Roster Of Leading VCs And Entrepreneurs Generates Overwhelming Interest In April 1st Event Entitled, "Driving Growth with Big Ideas: Private Capital's Role In Global Innovation"

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Mar 30, 2015, 04:37 ET

NEW YORK, March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- "Driving Growth with Big Ideas: Private Capital's Role in Global Innovation," an event to be held at GSVLabs in Redwood City at 1:00 pm on April 1, 2015, has garnered substantial support from the Silicon Valley venture capital community. Co-sponsors Private Capital Research Institute ("PCRI") and Brookings Institution and host GSV Asset Management have convened a broad array of successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors and academics who will contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to a spirited discussion. The event will be "on the record" and media attendance is welcomed.

"Private capital's effect on innovation is a vital component of its overall impact on the world's economy," said Professor Josh Lerner, PCRI Director and Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. "This truly outstanding event will focus on the many important links between private capital and innovation." The PCRI is a non-profit organization seeking to further the understanding of private capital and its global economic impact through independent academic research.

Michael Moe, Founder of GSV Asset Management, commented, "Innovation has always been at the heart of progress and, since the early days of Silicon Valley, private capital and innovation have been close partners in the global technology revolution. It is through this relationship that big ideas have realized their potential to drive significant economic growth."

Event topics will include:

Private Capital as a Catalyst for Innovation: Solving the world's BIG problems including education, healthcare and sustainability.
Reimagining Capital Markets from VC to IPO: Private market investing, valuation and exit dynamics
Developing a Global Silicon Valley: Emerging global funding and innovation ecosystems
Breakthrough New Technologies: Transforming industry today

Leading the discussion will be some of the most notable figures of the VC and technology industry. Confirmed participants include:

Peter Thiel, Partner, Founders Fund
Kate Mitchell, Co-Founder & Partner, Scale Venture Partners
Peter Bell, Partner, Highland Capital
Professor Shai Bernstein, Stanford Business School
Michael Moe, Founder, GSV Asset Management
Professor Michael Ewens, Caltech
Tom Keck, CIO, Stepstone
Aileen Lee, Founder, Cowboy Ventures
Peter Dolan, Managing Director, Makena
Sandy Miller, Partner, IVP
Joseph L. Rice III, Founder, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Professor Stefan Heck, Stanford University (Co-Author, Resource Revolution)
Carter Bales, Chairman & Managing Partner, NewWorld Capital
John Denniston, Chairman, GSV Shared-X
John Creyts, Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute
Mike Wingert, CEO, Solexel
Professor Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School
John Powers, CEO, Stanford Management Company
Jagdeep Singh, CIO, UC Board of Regents
David Kappos, Partner, Cravath (Former Head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)
Martin Baily, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Event location:
GSVLabs
425 Broadway
Redwood City, CA 94063

About the PCRI:
The PCRI is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The PCRI is committed to the ongoing development of a comprehensive database of private capital fund and transaction-level activity supplied by industry participants. In 2012, the PCRI announced its first group of 15 leading private equity firms that agreed in principle to contribute performance data. The initial group included Actis, Apax Partners, Apollo Global Management, Berkshire Partners, the Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Court Square Capital Partners, First Reserve Corporation, General Atlantic, KKR & Co., Kohlberg & Company, New Mountain Capital, The Riverside Company, Saybrook Corporate Opportunity Funds, and Thomas H. Lee Partners. For more information please visit www.privatecapitalresearchinstitute.org.

SOURCE Private Capital Research Institute