AsAble.com, empowering startups

We are excited to announce that as a part of Social Media Week, Mixergy & AsAble.com are hosting a VC/Angel investors panel at Startup Demo event on the evening of Sept 22nd at Wokcano. This is in partnership with Schmoozd and Techzulu.  Register to attend this FREE event here.  There will also be a startup demo.  Apply to demo here.

The event will be streamed live on this website.  If you can’t attend, make sure to tune in to watch.

Panel speakers:

• Paige Craig, aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel
• Allen Morgan, Mayfield Ventures
• Stewart Roberts, President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels
• Mark Suster, GRP Partners

Very grateful that Allen will be flying in from Menlo Park for few hours for the panel.

Moderator:

• Giang Biscan, PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com

Topic discussion:

• Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors
• Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media
• How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention

If you have questions for the panels, please feel free to leave a comment here.  We will acknowledge your name & company name if your question is used during the discussion.

Our hosting partners:

Stewart Roberts

Stewart Roberts is president of Tech Coast Angels’ Orange County and is a board member overseeing all five southern California chapters. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investment group in the country and more than one billion dollars have been invested in TCA-funded companies since 1997. So far in 2010, $19 million has been invested across 14 new and follow-on deals. Three portfolio companies exits, Green Dot’s IPO (NYSE: GDOT) yielding over 110 times return, SDL’s acquisition of Language Weaver for $42.5MM, and an IPO for Trius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TSRX) all point to a dynamic year for TCA.

Stewart has served as CEO, board member, consultant and investor in and for multiple startups. In 2003 he co-founded TIX China a Shanghai based trading company overseeing a client portfolio spanning three continents. In the 1990s he worked on Wall Street where he held jobs at Brenner Securities and Morgan Stanley. In his spare time he and his wife are involved in CASA, as court appointed volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children.