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Remarkable Innovation Managing Director, Dr Mark Reilly, will be delivering the following "Breakfast Talk" to the Singapore Venture Capital Association on the 18th of August, 2009.
Date: 18th August 2009
Registration: 7:45am
Venue:
The Gilmour Room
Singapore Cricket Club, Connaught Drive, Singapore map
Enquiries:
Ms. Li Hwee Bin, Executive Director, SVCA
Talk Synopsis
"Technology Opportunities and Due Diligence During the Downturn"
Drawing on lessons from the last recession, and his own company's experience of analysing technology propositions before and during the current downturn, Dr Mark Reilly, Managing Director of advisory group Remarkable Innovation, will discuss the opportunities and challenges that you will need to navigate this time around.
Talk Summary
  • Key areas of opportunity in technology over the next 5 years
  • Choosing the right high-growth companies, and pitfalls to avoid
  • Adapting your due diligence to the current economic climate
From information and communication technologies to emerging scientific fields, Dr Reilly will share key areas where he believes significant opportunities exist, based on Remarkable Innovation's daily work of vetting high-tech companies, tracking market trends, and collating the expertise of a wide pool of industry experts.
Technical specialists, and those leading product development, are the first to become aware of imminent disruption; by drawing on the knowledge of these specialists the talk will introduce you to the current opportunities that sit just over the horizon.
The second part of the talk will cover how best to exploit these opportunities, and the due diligence that will be required to ensure sound investments.
Investors are giving a lot more priority to technology analysis in the current climate, but dealmakers are less aware that the focus and criteria of technical due diligence must change too. Recession is altering the commercial landscape; technology evaluation needs to adapt with it. This talk will reveal how you should be adopting a new approach to technical due diligence in response to the current climate.
About the Speaker
Dr Mark Reilly is the Managing Director of Remarkable Innovation, a technical advisory firm that specialises in performing technical due diligence on behalf of investors. Dr Reilly has directed technical due diligence projects across the globe in a wide variety of technology sectors from medical devices to micromechanical machines, and from cleantech to consumer manufacturing. He has a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK.
About Remarkable Innovation
Singapore-based Remarkable Innovation is trusted by clients to advise on technology investments around the world. The company's client base includes US Fortune 100 companies, investors in Asia, Europe and the US, and even national government. Remarkable Innovation has advised on tens of millions of dollars worth of early stage deals, empowering clients to make successful, well-informed investment decisions. The video "Remarkable Innovation in 3 minutes" contains more information about the company.