StarVest Partners Joins Henry Blodget to Uncover the Next Wave of Great Companies at Startup 2012

April 26, 2012 - PRLog -- WHAT:   StarVest Partners, a New York City-based venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled business services companies throughout the United States, today announced that General Partners Larry Bettino and Laura Sachar will participate in panel discussions at the Business Insider Startup 2012 conference on Thursday, May 3, 2012. Bettino will sit on the “How to Launch Without a Technical Co-founder and/or Major Technical Training” panel and Sachar will discuss “Fundraising: What You Need to Know.”

As a sponsor of the conference, StarVest was also heavily involved with judging selected startups to win the funding, goods and services they need to jumpstart their business. Jeanne Sullivan, general partner, and Sylvia Kuyel, senior associate, assisted Henry Blodget’s team in judging more than 200 startups prior to the event and Bettino and Sachar will sit on the panel of venture capitalists to select the winner on May 3.

WHY:   New York is currently the world’s second largest startup ecosystem. With a growing number of companies fighting for attention from investors, entrepreneurs need to know what it takes to stand out from the crowd. Witnessing the growth of the early stage startup community in the city and across the country, StarVest Partners actively strives to nurture this wave of interesting and competitive companies in their expansion and success.

   Bettino and Sachar have a combined three decades of experience investing in technology-enabled business services companies from across the country. Based on their work navigating the investing landscape, they know what it takes to lead a technical startup, secure funding and achieve a successful exit.

Bettino will be joined on the “How to Launch Without a Technical Co-founder and/or Major Technical Training” panel by participants from Microsoft BizSpark and Dwolla. Representatives from RRE Ventures, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman and Artsicle will join Sachar in discussing “Fundraising: What You Need to Know.”

WHEN:    Startup 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
“Fundraising: What You Need to Know” panel: 10:50 a.m. EDT
“How to Launch Without a Technical Co-founder and/or Major Technical Training” panel: 3:20 p.m. EDT
Registration: http://businessinsider.ticketleap.com/startup-2012/

WHERE:    New World Stages
      340 West 50th Street
      New York, New York

About StarVest Partners
StarVest Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm with $400 million under management that is funding technology-enabled business services companies throughout the United States.  The firm’s value-added partnership maintains a laser focus on five key emerging technology and services sectors: Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet Marketing Services, eCommerce Services, Data Aggregation Services and Identity and Security Management.  StarVest combines a sophisticated investment background with the experience to foresee opportunities for both its portfolio companies and funding partners.  The firm invests nationally having invested in companies that are recognized as “Fastest Growing” in California, Texas, Arizona and now New York.  The firm’s general partners are Deborah A. Farrington, Laura B. Sachar, Jeanne M. Sullivan and Larry A. Bettino.  More information about StarVest is available at the company's website: www.starvestpartners.com.

StarVest Partners Press Contact:
Ashleigh Egan
212.255.0080, ext. 12
aegan@articulatecomms.com