Our November Meetup is sponsored by Lowenstein & Sandler. We are excited to announce another great lineup of speakers who will update us on Crowdfunding. We hope that you can join us for another informative evening.

Refreshments provided by Lowenstein & Sandler

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Introduction

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Emily Forst, Honest Music

Musician

Songwriter

Emily took an interesting approach to her Kickstarter project. Most of her project was already funded, so she set a low fundraising target. Her goal for the project was to create marketing and PR buzz around her new CD. She will focus on this less discussed, but powerful use-case for crowdfunding.

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Anthony Pergola

Vice Chair and Founder of the Tech Group, Lowenstein Sandler

Founding Member, Grape Arbor Ventures

Founding Member, AngelVineVC

Anthony assists emerging, growth, later-stage technology businesses, and the venture funds that finance them. He also represents financial and strategic buyers in purchasing venture-backed technology businesses - he has closed dozens of M&A transactions throughout his career. Anthony is an active angel investor and helps manage a group of angels who have made more than two dozen investments in technology and financial services companies.

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Mark Kesslen

Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Tech Group, Lowenstein Sandler

Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group, Lowenstein Sandler

Chief Operating Officer, First Growth Venture Network

Mark provides guidance and counseling to technology-based businesses in intellectual property strategy (licensing, litigation, and prosecution). Mark serves as IP counsel on numerous venture capital and M&A transactions including investments into Twitter and Yext, where issues ranged from litigation, patent scope, open source, and ownership risks. He also helps run the First Growth Venture Network which is a New York City-based technology accelerator.

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David Drake

Founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital

Founder of the Soho Loft

Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member of the Crowdfunding Professional Association and Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates

David Drake was part of the lobbying effort that led to the signing of the JOBS Act in April 2012. David founded LDJ Capital and has spent 20 years helping technology, media, and telecommunication companies raise capital. The Soho Loft is a global platform hosting events to provide education and leadership training in crowdfunding, angel networking, and non-conventional funding. David was one of the original 6 founders of CFPA and CFIRA. He was recently US Commerce Delegate to the European Union as a JOBS Act expert.

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Wrap-up