Financing Outlook from an Investor's Point of View

Foley Private Equity & Venture Capital Partner, Gabor Garai, led this discussion along with panelists Erik Brooks of ABRY Partners LLC, Jim Maynard of Silicon Valley Bank, Zenas Hutcheson of Vesbridge Partners, LLC, Sunil Dhaliwal of Battery Ventures, and Chris Dean of Summit Partners, in addressing the current state of the venture capital market. Panelists focused on the availability of capital, the areas of investor focus and the hot deals of the last year. They also addressed the impact of the current credit crunch on exit strategies.