Venture Capital: What's Hot and What's Not on the Geoweb
Location-based services and the geoweb, in confluence with social media, are hot areas of interest for venture investors. This session will cover specific sub-sectors of the geoweb and highlight areas of opportunity. Areas to be covered will include: different media outlets (e.g. web, mobile, car, voice) as well as service areas (e.g. social networking, entertainment, navigation, telematics) and enabling technologies (e.g. ad networks, locationing, embedded voice, data aggregation, map databases).
Dev Khare
Venrock
With a rich background in product management, marketing and international finance, Dev brought his entrepreneurial experience to Venrock in 2006. Prior to Venrock, he held leadership positions in Symbol Technologies’ Mobile Software Division. He joined Symbol in 2003 after its acquisition of Covigo, a mobile application software company he co-founded in 1999. Prior to Covigo, he held marketing and product management positions at CrossWorlds Software, a Venrock-backed enterprise software company, before its sale to IBM.
In addition to his involvement in software, Dev was an investment banker with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and with Jefferies & Company. Dev worked in India for DLJ Merchant Banking in private equity and Aditi Technologies in business process outsourcing and software services. He founded IndiaEntrepreneurs, a grassroots forum for entrepreneurs and investors and brings a wealth of knowledge to entrepreneurs focused on global opportunities in the mobile and new media arenas.
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