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Wednesday, October 3 • 5:30pm - 7:00pm
University Track | MoneyTalks by Herb Kelleher Center - The State of Tech Fundraising (Capital Factory, 16th Floor)

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Join us for a Fireside Chat with Arjun Chopra of Floodgate.

As a Partner at Floodgate, Chopra leads the firm’s investments in opportunities that transform the “IT stack” in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete.

Before Floodgate, Arjun was the CTO at Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE), a publicly traded cloud computing company, where he launched and led their cloud strategy, products and services.

He holds multiple technology patents that have been cited as prior art by firms like Apple, AT&T and iRobot. He has also held several technology development and management positions in consumer and enterprise software companies including Microsoft, Motive and IBCC.

Arjun graduated with Special Honors and Highest Honors (summa cum laude) with a BS in Computer Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin, where he was an Endowed Presidential scholar and a recipient of the 'Vice President of Research Fellowship'. He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was one of 32 nation-wide PD Soros Fellows.

Moderators
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Andrea Kalmans

Principal, Lontra Ventures
Andrea is an active Austin angel investor, advisor, and start-up champion. Lontra Ventures engages with start-ups tacking massive global challenges with deep technology.  Andrea’s interests reside in: Artificial Intelligence (Clarify, Olono); Big Data & Analytics (Atlas Wearables... Read More →

Speakers
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Arjun Chopra

Partner, Floodgate

Sponsors
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Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship

Program Manager, The University of Texas at Austin
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The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program is a business degree out of Texas McCombs that teaches its students how to bring new technology products to market. They evaluate real-world technologies for commercial viability and learn the steps necessary... Read More →


Wednesday October 3, 2018 5:30pm - 7:00pm CDT
Capital Factory