Triphammer Ventures Conversation: Venture Capital in a Turbulent Market

Tuesday, July 14th, 5:00 PM EST

Panelists: Triphammer Ventures Managing Partner, Steve Greenberg ’89 MBA’90 and Principal Wesley Yiu ‘11 Moderated by: Peter MacEwan, General Manager – Alumni Ventures Group

Please join us for a discussion about Venture Capital in a turbulent market. We will discuss how we see VC changing in light of COVID-19 and the associated economic disruption and public equity market volatility. We will also take questions from the audience. Topics to be covered include the impact on deal sourcing, due diligence, expected returns, and the market for future M&A and IPO exits. We will share what we are seeing in the market, what we have heard from other VCs, and how some of our existing portfolio companies have seen significant tailwinds due to COVID-19.

About Your Presenters

Steve Greenberg - Managing Partner

Steve has over 20 years of operating and investing experience, having closed 30+ equity, debt, and M&A transactions totaling ~$5 billion. Previously, he was Founder and Managing Partner of Fox Meadow Capital Partners, a PE and infrastructure investment and advisory firm. Prior to that, he was a General Partner and top performer at Clarity Partners, an $800M PE fund, and a Vice President and top performer at Clarity’s predecessor, Rader Reinfrank & Co., a $100M TMT venture capital fund. While at Clarity, Steve founded ImpreMedia, which he built into the largest Spanish language newspaper company in the US as CFO/EVP of Corporate Development. Steve has also worked in investment banking and as a developer and investor in energy and utilities. He has a JD from Stanford, an MBA from Cornell, and a BS with distinction from Cornell’s College of Engineering. Steve teaches Advanced Private Equity at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and serves on the advisory council of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy (CPIP).

Wesley Yiu - Principal

Wesley has a background in both technology and investing. Previously, he served as a product manager at BlackRock Solutions. While at BlackRock, he helped grow and scale their enterprise risk analytics platform, including facilitating the on-boarding of a $300 bn AUM client. He later transitioned to a traditional investment role where he worked as an investment strategist for the fixed income division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which manages over $400 bn in AUM across macro and credit strategies. He is also the author of the blog The Unofficial VC. Wesley received his BS from the College of Engineering at Cornell University.

Moderator: Peter MacEwan - Senior General Manager

Peter has startup experience in both the non-profit and business sectors, a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from The Wharton School. Peter developed expertise building teams and strategic planning in the San Francisco Bay Area, driving growth across multiple seed- and early-stage companies (with many nights spent as informal adviser to a network of entrepreneurs). Peter has a passion for social impact and loves working with people who love what they do and strive to get better at it.