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PITTSBURGH Pa. – November 18 2014 – Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (K4-MA) part of the global Keiretsu Forum (K4) angel network with chapters in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Washington DC and New York will hold its monthly Pittsburgh meeting on Friday November 21 at the law office of Schnader Harrison (120 Fifth Avenue) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Keiretsu Forum Pittsburgh is known for its superlative camaraderie and “knowledge sharing” dynamic between members and meetings at the Pittsburgh chapter meetings give members and presenters the opportunity to learn from individuals who have been extremely successful in the business world.
Founded in 2000 by Randy Williams in the San Francisco Bay area Keiretsu Forum has invested more than $490 million of capital into technology consumer products Internet healthcare life sciences and real estate companies.
Malcolm Handelsman Chapter President of Keiretsu Forum Pittsburgh has a long history in the entrepreneurial community having owned a small chain of retail children's stores in the Pittsburgh area for more than 20 years. Currently he is the managing director of Do It Right LLC which helps early-stage companies develop and grow their businesses. “I am proud to be president of the Pittsburgh chapter of Keiretsu Forum which is the largest angel group in the United States because I am regularly exposed to many great opportunities both on a professional and personal level. Our members are exposed to the top emerging growth companies in the country and have the opportunity to debate the merits of investing in these exceptional companies. This alone is worth the price of admission” says Handelsman.
Additionally Bud Kahn Founding Principal of Wealth Management Strategies Inc. states “I joined Keiretsu for the opportunity to be exposed to early-stage ventures and interact with like-minded investors.”
John Dolan former CEO of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and member of Keiretsu Forum Pittsburgh says “I like the aspect of helping entrepreneurs to follow their dreams and I learn something at every meeting as the entrepreneurs explain how their concept is a solution to a problem we face. Also I want to make money in the process of learning and helping. We all benefit from the expertise of the other members and investors.”
Members of the Pittsburgh chapter have an enormous amount of respect for one another. They enjoy the camaraderie of the meetings but also respect one another’s opinions. Member Dennis P. Slevin Professor of Business Administration of Katz Graduate School of Business says “Keiretsu Pittsburgh is a great group with a sense of humor and a keen analytic mind. Their questions of presenters never cease to amaze me for their insights.”
Sponsor Schnader Harrison serves local national and international clients ranging from large corporations to start-ups and entrepreneurs to individual clients. In addition to the firm’s traditional strengths in complex litigation and wealth management the firm has significant experience and depth in intellectual property financial services construction law real estate development corporate governance environmental energy nonprofit government relations and regulatory affairs aviation issues business reorganization and shareholder litigation.
About Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 1100 accredited investor members throughout 34 chapters on three continents. Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (www.KeiretsuForum-MidAtlantic.com) consists of four chapters that function as a single entity – Philadelphia DC Pittsburgh and New York. Keiretsu is a Japanese term for a group of organizations with interlocking business relationships and Keiretsu Forum is a group of accredited investors with interlocking investment interests. Each chapter or region meets monthly to present rigorously screened candidates for investments. Keiretsu Forum’s mission is “Great Association with Quality Deal Flow.”
The Mid-Atlantic Region presents approximately five deals a month 60 a year to its members and accredited investor guests. Slightly more than 10 percent get funded which is higher than the industry average. Approximately 36 funding applications are submitted each month to the K4-MA DealRoom website www.K4-DealRoom.com and vetted by industry specialists. Of the 36 funding applications submitted About 10 are then vetted by members at monthly screening meetings. There they participate in a highly structured presentation-and-feedback-learning session. Three to four of the screened companies are then invited to present at subsequent monthly Forum meetings. Entrepreneurs invited to move forward to the Forum meetings must participate in mandatory professional coaching sessions to optimize the delivery of their presentations and also agree to participate in the road show to all four cities in the region with exposure to approximately 100 investors. Subsequently all 900+ members post information about their companies on the organization’s online global deal room for reference. For global information visit: www.KeiretsuForum.com.
K4-MA Contact:
Howard Lubert
Mid-Atlantic Region Co-Founder and Area President
Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic
hlubert@keiretsuforum-midatlantic.com
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