Food for Health Synthetic Biology Roger Royse, Gwen Cheni, Ephraim Lindenbaum
Food for Health: Synthetic Biology: Roger Royse, Partner, Haynes and Boone Gwen Cheni, Venture Partner, Fusion Fund Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures Roger Royse, Partner, Haynes and Boone Roger Royse is a tax and business attorney with in-depth expertise and expansive influence: • A recognized authority in tax and business law, with more than 30 years of experience • A growing influence in Washington D.C., testifying at US Congressional Hearings, for issues related to agriculture technology, data regulation, tax and business • A supporter and an advocate for cutting edge technology and innovation in Silicon Valley, particularly agriculture technology, health tech, and Fintech • Partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Charlotte, Colorado, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Shanghai, London, and Mexico City. Supporting and expert witness advice to law firms on the tax aspects of corporate, real estate, commercial transactions, and litigation recoveries Works with all sizes of closely held and family businesses due to their unique need for integrated legal solutions that emphasize tax efficiencies Business, Corporate, Securities, M&A: Business structuring, financings, mergers & acquisitions and partnership and joint venture transactions, High stakes business negotiations, Large international financial transactions, Creator of the Total Startup Solution, designed to automate the business formation process. Super-connector between investors, corporate venture executives, angels, tech startups, founders, entrepreneurs, and service providers. Gwen Cheni, Venture Partner, Fusion Fund 18 years of professional investing experience (three boom-bust cycles), advising C-suites and Boards. Started first grade at age 4, bought first stock at 11, Buffett Munger inoculation at 15, self-funded college working 30 hours/week, graduated with a 4.00 GPA at age 20, Wall Street, offered hedge fund carry at 22, full scholarship to business school but still worked full time in banking, graduate in two years at 25, switched to buyside at 26, promoted to senior analyst at 28, offered $1bn to manage (turned down due to geography), started angel investing at 31, promoted to portfolio manager at 34. Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures Advance Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture investment fund and venture accelerator that invests in seed and early-stage start-ups across three core sectors; Sustainability (AgTech, CleanTech, FoodTech) Mobility (Communications, IoT, Mobile) and Vertical Focused Information Technology (Enterprise, Consumer-Facing). Founded in 1999, Advance Ventures has consistently achieved meaningful exits with its portfolio companies across its core market sectors. About the F50 Global Capital Summit (GCS): Global Capital Summit ™® is F50’s flagship conference, which is held twice a year. F50 is headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, and was established in 2014. It is one of the more influential international investment platforms in the Silicon Valley region. The mission of F50 is to help outstanding entrepreneurs change the world. Committed to searching for excellent entrepreneurs and finding strategic partners and investors for them.
Food for Health: Synthetic Biology: Roger Royse, Partner, Haynes and Boone Gwen Cheni, Venture Partner, Fusion Fund Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures Roger Royse, Partner, Haynes and Boone Roger Royse is a tax and business attorney with in-depth expertise and expansive influence: • A recognized authority in tax and business law, with more than 30 years of experience • A growing influence in Washington D.C., testifying at US Congressional Hearings, for issues related to agriculture technology, data regulation, tax and business • A supporter and an advocate for cutting edge technology and innovation in Silicon Valley, particularly agriculture technology, health tech, and Fintech • Partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Charlotte, Colorado, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Shanghai, London, and Mexico City. Supporting and expert witness advice to law firms on the tax aspects of corporate, real estate, commercial transactions, and litigation recoveries Works with all sizes of closely held and family businesses due to their unique need for integrated legal solutions that emphasize tax efficiencies Business, Corporate, Securities, M&A: Business structuring, financings, mergers & acquisitions and partnership and joint venture transactions, High stakes business negotiations, Large international financial transactions, Creator of the Total Startup Solution, designed to automate the business formation process. Super-connector between investors, corporate venture executives, angels, tech startups, founders, entrepreneurs, and service providers. Gwen Cheni, Venture Partner, Fusion Fund 18 years of professional investing experience (three boom-bust cycles), advising C-suites and Boards. Started first grade at age 4, bought first stock at 11, Buffett Munger inoculation at 15, self-funded college working 30 hours/week, graduated with a 4.00 GPA at age 20, Wall Street, offered hedge fund carry at 22, full scholarship to business school but still worked full time in banking, graduate in two years at 25, switched to buyside at 26, promoted to senior analyst at 28, offered $1bn to manage (turned down due to geography), started angel investing at 31, promoted to portfolio manager at 34. Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures Advance Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture investment fund and venture accelerator that invests in seed and early-stage start-ups across three core sectors; Sustainability (AgTech, CleanTech, FoodTech) Mobility (Communications, IoT, Mobile) and Vertical Focused Information Technology (Enterprise, Consumer-Facing). Founded in 1999, Advance Ventures has consistently achieved meaningful exits with its portfolio companies across its core market sectors. About the F50 Global Capital Summit (GCS): Global Capital Summit ™® is F50’s flagship conference, which is held twice a year. F50 is headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, and was established in 2014. It is one of the more influential international investment platforms in the Silicon Valley region. The mission of F50 is to help outstanding entrepreneurs change the world. Committed to searching for excellent entrepreneurs and finding strategic partners and investors for them.