Mobile Industry Still Attracting Investment

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According to the 2008 third quarter The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index™ report the mobile industry is attracting investment despite the current economy.

The report quotes Chris Rust of US Venture Partners indicating that areas such as …. mobile internet, internet advertising, massive multi-player online games, virtual worlds… are continuing to launch new VC-backed companies at a healthy pace.

To bring together the best and the brightest minds in the mobile media industry, from start-up to investor, Strategy Institute presents the Mobile Media Investor Conference, supported by numerous industry experts in the emerging mobile media arena. The event will be held December 9 & 10, 2008, at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco.

“The goal of the event is to bring forth the realities and economics of mobile media, educate the investment community, and to create a forum for emerging growth mobile media companies to connect with other key players in the mobile ecosystem,” stated Vijay S. Chattha, Chief Talker of VSC Consulting, and Chairperson of Strategy Institute’s Mobile Media Conference.

Sponsored by radar, the Mobile Media Investor Conference offers many industry leading presentations during the two-day event including:

“Monetizing the Third Screen”
Eric Ver Ploeg, Managing Director, VantagePoint Venture Partners moderates:
Cheryl Dalrymple, CFO, AdMob;
Zaw Thet, CEO, 4INFO;
Scott Dunlap, CEO, NearByNow;
Jason Gruber, VP of US Mobile Strategic Development, AOL

“Scenarios and Predictions in the Mobile Channel”
Rhonda Wickham, Editor-in-Chief, Wireless Week moderates:
Jeffery Litvack, Global Director, New Media Markets, Associate Press;
Louis Gump, VP, Mobile, The Weather Channel Interactive;
John Smelzer, SVP & GM of Mobile, Fox Interactive Media

Leading Venture firms discuss
“Deals Being Funded, Where Money is Flowing, and Industry Trends” with:
Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners;
Ben Choi, Senior Associate & Kaufman Fellow, Storm Ventures

CEO and Founders’ Roundtable Discussion on “Raising Money”
Blake Warner, Managing Director, Software, Media & Telecom Investment Banking, Thomas Weisel Partners moderates:
Dorrian Porter, Founder & CEO, Mozes;
Brian Cowley, President & CEO, Ad Infuse;
Zohar Levkovitz, CEO, Amobee Media System

To register for the exclusive Mobile Media Investor Conference call 1-866-298-9343 or email Registrations@strategyinstitute.com Mention the code “KD995″ to get a registration discount.

NOTE:
I will be attending this workshop and will be debuting The Mobile Marketing Handbook at it. Please let me know if you are going. I’d love to chat with you there.

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