Venture Capital 2012 - How to Approach Venture Capital Firms (New York) speaker: R. Adam Smith

Date: October 9, 2012
Time: 6PM-9PM
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Keynote: How to Raise Venture Capital Money
Speaker:
R. Adam Smith
Founder & CEO, Circle Peak Capital
R. Adam Smith is an experienced investor and advisor to small and middle market private companies, with approximately 20 years of experience in private equity and mergers & acquisitions at leading private investment and advisory institutions, including Caxton-Iseman Capital, Castle Harlan, Inc., Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. Prior to forming Circle Peak, Mr. Smith served in principal capacities at two leading private equity firms based in New York City, Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC and Castle Harlan, Inc., each with over $2 billion in managed equity capital. At these firms, he worked directly with senior management teams and institutional limited partners, co-investors, and lenders in the acquisition and growth of $25 million to $1 billion companies in food, beverage, restaurant, distribution, industrial, and asset management sectors. Mr. Smith has been involved in control-stake private investments collectively representing approximately $1.5 billion in sales, $200 million in EBITDA, and $400 million in equity commitments.
Mr. Smith earned an MBA with honors from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University and a BA cum laude in International Relations and Economics from Boston University. Mr. Smith is an active alumnus of Columbia Business School, a founding board member of the School's Private Equity Advisory Board, and a founder of the School's Investment Management Conference in 1997. Mr. Smith is Chairman, Inaugural Piece for Peace Concert of the Tanenbaum Center in New York City, a Board Member at the Museum of Modern Arts, and an advisor to 1000 Museums and Sylvester Manor, an educational farm on Shelter Island, NY. Mr. Smith is married with two children and lives in New York City.
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