NY Tech Alliance Events

VC Update: Financing Strategies for the Current Economic Climate

Thursday, May 08, 2025 at 06:00 PM
Civic Hall Union Square

Join us at Civic Hall Union Square for an outstanding panel of VCs, financing professionals and a recently-funded founder to discuss the latest trends in VC financing. Topics to be addressed include the following:

• Characteristics that VCs are most focused on in startup companies and founders

• Strategies to make your company stand out in a competitive market

• Impact of the current economic climate on VC financing and investment decisions

• Areas where VCs see greatest opportunity over coming months and years

The best startups are getting funded. Come learn how to make your company one of them!

The evening will include ample networking time for attendees to broaden their connections within the VC and startup community.

Agenda:

6:00pm Doors Open/Networking 

6:30pm Panel Presentation & Discussion/Q&A 

7:30pm Networking

Scroll down to bottom of page to register!

Panel Leader:

Paul Ellis, Managing Partner, Ellis Law Group

As Managing Partner of the Ellis Law Group, Paul Ellis represents companies at all stages of their life cycles, as well as funds and angel investors, and does a significant amount of work with overseas companies entering the US. Clients choose Paul to negotiate complex business matters and provide sophisticated, strategic legal advice for establishing, financing, operating and exiting highly successful, and often rapidly-growing, companies. His experience spans multiple industries including software/SaaS, AI, fintech, blockchain/crypto, digital media, e-commerce and healthcare. Ellis Law Group has been ranked by Chambers among the top small and medium-sized firms in NY for corporate law. Paul is a board member of NY Tech Alliance and organizes its events on legal issues for tech companies.

Dan Burstein, Co-Founder, Millennium Technology Value Partners

Dan Burstein is Co-Founder of Millennium Technology Value Partners, where he worked on and led many of its most important investments, including Facebook/Meta, Alibaba, Spotify, and Twitter/X. Previously a Senior Advisor at The Blackstone Group, he has advised CEOs and senior executives at major corporations, including Sony, Microsoft, and Toyota. Dan has served on over a dozen boards and is a frequent speaker and judge at venture events. Named a “Power Player” in New York’s venture capital scene and among the top 100 Power Players in Digital Media, he is also a New York Times bestselling author of 15 books and an award-winning journalist, with work published in 33 languages and adapted into documentary films.

Mat Kaliski, Principal, Acronym Venture Capital

Mat is a Principal at Acronym Venture Capital, an early stage fund focused on Late Seed and Early A rounds. He is an active community builder in New York City working to increase access to venture scalable entrepreneurship. He founded FirstGen, an organization to help immigrant and first generation founders start and scale venture scalable companies. Previously, he founded and organized Founder Fridays NYC.

Alan Wink, Managing Director - Capital Markets, EisnerAmper

Alan assists clients with capital budgeting, capital structuring and capital sourcing. Alan has 20 years of financial and consulting experience, having served as Director of the Interfunctional Management Consulting Program at Rutgers Graduate School of Management, a program he helped build into one of the largest business school-based management consulting practices in the country. He started his career in accounting, spending six years on the audit staff of a Big 4 accounting firm and a Fortune 500 Company. Alan left the accounting field to expand his horizons in the area of Corporate Finance.

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NY Tech Meetup May 2025

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:00 PM
Civic Hall Union Square - 124 E 14th Street @Irving Place
$20.00 USD

Join us on Monday, May 12, at Civic Hall Union Square for a special disability tech NY Tech Meetup! This month, we’re bringing together an incredible lineup of companies to showcase the latest in disability tech innovation.

Additional info and a list of demoers will be shared soon!

📅 Date: Monday, May 12

📍 Location: Civic Hall, Union Square, 124 E 14th Street

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