on both the large enterprise and SMB marketplaces. In 2000, Howard was president of Solect Technology Group, a global provider of billing, customer care and service management software for the telecommunications industry. Solect was sold to Amdocs Inc. for US$1.2B. Prior to Solect, Howard was EVP World Wide Operations at Peoplesoft Inc., responsible for all company revenue streams and field employees. During his tenure, the company grew from less than $100M in revenues to $1.3B. Howard began his career spending 13 years in senior sales, marketing and operations roles with IBM and Xerox. Howard's current areas of active interest include enterprise SaaS (big ticket or SMB), mobile, optimizing IT, enterprise analytics and whatever serial entrepreneurs are attacking next - follow the blood hounds usually works. Howard has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Brian Richards, Managing Partner, Mesa: Brian has been with MESA since 2003, where he has led a broad range of investment banking, strategy and valuation engagements for companies across all segments of the media and entertainment industries. Brian has expertise within a number of traditional and digital media sectors, including music publishing, film, online media, digital content production and distribution, stock photography, consumer and business publishing, and television production. David Pakman, Partner, Venrock: David joined Venrock in 2008 as a Partner and focuses on early stage venture investing in internet and digital media companies. Previously, Pakman was the CEO of eMusic, the world’s leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold. Prior to joining eMusic, Pakman was Co-Founder and President of Business Development and Public Policy at Myplay, Inc., the company he co-founded in 1999 in Redwood City, CA that introduced the “digital music locker” and pioneered the locker category. In 2001, Myplay was sold to Bertelsmann’s ecommerce Group. Before Myplay, he was Vice President at N2K Entertainment, which created the first digital music download service. He also was the co-creator of Apple Computer’s Music Group. Pakman is a graduate of and a member of the Board of Overseers at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and is an avid musician and songwriter. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the First Growth Venture Network whose mission is to identify high potential entrepreneurs and to surround them with the network they will need to support their growth. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of ITHAKA and holds a board seat with the New York Venture Capital Association. Jim Labe, CEO, TriplePoint Capital: Mr. Labe is widely recognized as the pioneer of the venture leasing and lending segment of the commercial finance industry. He played a key role in making venture leasing and lending an essential source of capital for venture capital-backed companies. Over the past twenty-five years, Mr. Labe has worked closely with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs introducing them to the benefits of venture leasing and lending. He has closed venture lease and loan transactions with hundreds of venture capital-backed companies. Bonus Round, his forthcoming book, is the first definitive insiders' guide to venture leasing and lending. Prior to co-founding TriplePoint, Mr. Labe founded Comdisco Ventures in 1987, the venture division of Comdisco, Inc. He led the division as CEO for over 14 years, managing more than $5 billion in lease and loan transactions to more than 1,200 leading venture capital-backed companies. Under his leadership, Comdisco Ventures recognized thirteen consecutive years of profitability representing more than $500 million in cumulative pre-tax profits. Comdisco Ventures was recognized by BusinessWeek, Forbes, The Red-Herring, and other industry publications as the leader of the venture leasing and lending industry. Mr. Labe personally trained senior members of many of the existing firms in the venture leasing and lending industry. Prior to Comdisco Ventures, Mr. Labe served as a Director at Equitec Financial Group, the first nationwide institution to provide warrant-based leases to venture capital-backed companies. During his tenure at Equitec, he developed the concept of venture leasing to early stage companies, managing more than $300 million in lease and loan transactions to more than 200 companies. Mr. Labe has played a pivotal role in making venture leasing and lending an essential source of capital for private venture capital-backed companies and in the process has educated the financial and academic communities on the concept. Mr. Labe is a speaker at venture industry conferences and appears as a guest speaker on the topic at both Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago School of Business. When not at the helm at TriplePoint Capital, his diverse civic interests include Stanford University’s Athletic Advisory Board, Silicon Valley Community Ventures (Pacific Community Ventures), the Youth Tennis Association (YTA), the East Palo Alto Tennis Tutorial Program (EPATT), and serving as a volunteer camp counselor for underprivileged inner-city youths. Mr. Labe holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from Middlebury College in Vermont. Gadi Tirosh, Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners: With his strong background in media related software and internet based R&D organizations, Gadi is a key member of JVP's media team, as well as a board member of Double Fusion (Board Observer), Emergent, Funtactix, Infinite Memories, Magink and Minicom. His experience has provided him with strong domain expertise in both the consumer infrastructure world and service provider needs. Before joining JVP, Gadi was Corporate VP of Product Marketing and member of the executive committee for NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS), a leader in digital pay-TV systems, supporting some of the largest digital broadcast platforms such as DIRECTV, BSkyB, Canal Digital and more. At NDS, Gadi established the business of digital interactive TV in the late 90s, catering to the likes of Sky Sports, MTV, Discovery, QVC and other leading TV channels. Gadi lead the NDS international marketing team responsible for defining the product scope and roadmap for NDS established products such as conditional access for secure broadcast, middleware for digital set-tops, and integrated PVR solutions. Prior to NDS, Gadi held a variety of positions in software and Internet-based R&D organizations, including Director of Product Marketing at ServiceSoft Corp, Software Company providing self-help solutions over the Internet for service organizations. Gadi holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics as well as an Executive MBA from the Hebrew University. Art Chang, founder and CEO, Tipping Point: It's hard to believe that I've spent 25 years with emerging growth companies, especially the past 10 years in the New York City venture capital community. I founded Tipping Point Partners in 2005 to bring my experience as an entrepreneur and investor to helping other entrepreneurs find and realize their next big idea. We especially like companies that have figured out that data captures and empowers the connection between people and the stuff they are passionate about. Tipping Point Partners works for startup companies and new divisions of established companies, generally as hands-on management and board members and occasionally as investor. In 2008, I helped start Cookstr.com, where I serve in the lead finance and operations role, in addition to my responsibilities at the Tipping Point companies. I worked on about $1.5 billion in private investment and M&A transactions, including enterprise software, grid computing, interactive television, power generation, biotech, real estate private equity, and legal services. I admit to being addict to the speed/punishment of the startup life, I was a founder or manager in eight start-ups, including e-commerce, television, online music and real estate and spent six years in government. I started my career in architecture, ending with the architect I.M. Pei. One of my favorite jobs was waiting tables in college. I volunteer as an advisor to the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship at New York University, served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Brooklyn Public Library Foundation and spent 8 years on the Board of Safe Horizon. I also interview undergraduate applicants to Yale University. I received my MBA from New York University and my BA from Yale in women’s studies with an art history concentration. I'm a licensed securities broker, securities principal and financial operations principal. I live in Brooklyn with my wife, Allison Thrush, a private equity professional, and my two fun-loving boys. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Pratik Patel, Vice President, Gridley and Company: Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Patel co-founded MetricMesh, a technology company which developed the first proximity based detection platform enabling enterprises to deliver a broad range of services to consumers. From 2000 - 2008, Mr. Patel was an investment banker at JPMorgan, most recently a Vice President in the technology investment banking group focused on enterprise software and technology enabled services. He has executed over $15 billion in technology transactions and has broad industry knowledge in the sector. Mr. Patel studied biochemistry and finance at the University of Pittsburgh and Northwestern University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.