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Wednesday, September 27 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Stages of Raising Capital - A Panel Discussion

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Come learn about the different levels of raising capital to finance your business.  The different stages range from bootstrapping from friends and family through series rounds from venture capitalists. Other topics to be covered will include crowdfunding and government loan programs.  

AFTERWARDS We will have FREE appetizers at Prohibition. 

Moderators
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Scott Brovsky

Director, EPIC SBDC, University of California, Riverside
Scott is working to build a startup ecosystem in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. As the Director of UC Riverside’s EPIC Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the founder of LongSoCal.com, he and the team spend their time identifying, mentoring and helping... Read More →
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Taj Ahmad Eldridge

Director, Babylon Ventures & ExCITE Accelerator
Taj Ahmad Eldridge serves as the co-founder and Managing Partner of Babylon Ventures, a venture fund dedicated to manufacturing & logistics within the United States. In addition, Eldridge serves as the Director for the ExCITE Riverside Accelerator under the Office of Technology Partnerships... Read More →

Speakers
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Brent Granado

Founding Partner/COO, Sway Ventures
Brent Granado is a COO and General Partner at San Francisco-based Sway Ventures, where he is focused on diligence, deal structuring, and managing each of the funds day-to-day operations. Brent has successfully demonstrated his innate ability to assist companies by strategically leveraging... Read More →
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Brian Lowry

Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank
avatar for Vincent McCoy

Vincent McCoy

Director, Inland Empire Small Business Development Center
The Inland Empire SBDC provides existing and startup businesses with technical assistance designed to improve their competitive standing in the marketplace. SBDC clients receive expert guidance and benefit from the experiences of staff and other businesses. The Inland Empire SBDC... Read More →
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John Tilquest

Retired Investor
John Tillquist holds masters and doctorate degrees in information & computer science from the University of California-Irvine, has over two dozen publications, and has spoken nationally and internationally about entrepreneurship, technology, organizational strategy, and economic development... Read More →
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Rose Wang

CEO, InMotion Technology LLC
Rose Wang has been an entrepreneur since immigrating to the US in the 3rd grade. It started out with selling her drawings on a stick at daycare; in high school, she explored e-commerce by importing Asian cosmetics into the western Hemisphere; while in college at Dartmouth, she started... Read More →


Wednesday September 27, 2017 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Riverside City Hall Grier Pavilion 3900 Main Street, 7th Floor, City Hall, Riverside, CA