Silicon Valley Open Doors
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Silicon Valley Open Doors (SVOD) is a general name for the technology investment conference which takes place annually in Silicon Valley (California, USA).
The goals of the conference are to demonstrate investment and business development opportunities available in Russia, Ukraine, and other CIS countries to US/European investors and corporate leaders; to assist Russian companies, technology parks, incubators, research institutes, as well as individual entrepreneurs in the creation of successful high technology products and their expansion into international markets; and to help Russian and CIS investors identify partners among US/European venture capital firms [1].
The inaugural SVOD-2005 occurred on November 14-16, 2005 at Stanford University [2]. The conference, attracted over 250 attendees from innovative technology companies from the Former Soviet Union; major Silicon Valley VC firms (i.e., Sequoia, NEA, DFJ, Asset Management Company, Bessemer Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures); top US technology companies (i.e., Amgen, Adobe, Cisco, Oracle Corporation, Genentech, PayPal, Sun Microsystems, and Google) and leading technology and business media [3].
The second conference, SVOD-2006, occurred on November 16-17, 2006 at Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) [4]. The conference had over 300 participants from innovative technology companies from the Former Soviet Union and Israel; prominent Silicon Valley VC firms; leading technology and business media; and top US technology companies [5, 6]. The event was organized by the American Business Association of Russian Professionals (AmBAR) in equal partnership with Russian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (RVCA) and Ukrainian Center for Innovation Development (CID) [7, 8].
The third conference, SVOD-2007, took place at Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) on November 8-9, 2007.
[edit] References:
[1] SVOD web-site
[2] Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council about Ambar and SVOD
[3] AmBAR Announces the Results of its First Technology Investment Conference Silicon Valley Open Doors
[4] Article: “"Silicon Valley Open Doors" (SVOD-2006) technology investment conference looks east, selects Ukrainian SuperCap company, most promising technology of 2006”
[5] Muranosoft about SVOD
[6] Musigy blog mentions SVOD
[7] RUSSOFT about AmBAR and SVOD (in Russian)
[8] Article: 'Silicon Valley Open Doors' 2006: Time to Invest in Ukraine is Now
