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Sit-down Breakfast with Brian Smiga, Co-founding Partner, Alpha Venture Partners
Thursday, June 20, 8.30 am - 10.00 am
Our thanks to Kettlespace for hosting. Continental Breakfast included.
Hosted by Bonnie Halper, Editor, StartupOneStop Newsletter
About our Guest: Brian Smiga is the co-founding partner at Alpha Venture Partners, an innovative late-stage venture fund that invests growth capital in category-leading technology companies (Lime, Wish, Careem, Coupang, Getaround, DoctorOnDemand) sourced from a network of 300+ early stage venture firms. Brian also serves as an advisor to Pritzker Group Venture Capital, a twenty-year old venture firm that's invested in 220 technology companies. Prior to Alpha Venture Partners, Brian was the CEO & founder of Preclick, (sold to Smilebox), where he developed popular photo software licensed worldwide by HP, 3M, Sandisk, Walmart, Costco, CVS, & Walgreens. Prior to Preclick, Mr. Smiga was CEO at 3Path, (sold to Cadmus), an Intel & Goldman-Sachs backed early Dropbox, & the SVP of Product & Marketing at 1ClickCharge, an early Paypal, where his leadership resulted in a profitable exit to CMGi.
Mr. Smiga began his career as a developer at Booz & Co, & in Silicon Valley, was cofounder & President of Portfolio Software & Actioneer, where he co-authored five collaboration software patents & licensed award-winning software to Apple, IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, AOL, 3Com, Acco, & Mastercard. Brian received a BA from Swarthmore College, & graduated first with a Masters of Philosophy from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. Brian is founder of TEDxAsburyPark.
ABOUT KettleSpace:KettleSpace is an NYC-based startup that transforms top restaurants into an all-access network of working & meeting spaces that don't break the bank. Members enjoy access to bottomless coffee, tea, & snacks, fast wifi, power outlets, a vibrant community of like-minded professionals, exclusive events & perks & more.
First time guests can take advantage of a free 7-day trial at www.kettlespace.com. After, membership is only $99/mo. Use code StartupOneStop to get 2 months for the price of 1!All breakfast attendees are welcome to stay & co-work at Kettlespace for the day.
We always keep the group small so that all attendees have an opportunity to briefly introduce themselves, & we leave time for networking as well.
$30 CASH ONLY at the door.
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