Sponsors/Partners

Proskauer is an international law firm with 800 lawyers worldwide. Headquartered in New York since 1875, the Firm has offices in Boca Raton, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Newark, Paris, São Paulo and Washington D.C.

Our Private Investment Funds Group consistently ranks as one of the top tier private equity law practices. Our lawyers have established themselves as leaders in the private equity sector and practice in strategic office locations that allow us to actively represent sponsors and institutional investors worldwide in a broad range of activities, from fund formation, internal governance and succession planning, investment transactions, acquisition or sale of interests on the secondary market, liquidity events, distributions, tax planning, regulatory compliance, portfolio company dispositions through mergers and acquisitions or initial public offerings, management buyouts and leveraged recapitalizations, to compensation and estate planning for partners. www.proskauer.com

Denning & Company, LLC, is a private equity advisory firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco. The firm provides consulting, marketing, and fundraising services to established general partners as well as newer teams offering unique investment ideas or solutions to limited partner investors worldwide.

With over 70 years of combined industry experience along with foreign language abilities, the D&Co team, headed up by Paul F. Denning, CEO, and Jill Y. Kitazaki, COO, has raised capital in excess of USD 8 billion for general partners based in the US, Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from a limited partner base similarly diversified.

Denning & Company continuously strives to represent only the best private equity teams, in an industry or geography, and work to ensure that they are professionally prepared to successfully achieve their fundraising goals. To avoid conflicts of interest, the firm will not take on an additional fund within the same style or sector of a current client. The firm is selective in choosing to work with only 2 to 3 funds at a time, ensuring that each general partner fully benefits from the team’s senior level relationships, resources, and fundraising experience.

Credit Suisse
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 48,000 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Investment Banking
In its Investment Banking business, Credit Suisse offers securities products and financial advisory services to users and suppliers of capital around the world. Operating in 57 locations across 30 countries, Credit Suisse is active across the full spectrum of financial services products including debt and equity underwriting, sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and correspondent and prime brokerage services.

Private Banking
In Private Banking, Credit Suisse provides comprehensive advice and a broad range of investment products and services tailored to the complex needs of high-net-worth individuals globally. Wealth management solutions include tax planning; pension planning; life insurance solutions; wealth and inheritance advice, trusts and foundations.

Asset Management
In its asset management business, Credit Suisse offers products across the full spectrum of investment classes, ranging from equities, fixed income and multiple-asset class products, to alternative investments such as real estate, hedge funds, private equity and volatility management. Credit Suisse’s asset management business manages portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from governments, institutions and corporations to private individuals.

Solera Capital, LLC is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 1999. Solera employs a proactive, research-based approach to identify industries undergoing transformative changes and target companies that are positioned to capitalize on those environments. Solera takes an active role in building its portfolio companies into leadership positions in highly desirable sectors while maintaining ethical and responsible business practices. Solera's team is recognized for its commitment to diversity, value-oriented principles and an investment strategy that delivers creative and thoughtful choices. Solera's portfolio includes Annie's, Inc., a leading natural and organic food company; Latina Media Ventures, a major brand in Hispanic media and publisher of Latina magazine; The Little Clinic, a pioneer in consumer-focused health care; Yolo Colorhouse, an environmentally responsible paint company; and Calypso, an affordable luxury retailer.

Square 1 Bank is a full service commercial bank dedicated to providing financial services to venture capital firms and the companies that receive venture capital investment. Backed by an experienced team, our knowledge and strong capital base provide a solid foundation to support our clients through all stages of growth.

Square 1 delivers products and tailored solutions for the particular needs of entrepreneurs. Services, investment vehicles and credit—all are hand picked and designed to fit our customers. We are passionate about what we do and this is reflected throughout the Square 1 experience. From the latest in technology based convenience to a banker you’ll know as a partner, Square 1 believes that a banking relationship should be anticipatory, responsive and active. You’ll find no cookie-cutters in our offices.

Square 1 Bank now has offices coast to coast in ten locations: Austin, Boulder, Boston, Durham, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, McLean, New York, San Diego and Seattle. For more information, we welcome you to our web site, www.square1bank.com, or just give us a call—we’re here with answers.

The Kauffman Fellows Program identifies, develops, and networks the next generation of leaders in the venture capital industry globally.  While working full time at a venture capital firm, a Kauffman Fellow experiences a 2-year apprenticeship program that features a case-based, structured educational curriculum with an individual development plan, development coaching, facilitated mentoring by a senior partner, and peer learning and networking – all with a focus on achieving success in the industry, and eventually providing leadership within the firm, in the venture capital industry, and beyond.

• Access to a heavily screened, pre-qualified exceptional talent pool,
• Infrastructure necessary to accelerate the learning and development of new venture professionals,
• Access to an instant, incomparable global network that adds to, and therefore broadens and deepens, the firm's network and deal flow, and
• Learning and networking by Fellows that can be shared and leveraged across the entire firm.

Contact us at JoinTheNetwork@kfp.org to learn more.

The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company is the world's leading business publication. Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal has a print and online circulation of more than 2 million, reaching the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, The Wall Street Journal provides readers with trusted information and knowledge to make better decisions. The Wall Street franchise has more than 700 journalists world-wide, part of the Dow Jones network of nearly 1,800 business and financial news staff. Other publications that are part of The Wall Street Journal franchise, with a global audience of 3.8 million, include The Wall Street Journal Asia and The Wall Street Journal Europe. The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com is the largest paid subscription news site on the Web with 10.9 million users each month. In 2008, the Journal was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the ninth consecutive year. The Wall Street Journal Radio Network services news and information to more than 310 radio stations in the U.S.

Audemars Piguet is the oldest Haute Horlogerie watchmaker still in the hands of its founding families. Perpetuating a legacy based on three fundamental values: tradition, excellence and creative daring, particularly in the field of complex watch mechanisms, Audemars Piguet holds a record number of world firsts.

Private Equity News provides daily news, latest top stories, commentary and analysis for Europe’s private equity industry into one single tailored weekly publication.

Whether you’re focused on fundraising, deals, debt, advisory services or you’re an investor, Private Equity News will keep you abreast of the news and trends important to you.

Private Equity News Online: www.penews.com provides dedicated country focus section, case studies, news by deal size – large buyout, mid-market and venture.

To research the market, subscribers can also access a powerful searchable archive of private equity stories.

For a FREE TRIAL or more information, call Tommy Nguyen on +44 (0) 207 309 7707 or visit our website: www.penews.com.

The Women's Private Equity Summit is proud to be an Affiliate Sponsor of ACG InterGrowth - the world's largest dealmakers conference, attracting more than 2,000 middle market M&A professionals who attend to network, source deals and learn best practices in M&A. Participants include senior-level private equity professionals, intermediaries, corporate development officers, lenders, lawyers and accountants. InterGrowth 2009 will feature a discussion panel entitled "The End of Private Equity as We Know It?", comprised of leading women in M&A, which will be followed by a "Women in M&A" wine-tasting and reception. Please click here to learn more about ACG InterGrowth, and for details on registration.

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service, with the largest network of dedicated M&A journalists on the ground in 62 locations across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. This team focuses on gathering actionable proprietary intelligence, creating the only origination database of live targets and bidders. mergermarket is also an unrivalled source of deal history. Public and private deals across a range of sectors can be searched using an exhaustive database. This proprietary intelligence and historical deals database is available to over 100,000 individual subscribers from more than 1,500 of the world's principal advisory firms, investment banks, law firms, private equity firms and corporates. mergermarket is part of The Mergermarket Group, a division of the Financial Times Group, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper and FT.com. The FT Group is a division of Pearson plc, the international media group. Visit www.mergermarket.com