Metropole Capital Group to hold the Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum

Oct. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- Metropole Capital Group and Variety to hold the Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum

Los Angeles - October 8, 2012 – Metropole Capital Group, in association with Variety magazine, announces a first of its kind business forum to take place on November 16, 2012 in Santa Monica, California at the JW Marriott Hotel. The first annual Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum is a full day event which promises to convene an unprecedented and exclusive mix of leading entrepreneurs, angel investors, VCs, accelerators, and crowdfunding experts and advocates. This dynamic and high-powered group will discuss current and future trends on capital formation for emerging growth companies.
Among distinguished speakers is Larry Namer, co-founder of E! Entertainment; Adam Chapnick, principal at IndieGoGo & CEO of Distribber.com; Eric M. Jackson, CEO of CapLinked; Chance Barnett, Co-Founder & CEO of Crowdfunder.com; David Carter, serial entrepreneur and angel investor, a co-founder of Amplify, a leading accelerator in Los Angeles; Carl Esposti, founder of Crowdsourcing.org,  Howard J. Leonhardt, serial entrepreneur, inventor and the Startup California state spokesperson on the JOBS ACT and Crowdfunding; Monica Dodi, co–founder and Managing Director of The Women’s Venture Capital Fund, Ash Kumra, co-founder of DreamItAlive.com, Chairman of Tech Coast Venture Network; Igor Taber, Director at Intel Capital (Russian office), Gunjan Bagla, entrepreneur and adviser for U.S. and India based companies including Idealab, and PeopleLink, and many other prominent leaders in the investment and entrepreneurial eco-systems.

Victoria Silchenko, CEO and Founder of Metropole Capital Group, a Los Angeles based corporate advisory firm with strategic links in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), is the Forum’s founder and producer. According to Ms. Silchenko, “The main goal of the Forum is to present participants, particularly capital-starved new ventures, with realistic financing solutions that can be used immediately or in the near future. We all would like to see how the innovative crowdfunding model fits into the well-established system of capital formation options including VCs, accelerators, and incubators.”

Principal Sponsors of the event include Metropole Capital Group, Variety, Daily Brand Group, Marcum, Silicon Valley Bank, Wells Fargo; supporting partners are Start-Up California, Crowdsourcing.org, CrowdFund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA), Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Pasadena Angels,  Innovation Economy Konnect,  Dream It Alive, The California Stock Xchange, Consulate General of Canada (LA office), Consulate General and Promotion Center of the Argentine Republic, Slavic American Chamber, FrankfurtRhineMain Corp, Bank To The Future, Marchmont Innovation News, and Global Entrepreneurship Week.  The forum is hosted by Sandro Monetti – an internationally acclaimed journalist, author, performer and BBC contributor.

For more information including full event agenda please visit www.metropoleglobal.com. For press registration and access please call (310) 464 1575 or email to vsilchenko@metropolecapital.com.