Special Events

  • 4/26 Innov. & Investment Series: Unshackled Ventures

    Full info: http://bit.ly/UnshackledVC 

    UConn Innovation & Investment Series

     

    The Experience of an Immigrant Entrepreneur
    An Intro to Unshackled Ventures & Fireside Chat featuring Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner at Unshackled 

    Are you an aspiring entrepreneur without US citizenship? Do you want to stay in the US to start the next unicorn but don't know how to? Do you want to better understand how your company can get venture capital funding? Come learn about Unshackled, a Silicon Valley based pre-seed fund targeting immigrant founders and international students.

    Nitin Pachisia, Founding Partner at Unshackled will be at UConn Storrs to talk about Entrepreneurship for immigrants. Previously, he worked at Kno, Deloitte and ABB. He was also an immigrant entrepreneur himself. An immigrant on visa pursuing his American dream, he is excited about the opportunity to help all entrepreneurs, whether born in the US or elsewhere, to start and grow companies in the US.


    Question topics:

    • Understand venture capital and entrepreneurship
    • Why immigrant entrepreneurs?
    • From academia to entrepreneurship?
    • Unshackled structure and program?
    • Understanding the visa options?
    UConn Innovation and Investment Series -- a sequence of events in which renowned capital sources and strategic partners introduce themselves to our community, sharing experiences and providing insight into their process and opportunities to the Connecticut Tech community.   


    The presentation will be followed by Q&A and a networking reception. 

     

    Thank you to our Sponsors

    This is a service provided by the UConn Office of the Vice President for Research, Technology Incubation Program with support from UConn School of Business and the TIP Enhancement Fund

    Lead Sponsors:                        
    Fiondella, Milone 
    & LaSaracina, LLP                                                    
    Medtronic    

    Wiggin and Dana, LLP

    Gold Sponsor:                         
    Locke Lord, LLP    

    Silver Sponsors:                         
    Aon                          
    Cohn Reznick, LLP                              
    Fisher Scientific               
    Horizon Technology Finance   

    UConn Technology Incubation Program is a unit of the UConn Office of the Vice President for Research
    This event is free for participants.  Pre-registration is required.  

    If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact

    Technology Incubation Program at 860-486-8718 or email: tip@uconn.edu by (4/20/18).


    Full info: http://bit.ly/UnshackledVC 

    For more information, contact: Technology Incubation Program at paige.rasid@uconn.edu