SANTA MONICA, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/14 -- Siemer & Associates (http://www.siemer.com), the leading boutique technology investment bank in Southern California, today announced their fourth annual summit (http://siemersummit.com/) on July 16th and 17th, at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica. Formerly known as Siemer Silicon Beach Summit, the name has been changed to Siemer Summit with an emphasis on connecting global digital media and technology leaders. Following the successful three previous Summits, which drew notable participants including Arianna Huffington, Dave McClure, and Ross Levinsohn, this year's Summit will draw over 500 select digital media and technology leaders, with over 20 percent of attendees hailing from foreign nations. The invitation only event will be limited to select venture capital partners, entrepreneurs and C level media executives. The Summit will also include over 60 company presentations from CEO tech entrepreneurs, panels, featured speakers, roundtable discussions and an awards ceremony.
"The companies, investors and strategics in our industry are becoming increasingly global in focus," said David Siemer, founder of Siemer & Associates LLC. "The goal of this Summit is to connect the best of the Los Angeles tech entrepreneurs to key investors and media and software executives from across the world for two days of deal-making and connections."
The 4th Annual Summit will conclude with the heavily anticipated WaveMaker Awards ceremony, honoring innovative young companies poised for rapid growth, as well as industry veterans who have cultivated the evolving industry. Judges will be drawn from Siemer's network of seasoned investors and industry insiders.
"All businesses, both established and emerging, need to have a digital media strategy in order to succeed today," said Hale Boggs, chairman of Manatt Digital Media, a lead sponsor of the Summit since its inception and judge for the WaveMaker Award "We are excited to be a part of the Summit for a third consecutive year, as it is an excellent place for investors and entrepreneurs to build lasting relationships and exchange insights on the ever-changing digital media landscape."
A special thanks to our sponsors: Manatt Digital Media, Grant Thornton LLP, Silicon Valley Bank, Transform.PR, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Marsh, and Northern Trust.
About Siemer & Associates LLC
Siemer & Associates is a global boutique merchant bank dedicated to offering candid insight and guidance to Digital Media, Software and Internet companies throughout their business life cycles. Comprised of industry veterans who have worked both inside and out of technology enterprises, S&A has successfully completed more than 50 transactions that aggregated over $3 billion in sell-side mandates and surpassed $1.5 billion in equity capital. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in London, Singapore and Hong Kong, S&A offers exceptional corporate capital raising, financial advisory services and M&A, specializing in complex cross-border transactions.
About Siemer Ventures and WaveMaker Labs
Siemer Ventures, an early stage technology investment fund, is committed to expanding the international technology ecosystem by investing in tech companies positioned for rapid growth that are run by remarkable entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise. These companies typically target large, fragmented and high-growth markets with unique and differentiated products and services. One of the most active investment funds in Southern California, Siemer Ventures has close to 100 current portfolio companies and makes an average of 25 new investments each year in Digital Media startups.
WaveMaker Labs is an incubator fund based in Singapore and sponsored by Siemer Ventures. WaveMaker Labs seeks to make 8-10 investments per year into the Singaporean tech ecosystem. With this, WaveMaker aims to catalyze the formation of value-creating technology businesses right at the heart of Southeast Asia's 600 million consumers and the 2 billion more in nearby India and China. WaveMaker Labs is an "approved technology incubator" under the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) of the Singaporean government's National Research Foundation (NRF).
About Manatt Digital Media
Manatt Digital Media is a full-service digital media platform created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, whatever the size or stage of the company, from startup to growth stage to mature public companies. Manatt Digital Media uniquely offers a one-stop shop of professional services that is grounded in the legal and business experience of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, one of the world's most respected law firms in the media, entertainment and advertising industries. Manatt Digital Media offers its clients differentiated value and impact in multiple forms and across the life span of their companies -- from venture capital to strategic relationship building and artist access to business consulting and creative deal making, including content licensing, distribution and M&A. For more information, visit www.manattdigitalmedia.com.
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