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Venture Capital Investments in Nanotechnology Companies

10th May 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Venture Capital Investments in Nanotechnology Companies

May 10, 2018, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

ASRC 1st floor Auditorium
85 Saint Nicholas Terrace
New York, NY 10031

Hosts: ASRC NanoFabrication Facility and Futureworks NYC

As nanotechnology finds new uses ranging from energy applications to medicine and portable electronics, a growing number of early stage companies are forming to bring new nanotech innovation into these markets. These high-tech companies face unique challenges, including navigating their way through the current financial market. While investors are showing interest in nanotechnology investments, raising investor capital remains extremely difficult.

Join us for a panel discussion with venture capitalists and other experts currently working in the nanotechnology space. Panelists will discuss investment strategies of nanotech venture capital firms and the state of investments in this arena, and will provide expert advice for current and future entrepreneurs.

6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion

7:30 p.m.  Networking Reception and Facility Tours

Please register here and visit us on Facebook.

PANELISTS:

John Blaho, Ph.D.
Director, Industrial-Academic Research
Office of the CUNY Vice Chancellor for Research

Ramphis Castro, J.D.
Co-Founder at ScienceVest
Founding Board Member for the New York City Innovation Collective

Scott Livingston
Chairman and CEO, Livingston Securities LLC

Jean-Noel Poirier, M.B.A.
CEO at Inventec Performance Chemicals USA
Managing Partner at the Clean Energy Venture Group

 
About the ASRC:
The Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) elevates scientific research and education at CUNY through initiatives in five distinctive, but increasingly interconnected disciplines: environmental sciences, nanoscience, neuroscience, photonics, and structural biology. The ASRC promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary research culture with researchers from each of the initiatives working side-by-side in the ASRC’s core facilities, sharing equipment that is among the most advanced available.

Details

Date:
10th May 2018
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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