Michael McClune, principal of the IBA, is co-chair of the Los Angeles Venture Association's Global LAVA subcommittee. Join him as he moderates three experts in European VC and Angel investing and what a non-European startup needs to think about when attracting funding.  

The panel w/ Q&A is virtual on June 11th, 2020 5-6pm PDT. 

REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GBi3rtBxR7yBkUH0uGpdiQ

Event Details

Global LAVA webinar: Make Your Startup Sexy to EU/UK Investors

Tap into the world's largest economy while your competitors focus on survival. 

5pm PDT "Happy Hour" Thursday June 11

Join Global LAVA for an Engaging Zoom panel on the ins-and-outs of attracting investment from the world's largest economy! 

Panelist include:

• Alfred Vericel - Co-Founder and Managing Partner - Red River West  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfred-vericel-109249/  Red River West is a unique cross-border VC firm which promotes the international take-off of outstanding EU Tech companies by providing significant financial firepower and game changing hands-on support in EU & the US. RRW focuses on highly disruptive growth-stage companies (Series A to D) with investment tickets of €5M to €30M. RRW was initiated in 2017 by Alfred Vericel - the co-founder of Purch, a digital media group leader in the US, and Artemis - the Pinault family holding company (Kering, Christie's etc.)

• James Cummings - London & Partners  https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cummings-90b04514/.  London and Partners is the international trade, investment and promotion agency for London. Based in Los Angeles, James works closely with US companies expanding into London as well as London companies exploring growth opportunities in the US. James was previously Vice Consul at UK Trade & Investment at the British Consulate-General in Los Angeles and an Inward Investment Officer at the City of London. 

• Brenda McCabe - CEO of Matchbook Services (Enterprise SaaS and software platform company) and Advisor and Angel Investor  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmccabe/  Brenda McCabe, based in Los Angeles, Multicultural experience and total fluency in Spanish having lived and worked in Spain, Italy and US for McKinsey, AstraZeneca, PE funds and Board Director of PE portfolio companies. Advisor in the technology space: biotech, healthcare companies and Enterprise SaaS companies. Angel investor in femtech businesses.

 Moderator:

• Michael McClune, International Business Accelerator / Global LAVA Co-Chair https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcclune/ Michael McClune runs the SoCal based International Business Accelerator (IBA) which catapults startups and high-growth companies into global growth. The IBA prepares US companies for new market expansion by leveraging its proven curriculum, a peerless network of international business experts and access to traditional and non-traditional growth capital.

 Invest in Grenoble-Alpes is donating a bottle of Chartreuse for a lucky participant!