BANSEA Power Breakfast With Pascal of Levensohn Venture Partners
May 11, 2011 by SGEntrepreneurs
This 26th of May, join the Business Angel Network (South East Asia) in their Power Breakfast. Special speaker is Mr Pascal Levensohn, Managing Partner of Levensohn Venture Partners.
About The Speaker
Pascal is the Managing Partner of Levensohn Venture Partners (LVP), a San Francisco-based early stage venture capital firm that he founded in 1996. LVP manages $200 million in assets across three funds. He is also the Managing Director of Presidio Group’s Family Enterprise Strategies (FES) team. FES is the strategic advisory division of the Presidio Group, a wealth advisory firm with approximately $4 billion in assets under advisement.
A faculty member and mentor for the Kauffman Fellows Program, Pascal has been a guest lecturer on venture capital at the Harvard Law School (October 2010) and completed a series of lectures on venture board governance best practices in China in November 2010 at Beijing University, Renmin University of China, and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series. He is the co-author of the first Chinese college textbook on venture capital, Fengxian Touzixue (Venture Capital: Theory and Practice), with Professor Mannie Liu of Renmin University of China. Pascal currently serves as a director of three venture-backed operating companies: ShotSpotter (Chairman); Akros Silicon; and Ubicom. He is a former director of the National Venture Capital Association (2007-2011) where he served as the Chairman of the Education Committee from 2008-2011. A graduate of Harvard University, Pascal is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a native of Puerto Rico who is fluent in Spanish and French.
Programme
08:00 am: Registration & Breakfast
08:30 am:
Welcome by Prof Kirpal Singh, Director of Wee Kim Wee Centre, SMU
Breakfast Talk by Managing Partner of Levensohn Venture Partners, Mr Pascal Levensohn
09:30 am: Q&A moderated by Mr Tan Yinglan, Head (Projects) National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office
09:50 am: Announcement by BANSEA Deputy Chairman, Mr Wong Meng Weng
10:00 am: Continuation of Networking Breakfast
Programme Highlights
Part I — Corporate Governance on Angel & VC Board
While some venture capital backed company boards operate in close cooperation with the company CEO, many experience dysfunction and most are sub-optimized. Pascal will discuss how to create a high performance board of directors by leading a conversation around basic director duties and responsibilities, conflict resolution, and how to work effectively with the CEO. Characteristics around effective versus ineffective boards will also be discussed. Some of the important differences in board dynamics in China will be contrasted with the U.S. experience.
Part II — BANSEA Announcement on Launch of Legal Templates
As a service to the local entrepreneurship community, BANSEA will be launching a set of legal templates such as term sheets and investment agreements as a resource for local angels and entrepreneurs. These are intended to be a starting point for angels and startups who may be unfamiliar with seed-stage investing. These materials will be made available on BANSEA’s website in June. A workshop on “Angel Investment Term Sheet 101” will also be conducted in Q3 this year. Over time we hope that this resource will grow in breadth and depth.
Event Details
When: Thursday 26th May 2011
Time: 8:00am – 10:30am
Where: Executive Media Theatre, SMU Admin Building, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065
Fees: Complimentary for BANSEA Member & SMU Staff, SVCA / TiE Member – S$10, Others – S$20
Register here.
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