SVASE - Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs

The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping technology entrepreneurs build and grow successful businesses, from the garage through IPO. •Mission: accelerating the formation, growth and success of high growth, technology based companies, by empowering entrepreneurs. •Founded 1995; 501c(6) Nonprofit California Corporation •15 events per month, totaling over 500 attendees per month, with an approximate profile of: o75% Emerging, First Time & Serial Entrepreneurs o10% Finance (VCs, Angels, Banks) o15% Service Providers (Attorneys, Accountants, Consultants) •Membership of over 10,000 Associate Members, over 20 Corporate Members (including Intel, Adobe and others, totaling over 4,000 employees in Silicon Valley), over 600 Individual Members, and over 20 Charter Members (Eric Benhamou, Chair of Palm; Dan Warmenhoven, CEO, Network Appliance and others of similar stature). •Over 50 Sponsors, including Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fenwick & West, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Bridge Bank and others. •10,000+ person weekly emailing… one of the largest, most focused opt-in Lists in the Valley. •Online Resources from our new web site at WWW.SVASE.ORG including the SVASE Startup Reference Guide, VC Experts, 24 Hour Networking, Special Offers, Yellow Pages and more. Averages over 18,000 hits per day. •More than 50 active Volunteers SVASE encourages cooperation among organizations serving the entrepreneurial community: current partners include AAMA, AeA, Churchill Club, IEEE, TiE, Young Inventors International, and many others with which SVASE co-promotes events and shares membership discounts and resources.