April 29 | 9AM-10:30AM PST | Virtual Conference

M&A 2020

Exit Strategies for Startup Founders

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What is M&A 2020?

At a time when the market is completely unpredictable, and startups are facing a decline in venture funding, accurate knowledge, and proper strategy can cost a company life.

We invited industry experts to navigate intricacies of the current environment and answer questions for startup founders around M&A and exit strategies in 2020.

Our Speakers

Jinal

Jhaveri

Founder & Chairman at SchoolMint, Founder at LogN, Venture Partner at Runa Capital

Jeffery

Potvin

Investor GP @The Supporters Fund. Angel investor in 55+ companies.

Yehudah

Velkovich

Managing Partner at Hod Equity Capital.

Serge Jonnaert

Vice president, Technology M&A at Corum Group Ltd

Our Partners

Anthony Arnold

M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital Partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Graham Curme

Co-founded Optima that went to NASDAQ in 2010. 3 exits in portfolio.

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Nicholas
Davidov

Entrepreneur, venture capital enthusiast. Cherry Home, MSQRD, and Prisma. Investing in AI.

Anastasia

Green

Managing partner @Burgundy.Capital,

Mentor @500Startups

Get your ticket

7 min Keynotes Timeline

April 29th, PST

9:00am

9:10am

Serge

Jonnaert

Considering M&A during the crisis and M&A vs bridge round during pandemic

9:25am

Anthony Arnold

Types of M&A and partners on your road

9:40am

Graham Curme

Management buyout - what is this, pros and cons and who should expect it

9:55am

Jinal

Jhaveri

How to spot a potential acquirer and what to do when the proposal comes in

Yehudah Velkovich

When nothing else left to do, do the joint venture!

Panel Discussion

April 29th, PST

Jeffery

Potvin

10:25am

Nicholas

Davidov

Graham Curme

“Should a startup consider M&A in 2020?”, moderated by Anastasia Green

10:45am

Q&A & Closing remarks and giveaway from partners

Opening, Introducing Speakers

April 29 | 9AM-10:30AM PST | Virtual Conference

M&A 2020

Exit Strategies for Startup Founders

What is M&A 2020?

At a time when the market is completely unpredictable, and startups are facing a decline in venture funding, accurate knowledge, and proper strategy can cost a company life.

We invited industry experts to navigate intricacies of the current environment and answer questions for startup founders around M&A and exit strategies in 2020.

Our Speakers

Jinal

Jhaveri

Jeffery

Potvin

Yehudah

Velkovich

Serge Jonnaert

Our Partners

Anthony Arnold

Graham Curme

Nicholas Davidov

Anastasia

Green

Get your ticket

7 min Keynotes Timeline

April 29th, PST

9:00am

9:10am

Serge

Jonnaert

Considering M&A during the crisis and M&A vs bridge round during pandemic

9:25am

Anthony Arnold

Types of M&A and partners on your road

9:40am

Graham Curme

Management buyout - what is this, pros and cons and who should expect it

9:55am

Jinal

Jhaveri

How to spot a potential acquirer and what to do when the proposal comes in

Yehudah Velkovich

When nothing else left to do, do the joint venture!

Panel Discussion

April 29th, PST

Jeffery

Potvin

10:25am

Nicholas

Davidov

Graham Curme

“Should a startup consider M&A in 2020?”, moderated by Anastasia Green

10:45am

Q&A & Closing remarks and giveaway from partners

Opening, Introducing Speakers

10:10am

Konstantin Dubovitskiy

Jinal

Jhaveri

Nicholas
Davidov