Silicon Catalyst Angels is a dedicated funding group created by silicon hardware investors, engineers, executives to accelerate startups in the next revolution in silicon and hardware.
Silicon Catalyst Angels is a dedicated funding group created by silicon hardware investors, engineers, executives to accelerate startups in the next revolution in silicon and hardware.
Invited speaker, Dr. Ronald Weissman, Chairman of the Band of Angels Software Group and member of the Board of Directors of the Angel Capital Association.
Ron will review the angel and VC fundraising climate for startups, especially in the area of semiconductors.
- How does the 2020 COVID crisis compare to earlier dot.com and Lehmann crises?
- Post-COVID, has there been a decline in funding? If so, which sectors are doing well?
- How do 2020 valuations compare with 2019? What’s the outlook for “”Zoom deals,” where there is no face to face contact with management?
- Has investor behavior changed? And how long do investors believe the crisis will last?
Invited speaker, Craig Harding, "Convertible Notes: must haves and nice to haves"
Craig Harding is a technology investor based in San Francisco. He is a member of various angel groups (Sand Hill Angels; Life Science Angels; Band of Angels) and is a former corporate lawyer in the Silicon Valley; now retired.
Craig is a former General Counsel and Secretary at Tesla Motors and worked for four CEOs at Tesla, including the current (and now-famous) CEO.
He went to law school at Vanderbilt and studied math at Duke. He’s lived in Woodside and Portola Valley for 25 years, and knows his way around Buck’s, the Alpine Inn, the Pioneer Saloon, the Dutch Goose, Alice’s, and the Rosewood.
Invited speaker, Tim Kelly, CFA - presentation on Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)
A qualified small business stock (QSBS) is the stock—or shares—of a qualified small business (QSB), as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. If you own QSBS you may be eligible to eliminate tax on all or a large portion of your gain when you sell.
Tim Kelly is a serial entrepreneur and CFO of Kelly Ventures, a private investment company founded in 1984. Over the past 35 years, Tim has worked in most aspects of the computer and information industry, including general management, product development, sales, and manufacturing. He serves as the CFO for various Angel investment groups in the San Francisco Bay Area including Silicon Catalyst Angels, Sand Hill Angels and NBK Innovation ( The Band of Angels) as well as tax advisory for several venture backed start-ups.
Silicon Catalyst Angels presents O'Melveny's David Ribner as he unravels CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and how it can affect startups and investors.
What is CFIUS?
What types of transactions are subject to CFIUS review?
Are there unique semiconductor CFIUS considerations?
Inaugural meeting of the SC Angel group, lead by the Amos Ben-Meir, President. Presentations included membership details and operational procedures, as well as investor presentations by CEOs from Owl Autonomous Imaging, Seamless Microsystems and Xceler Systems.