New England 2000 Venture Capital Forum

 

 

About New England: 2000

Over 300 of the region's top investment professionals attended Springboard 2000: New England on November 3, 2000. Harvard Business School's Burden Hall Auditorium remained jam-packed the entire day as the 30 selected entrepreneurs took the stage.

On November 2, 2000, the night before the conference, a Venture Capital Awards Dinner was held at Harvard Business School honoring those venture capital firms that have made a significant investment in women-led businesses. Two area firms, Weston Presidio Capital and Zero Stage Capital, were honored for having invested in women-led firms at more than three times the national rate.

BancBoston Capital/BancBoston was recognized for its leadership in the advancement and promotion of women to senior level positions throughout the firm.

New England rates second only to Silicon Valley in the volume of venture capital investments in the region. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Money Tree Survey, a record $2.61 billion was invested in 179 New England companies in the second quarter of 2000. This more than doubles the dollar amount from the same period one year ago.

Where do women entrepreneurs fit into this picture? The National Foundation for Women Business Owners reports that as of 1999, the region clocked more than 500,000 women-owned firms, employing more than 1 million workers, generating over $180 billion in sales and revenues. The Center for Women & Enterprise established a Women’s Venture Center in early 1999, the first hands-on program providing coaching, technical assistance and access to investors for women seeking equity capital.

The National Women's Business Council partnered with the Center for Women & Enterprise to produce Springboard 2000: New England.

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Marketing Sponsors:

  • Denterlein Worldwide
  • Events Preferred
  • MoneyHunt
  • Selig/Kaye Group
  • Women's Business

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Forum Committees

Venture Committee Chair:

  • Marcia Hooper, Advent International

Recruiting Committee Co-Chairs:

  • Connie Duckworth, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Sarah Di Troia, Cambridge Incubator
  • Sharon Whiteley, Whiteley & Company

Screening Committee Co-Chairs:

  • Paula Groves,Axxon Capital
  • Jodi Jahic, Battery Ventures
  • Mark Thaller, Zero Stage Capital

Coaching/Bootcamp Committee Co-Chairs:

  • Elizabeth Cahill Lempres, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • Ellen Roy, I-Group HotBank NE, a SoftBank Affiliate

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Forum Committee:

  • Candida Brush, Boston University School of Management
  • Teri Cavanagh, FleetBoston Financial
  • Paula Chauncey, Redwood Group
  • Patricia M. Cloherty, Patricof & Co.
  • Karen F. Copenhaver, Esq., Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
  • Angela Quinn Crispi, Harvard Business School
  • Michael Cronin, Weston Presidio Capital
  • Oliver D. Curme, Battery Ventures
  • Roslyn G. Daum, Esq., Choate, Hall & Stewart
  • Sarah Di Troia, Cambridge Incubator
  • Connie Duckworth, Goldman Sachs & Co.
  • Athena Edmonds, Zoe Capital
  • Kathy Elliott, Renaissance Ventures
  • April Evans, Advanced Technology Ventures
  • Paula Groves, Axxon Capital
  • Patricia Hanratty, Pamet Ventures
  • Myra Hart, Harvard Business School - Chairperson
  • Marcia Hooper, Advent International
  • Patricia Hume, Lotus Development Corporation
  • Jodi Jahic,Battery Ventures
  • Anne-Marie Keane, Staples.com
  • Kay Koplovitz, National Women's Business Council
  • Joanna Lau, Lau Technologies
  • Elizabeth Cahill Lempres, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • Ginger Lew, Telecommunications Development Fund
  • Amy Millman, National Women's Business Council
  • Laurie Moss, Deloitte & Touche
  • Kenneth Novack, America Online, Inc.
  • Penny Pickett, Telecommunications Development Fund
  • Scott Randall, FairMarket
  • Pamela Reeve, Lightbridge
  • James J. Rita, Jr., Grant Thornton LLP
  • Ellen Roy, I-Group HotBank NE, a SoftBank Affiliate
  • Dianne Hyde Russell, Imperial Bank, Emerging Growth Division
  • Jennifer Schmelter, Fleet Development Ventures
  • Andrea Silbert, Center for Women & Enterprise
  • Stephen Spinelli, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College
  • William Sweeney, Imperial Bank
  • Andrea Teichman Hill & Barlow
  • Mark Thaller, Zero Stage Capital
  • Jeffry Timmons, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College
  • Sharon Whiteley, Whiteley & Company