ATDC

“How the Pandemic Will Affect Venture Capital Deal Making” with BIP Capital

2020-04-21 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
ATDC
Digital Event: Online Only

Join us from 5-6pm on Tuesday, April 21st for a virtual fireside chat with members of the investment team from BIP Capital.  ATDC Assistant Director, Jane McCracken and Brad Schweizer,  ATDC’s Investor Relations Manager, will moderate a discussion on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting VC funding and ask the BIP team to share their views, insights, and advice.

About the panelists:

  • Mark Buffington, Co-Founder and CEO.  As a founder, Buffington has built a handful of successful businesses himself and now focuses on growing the Healthcare IT practice within BIP Capital’s portfolio. His most notable deals include Vendormate, Ingenious Med, PlayOn! Sports, and others.
  • Mark Flickinger, COO.  Flickinger focuses on fundraising, talent acquisition, marketing/branding, and accelerating growth for the firm’s portfolio companies.  Flickinger focuses on fundraising, talent acquisition, marketing/branding, and accelerating the growth of the firm’s portfolio companies. His portfolio coverage includes AchieveIt, PlayOn! Sports, VoApps, and others.
  • Dan Drechsel, General Partner.  Drechsel has worked with leading innovators that include S1 and Global Energy Decisions. He oversees the firm’s investments in SaaS, FinTech, and Dev Tools/Architecture.
  • Swin Moore, Senior VP.  An experienced venture investor specializing in helping companies accelerate, Moore was most recently a senior consultant at Vista Equity Partners.

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