Yesterday evening EDA firm Cadence held a roundtable discussion on electronics and entrepreneurs, which included about 15 participants: Venture capitalists, start-up CEOs, journalists and Cadence staff.
All very interesting as far as it went, but at the same time another event was taking place on the floor below to which journalists were forbidden: a networking event for more start-ups and more venture capitalists in the semiconductor market.
I have to admit that I didn’t particularly mind having to go home once the roundtable discussion was over, that is until I got a glance into the room where the real networking was going on. From my brief view there were techies in their droves milling about with the VCs.
Suddenly being excluded made me want to go right in there and scoop up as many stories as I could; it was like a tasty treat being dangled just out of reach. However, I did manage to snaffle a list of attendees at this exclusive meeting and there were a few names of start-ups that were new to me.
Having been thwarted so, I intend to squeeze as much use out of the list as I can.