August 2007

Registrations are now open for the NZVCA's 6th Annual Conference!

You are invited to join us at the 6th Annual New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Conference at the SKYCITY Convention Centre, Auckland, on Thursday 1 November.

Last year, this event was attended by 280 delegates – a fantastic mix of people who are active in the angel investment, venture capital and private equity industry. Book before 21 September to guarantee your registration and to take advantage of the early-bird specials. All registrations must be done through the online Registration Form available in the News and Events section of the NZVCA website (see link below).

Conference Registration Terms and Conditions and the Conference Program are also attached below.

The NZVCA conference is once again being held in conjunction with a Connect New Zealand "Springboard" event that will take place at the same venue on Wednesday 31 October. This "Private Company Investment" day will also include NZVCA sessions for entrepreneurs explaining the current state of play of venture capital and private equity in NZ. Further details regarding this day are available at the events section of the NZVCA website, in the Conference Registration Form attached below and at www.connectnewzealand.com

On Friday 2 November we are also holding the inaugural NZVCA Golf Tournament at Formosa. Again, for further details on this, and to register, please visit the Events section of the NZVCA website.

Join us at NZVCA 2007 - share in the learning, immerse yourself in the enthusiasm of the event, renew acquaintances, make new ones, and come away refreshed and inspired. The New Zealand private capital market is dynamic and growing and this is the best day of the year to see it all in action!

Full details on the "Private Company Investment" day on 31 October 2007 and the 6th Annual NZVCA conference on 1 November 2007 are set out in the attached document.

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A final reminder that our next Auckland networking event is on 22 August and will be hosted by ASB Corporate Banking. Please note that registrations for this event will close on Tuesday morning. The event starts at 5.30pm. Our guest speaker, at approximately 6.00pm, is Dallas Fisher, Director and shareholder in Hamilton based NDA Engineering (a RMB Capital Partners investee company).

Place: ASB Corporate Banking, ASB Centre, Albert Street

For further details and to register for this event please visit the "Events" section of the NZVCA website

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Limited spaces are still available for the fourth workshop in this series which takes place from 7.30am – 9.30am on Thursday 18 October at the Stamford Plaza, Auckland. The workshop includes a light breakfast.

This session will look at Leadership - The value of excellent business leadership; Principles of outstanding modern leadership; Transforming an average team into a top performing team and keys to leading people from different generations.

The speakers are Dr Lester Levy, Chief Executive of Excelerator and Adjunct Professor of Leadership at the University of Auckland Business School; Ms Sarah Trotman, Small Business Sector Specialist and Mr Nick Main,Chairman, Deloitte

For more information on this workshop, and to register for the event, please click through the link below.

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Ernst & Young is holding an Accounting and Tax seminar briefing in late August. This series will provide useful information & insights on the following:-

Market Update - General tax and accounting update including topical issues.

Maximise your accounting software - The role of software in the tax and accounting function

Showcase - NZ entrepreneur Rod Drury will discuss the story behind his latest business venture, Xero.

The dates and times for these seminars are:-

Auckland - Wednesday August 29th, 7.45am - 9.30am

Wellington - Thursday August 30th, 7.45am - 9.30am

Christchurch - Tuesday September 4th, 3.30pm - 5.15pm

To register for one of these seminars, please click on the link below or phone 0800 080 101 by Friday 24th August.

Unlisted is running an issuer forum in Auckland on 5 September - an ideal opportunity to understand capital raising options, learn more about the Unlisted trading facility and to hear directly from Unlisted Issuers.

The Forum will also feature a Panel Discussion on "Choices for Raising Capital" with Hamish Bell (Director, Capital Solutions, ANZ National Bank) Hugh Cotterill (Director, Cameron Partners) and Wyatt Creach (Chairman, Kaimai Cheese).

For further details, and to register, please go to the Unlisted website - see link to this below.

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Chris Twiss
ex NZVCA