ANN ARBOR – Considering an investor for your business? What should you look for? What will an investor expect? Come to the New Enterprise Forum?s March 20 event with questions for our panel regarding this critical relationship for your venture.

Panelists include:

Jeff Basch, Vice President, Business Development – Adaptive Materials: Jeff leads Adaptive Materials’ delivery of commercially successful fuel cell power systems. His responsibilities include developing, negotiating, and implementing partnerships with companies seeking fuel flexible portable power source solutions. Prior to joining Adaptive Materials, Jeff spent 17 years with General Electric in various management, sales and marketing leadership roles.

Michael Cole, Founder and Vice President, Technology Industry Group – Bank of Ann Arbor; Founder and Managing Director – Ann Arbor Angels: Michael’s Technology Industry Group provides banking and financial advisory services to technology and life sciences based businesses ranging from start-up to $50 million corporations as well as venture capital firms, angel investors, and entrepreneurs. Prior to joining Bank of Ann Arbor, he was a Founder and Senior Manager of the Technology Industry Group at the Royal Bank of Canada.

Raj Kothari, Co-Founder and Managing Director – Seneca Partners: With nearly fifteen years of investment and transaction experience, Raj has spent his career analyzing, structuring, monitoring and exiting a variety of transactions in the public and private markets. His broad experience as an investor, a financial advisor, and an entrepreneur provides a unique perspective on private equity investments and transactions. Prior to Seneca Partners, Raj was a Director at GMA Capital, a boutique investment-banking firm serving the needs of middle-market businesses.

Moderator:

Our moderator for March will be Kurt Riegger, Managing Director at Business Engines, a venture capital and catalyst firm based in Ann Arbor.

University of Michigan Student Presentations: This month, we will also hear three-minute pitches from four promising student entrepreneurs at the University of Michigan College of Engineering. The presenters will be:

Adarsh Das of Renovo Power Systems

Yun Fan of Pattern Clock

Matt Gibson of Fontis Medical

Jason Gilbert of MSignS

Event Details:

Where: Holiday Inn North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor

When: Registration & networking 5:00 p.m.; program begins at 5:45 p.m.

Cost: Free to NEF members, $25 for non-members, $5 for students

For more information, click on

a>>