ADVISORY/Seth Yakatan of Katan Associates International to Speak at Los Angeles Venture Association Meeting.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (May 11) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004 Seth Yakatan, Partner, Katan Associates International (KAI), will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Venture Association's breakfast meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2004: "Venture Capital from the Shores of the Mediterranean to the Shores of the Pacific--Expanding Opportunities between Israel and California." Mr. Yakatan has experience as a corporate finance professional in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as well as experience in venture-capital investing as an analyst with Ventana Growth Funds and Sureste Venture Management. Most recently, Mr. Yakatan has worked with Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. , N.A., where he completed debt financing Debt Financing When a firm raises money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling bonds, bills, or notes to individual and/or institutional investors. In return for lending the money, the individuals or institutions become creditors and receive a promise to repay in excess of several billion dollars, while placing subordinated debt Subordinated Debt A loan (or security) that ranks below other loans (or securities) with regard to claims on assets or earnings. Also known as "junior security" or "subordinated loan". and private equity into several portfolio companies on behalf of the bank. Mr. Yakatan earned an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration degree in Finance at the University of California/Irvine. "Our meeting will include accomplished investors who will discuss the current VC market for investment between Israel and California--through the eyes of California VCs, Israeli VCs, and Israeli companies doing business in California," said Mr. Yakatan. "In addition, we will identify some of the hot companies to watch, as well as discuss how to attract investment dollars for Israel/California ventures from both California- and Israeli-based VCs."
WHAT: Venture Capital from the Shores of the Mediterranean to the
Shores of the Pacific--Expanding Opportunities between Israel
and California
WHERE: The Regency Club, 10900 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Fl., Los Angeles
WHEN: Tuesday, May 11, 2004, 7:00 A.M. PDT
HOST: Los Angeles Venture Association ("LAVA")
To register for this meeting, or for further information, visit www.lava.org/index.html Katan Associates International (www.katanassociates.com) is a global advisory organization that provides capitalization strategies and a broad range of business consultancy services to life science enterprises. KAI has offices in Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Melbourne (Australia) and Tel Aviv (Israel). |
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