Did you make the photo reel at Post Seed 2014?

Kristin Karaoglu · December 10, 2014 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/3ad5

Here are the #postseedconf 2014 pictures

The Post Seed conference, hosted by Vator, Bullpen, Venture51, is an annual VC conference focused on the gap, or fundraising process, between seed and later-stage rounds. This year's Post Seed event featured Peter Thiel, in conversation with Bambi Francisco (Vator), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), in conversation with Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), in conversation with Cory Johnson (Bloomberg West TV), and Naval Ravikant (AngelList), in conversation with Semil Shah (Bullpen Capital).

Click through above, or go to our Flickr page. Post Seed 2014 Photo Reel.

Hosts were Paul Martino (Bullpen Capital), Semil Shah (Bullpen Capital), Bambi Francisco, Ryan Swagar (Venture51) and Brandon Zeuner (Venture51).

A big thank you to our Platinum sponsors: Silicon Legal Strategy and Rincon Venture Partners as well as our lunch sponsor - Wavemaker Partners, after-party sponsor - KPMG and our wine sponsor - Bread and Butter Wines!

 

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