Video:With the market slide, what’s the outlook for venture?
With panelists, Tianxiang Zhuo, Jules Maltz , Alex Rosen & Erik Rannala
At our Vator Splash Spring event earlier last month, Tianxiang Zhuo (Karlin Ventures), Jules Maltz (Partner, IVP); Alex Rosen (Partner, IDG Ventures)and Erik Rannala (Partner, Mucker Capital) participated in a panel called, "With the market slide, what’s the outlook for venture?" moderated by Jules Walker (Venture Director, KPMG).
Thanks to our amazing top-tier Splash Spring 2016 sponsors: KPMG, Javelin Venture Partners, SAP Startup Focus Program, Bread and Butter, Kapor Center for Social Impact, Lyft, Avison Young, Tubemogul, Wendel Rosen and Dictionary.com.
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KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International's member firms have 137,000 professionals, including more than 7,600 partners, in 144 countries.
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Just getting started? Closing that big growth round? Contemplating an IPO? KPMG’s Venture Capital Practice can help prepare you for the opportunities as well as the obstacles that lie ahead. KPMG developed its service suites to align with the interrelated needs of growing companies on their journey to leadership. Each service suite draws on KPMG’s
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Jules Maltz is a General Partner at IVP and led IVP's investments in Buddy Media (CRM), Checkr, Dropbox, Indiegogo, NerdWallet, Oportun, RetailMeNot (SALE), Slack, SteelBrick, TuneIn, Zendesk (ZEN), and ZenefitsErik Rannala
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Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Mucker CapitalJules Walker
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Jules re-joined KPMG in September 2011 to help take the Emerging Technology practice to the next level. We work with pre-IPO companies providing audit, tax and advisory services locally and globally.Alex Rosen
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TX Zhuo
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General Partner @Karlin Ventures. Worked at McKinsey & Co, Innovation Endeavors and founded online textbook retail company. Stanford GSB MBA.