Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Announces August Chapter Meeting Schedule

PHILADELPHIA - Aug. 17, 2016 - PRLog -- Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (K4-MA), the industry leading angel investment firm, has recently announced its full meeting schedule for all local area chapters for the month of August. These forum meetings are intended to allow like-minded individuals to discuss current industry topics and breaking news along with means of success. They are also designed to serve as one of the best networking opportunities available today for entrepreneurs that are in search of potential investors for their start-up businesses.

Leading business publication Forbes recently conducted an interview with Tugce Ergul, the co-founder and executive director of Angel Labs, to talk about the current angel investment landscape and where she sees things going moving forward – especially in terms of opportunities and diversity. Ergul indicated that the need for ongoing investor education was one of the most pressing concerns in the angel-investing world. She specifically mentioned investors who saw investing in technology as a "very exclusive club" that was hard to break into and once they did, ended up making a number of costly mistakes due to a general lack of understanding regarding the way things really work.

Ergul also indicated that as only 6% of partner level jobs at venture capital funds were currently held by women, tackling diversity will become a significant priority of both the angel and the venture capital world moving forward.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic New York Chapter will hold its upcoming K4-MA August meeting on August 23 at Baker Hostetler, on the 14th floor of 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The 3.5-hour meeting will run from the hours of 8:30AM to 12:00PM.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Philadelphia Chapter will hold its upcoming K4-MA August meeting on August 24 at Baker Hostetler, on the 12th floor of The Cira Center at 2929 Arch Street in Philadelphia. The 3.5-hour meeting will run from the hours of 8:00AM to 11:30PM.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Washington, D.C. Metro Chapter will hold its upcoming K4-MA August meeting on August 25 at Baker Hostetler, at 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington D.C. The 3.5-hour meeting will run from the hours of 9:00AM to 12:30PM.

The Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic Pittsburgh Chapter will hold its upcoming K4-MA August meeting on August 26, hosted by Schnader Harrison, at the Engineers Society of Western PA, 337 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh. The 3.5-hour meeting will run from the hours of 8:30AM to 12:00PM.

Those interested in finding out more about the August Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic meeting schedule, or those who wish to learn more information about any upcoming forum meetings or about the mechanics of angel investment in general, are encouraged to visit Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic's official website at http://www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com. Any and all prospective members, entrepreneurs, sponsors and more are also encouraged to request their own invitation to any local area chapter forum meeting via the website as well.

ABOUT KEIRESTU FORUM
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 1250+ accredited investor members in 30 North American Chapters and 1000+ members in 17 International Chapters in Europe and Asia. Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com) consists of four chapters that function as a single entity – Philadelphia, D.C. Metro, Pittsburgh and New York. Keiretsu is a Japanese term for a group of organizations with interlocking business relationships, and Keiretsu Forum is a group of accredited investors with interlocking investment interests. Selected Companies embark on a 4-day road show to visit each chapter in the region. Keiretsu Forum's mission is "Great Association with Quality Deal Flow."

The Mid-Atlantic Region presents four new deals a month, 44 a year, to its members and accredited investor guests. In 2015 60% got funded, which is 30X higher than the industry average. Approximately 36 funding applications are submitted each month to the K4-MA DealRoom website, www.K4-DealRoom.com, which are vetted by industry specialists. Up to 10 are then vetted by members at monthly screening meetings where they participate in a highly structured presentation-and-feedback-learning session. Three to four of the screened companies are typically invited to present at subsequent monthly Forum meetings. Entrepreneurs invited to move forward to the Forum meetings must participate in mandatory professional coaching sessions to optimize the delivery of their presentations and also agree to participate in the road show to all four cities in the region, with exposure to 100+ investors. Subsequently, information about their companies is posted on the organization's online global deal room for reference by all members. For global information visit: www.KeiretsuForum.com.

Keiretsu Contact:
Howard Lubert
HLubert@KeiretsuForum.net

Media Contact:
Kosi Harris
kosi@percepture.com

*Due to SEC 506(c) ruling made in September 2013, Keiretsu Forum cannot publicly disclose the names of the companies that will be presenting at its Forum Meetings.