Jon, Venture capitalists sponsor public events just like any other organizations which want to set themselves apart from their competition. E.g., http://etl.stanford.edu/about/
I agree they are less likely to do so than public companies and startups, which is why they were listed in that order. On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Jon Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > James, I think you may have misunderstood. We're looking for sponsors to > DONATE money. Venture Capitalists [1] _do not_ give away money, they invest > it in promising start ups. They are all about making more money, sort of > the antithesis of what we're doing. > > -Jon > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capitalist > > > On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:57, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > * determining sponsorship levels and potential sponsors >> >> These are the lists of potential sponsors for the Stanford Wikimania bid: >> >> >> http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/mng-ba.mercurynews/quote/components/dashboard/largest?Symbol=%24SV150 >> >> http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13840964 (way out of date now; they >> publish these every quarter) >> >> >> http://trends.techcrunch.com/2009/10/19/techcrunch-dealmaker-rankings-the-top-25-most-active-vcs-in-the-third-quarter/ >> (likewise) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-SF mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > > > -- > Jon > [[User:ShakataGaNai]] / KJ6FNQ > http://snowulf.com/ > http://ipv6wiki.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-SF mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf
