It’s a big week for venture capital focused technology conferences, and Southern California startups — and we’re not done yet. Tomorrow is VentureNet in Costa Mesa, the Technology Council of Southern California’s annual venture pitching event, which promises to be an interesting local take on the venture capital conference.
VentureNet is put on by a local, volunteer organization which is less focused on technology celebrity, and more on getting worthy technology startups funded. VentureNet’s selection committee includes Southern California’s top venture capital funds, who are very involved in vetting and screening the presenters. (Disclaimer: I was also on the screening committee, and I’m on the Technology Council’s board).
Plus, the afternoon keynote will be by none other than the sometimes controversial, technology-celebrity-and-entrepreneur Jason Calacanis (of Mahalo.com, who co-produced TechCrunch50), who will have the tables turned on him and be interviewed by Matt Coffin of LowerMyBills.com. Also, having seen the presenting companies list, there are some very interesting companies worth hearing about who will be at the conference. The conference is sold out, however, so I hope you already have tickets!
Not enough venture capital events for you? Next week LAVA presents Shaking the MoneyTree, a look at the venture activity over the last quarter, OCVG has VC in the OC on Wednesday, with a keynote by Mark Heesen, President of the National Venture Capital Association, and if you’re a biotech investor or entrepreneur the Southern California Biomedical Council has their 10th SoCal Bio Investor Conference.
Finally–speaking of entrepreneurs–a self-plug, I am going to be at MVM Partners Entrepreneur’s Only Event along with Tom McGovern of Snap.com and Jake Winebaum of Business.com on Wednesday the 17th.