Platinum Sponsor

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is a New York City-based law firm comprised of nearly 60 professionals (35+ Corporate Securities Lawyers), offering its clients legal services in a broad range of business related matters. Currently celebrating it's 20th year, the Firm specializes in many areas of commercial law, including corporate and securities for issuers ('33 Act and '34 Act representation), Crowdfunding law; public company representation (we represent nearly 50 public companies in various industries throughout the world - including China, India and Israel) and for broker-dealers (underwriter and placement agent counsel); Hedge Fund Formation and Regulation; Broker-Dealer Regulation, transactional Real Estate (leasing, financing and buy/sell); domestic corporate Taxation and general commercial Litigation. The Corporate Practice achieved the top ranking (#1) of all firms in the U.S. by number of total completed PIPEs/Registered Directs (agent’s counsel), SPAC financings (and business combination representations) and 4th for IPOs (issuers counsel) for 2011 according to industry publications.

Promotional Sponsor

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the world's largest OTC marketplace platform for equity securities. Our OTC Link trading system delivers price transparency in over 10,000 securities and enables direct interaction between broker-dealers. We organize the marketplace by categorizing the wide spectrum of OTC-traded companies into three tiers: OTCQX - The Intelligent Marketplace for the Best OTC Companies; OTCQB - The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink - The Open Marketplace. Our information-driven platform makes it easy for investors to trade at the best price through any broker and empowers companies to build the best markets for their investors. To learn more about our Open, Transparent, and Connected marketplace, visit www.otcmarkets.com

EarlyShares.com was created to ensure all entrepreneurs have access to capital they need through the engagement of everyday people in your community or across the globe. Traditional funding sources can be expensive, difficult or sometimes impossible to access, or just not a great fit for many start-ups and small businesses. Instead, we believe that people who share similar interests can be the best source for the knowledge, energy, encouragement, tools and of course capital that many entrepreneurs need to succeed.

Media Sponsor

This quarterly publication explores the crucial role of institutional investors in private equity and venture funds and the interconnect between these LPs and the fund managers they support. It's circulation includes over 4,000 LPs and thousands of GPs and service providers around the world.

Hedge Connection is the only web-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to pre-qualified, opt-in investors that are actively allocating to hedge funds. Investor members join for free and can review videos and presentation material from our hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts.

OCTANe connects people and ideas with capital and resources to fuel technology growth in Orange County. Our members represent Orange County technology executive leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, academicians, and strategic advisors, all working together to stimulate technology job growth and wealth creation in Orange County, help entrepreneurs turn ideas into successful businesses; help companies connect with funding and growth resources; help senior executives access intelligence; new technologies, and talent; help develop the next-generation of technology business leaders; and create a forum for technology company leaders to have a lasting impact on the future of Orange County.