Chicago Angels Network ("C.A.N.") Inaugural Pitch Event and Dinner
April 27, 2013: 2:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Join alumni from leading universities to invest expertise and financial capital in the growth of exciting start-ups.
Chicago Angels Network will host its inaugural pitch event on Saturday, 27th April 2013 at the Chicago Booth London Campus.
The pitch event will be followed by a dinner where Per Strömberg, Adjunct Professor of Finance, Chicago Booth, will share his research insights on "Investing in Start-ups".
View the agenda and event format online>
We are pleased to invite the following exciting start-ups to pitch at the event (thanks again to the deal review team for their insights):
- Sanona - Netflix for non-English Language Movies starting with Bollywood (Deal Captain: Suraj Badlani)
- Pangea Payments - disrupting migrant worker remittance business (Deal Captain: Shehreyar Hameed)
- MENA360 - One-stop commercial and supply chain partner to global brands for e-commerce in MENA (Deal Captains: Rama Veeraragoo & Ilias Kantzos)
- Hopster - On-demand TV and learning platform for children aged 2-6 (Deal Captains: Rama Veeraragoo & Ilias Kantzos)
Where
Chicago Booth Europe Campus
Woolgate Exchange
25 Basinghall Street
London EC2V 5HA, United Kingdom
Event Details
What is Chicago Angels Network?
C.A.N. is disrupting an age-old paradigm of angel investing by creating a global, trusted network of domain experts, mentors and angel investors. We help entrepreneurs leverage our capital and international professional network to build successful and fast growing businesses.
We are assembling a highly respected and global Advisory Board which currently includes:
Jonathan Weiss, MBA'00, MD'01
Robert Gertner, Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance; Deputy Dean for the Part-Time MBA Programs, Chicago Booth
Bruce Rigal, '89
Ramon Tisaire, '91
We look forward to engaging with you to create a truly unique organization.
C.A.N. Management Team
Kathleen Fitzgerald '01, Shehreyar Hameed '05, Rama Veeraragoo '12 (EXP-17)
Cost
Pitch Event & Dinner £50
Pitch Event £30
(includes networking drinks)
Registration
Register Online
Deadline: 4/24/2013
Speaker Profiles
Per Strömberg (Speaker)
Adjunct Professor of Finance, Chicago Booth
http://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/per-stromberg/?source=aa-em-20130325-06
Questions
Rama Veeraragoo, '12 (EXP-17)