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Thanks to everyone who attended and made VC in the OC 2012 the largest VC event ever held in OC! Be sure to attend VC in the OC 2013. Details announced soon!

What People are Saying about VC in the OC 2012

"VC in the OC has been taken to a new level with great attendance, exhibitors, and speakers."
- Bob Holmen, Miramar Venture Partners

"We really enjoyed OCTANe's VC in the OC event. It was well organized, professionally executed, and contained helpful info and people.

Great job!"
- Chris McDivit, Round Bridge

"It was a great conference! Thanks for introducing us to so many connections."
- Lauryn Oertle, Freedom Meditech

"Congrats on a great conference. It gets better every year."
- Maneesh Goyal, Mergertech Health.

"It was a great day for leads and meeting prospective investors and strategic partners"
- Nick Terrafranca, NeuroRecovery Technologies

"Thanks the for the great event. The attendees were a good mix and we met some people that we may end up doing business with."
- Jeff Greenberg, FUGU Corp

"You put on an amazing event, but more significantly, you epitomized the type of organization that is needed to help develop and foster innovation for companies like Invoy."

- Lubna Ahmad, PhD,
Invoy Technologies

Keynote Speakers

VC Keynote

John Balen
Canaan Partners

John has been with Canaan Partners since 1995. Earlier this year, Canaan Partners closed a $600 million fund. The new fund brings total capital under management to $3.5 billion. The firm will continue to focus on seed and early stage investing by backing visionary entrepreneurs who are building disruptive global companies.

OC Innovation Keynote

Ted Schilowitz
RED Digital Cinema

Ted has been lucky enough to be a part of some groundbreaking companies creating some truly revolutionary products. He is Employee #1 and one of the founding members of the development team at RED Digital Cinema, one of Orange County's hottest companies. RED Digital Cinema has made a significant impact on the Motion Picture Industry, with many of the worlds biggest movies now being shot with these ultra high resolution digital movie cameras. The RED ONE, EPIC and SCARLET Cameras are all about innovation, from the concept, to the radical design, to the remarkable engineering, to the breakthrough price points… everything about RED Digital Cinema is about breaking the rules.

Participating Investors/VCs