Organizer
HYSTA Venture Capitalist Group (VCG)

Speaker
Ming Yeh, Managing Director, SVB Capital - RMB Funds

Sponsor
SVB Financial Group

Event Description
Are you interested in achieving career success in the coveted field of venture capital? Would you like to learn more about what it's like to run a RMB fund, even as you're flooded by all kinds of RMB fund-related news everyday? If you've answered 'Yes' to either of these questions, you will not want to miss this upcoming event.

As a seasoned venture capitalist who started her career as a Silicon Valley engineer and is currently managing a government-affiliated RMB fund in Shanghai, Ms. Ming Yeh, a Managing Director at SVB Capital, has quite a career story and unique insights to share with you. How do you transform from being a technologist to a successful VC? What skill set do you need to prepare for such a big career change? How do you fit yourself into and thrive within a VC firm? How can you develop a career in VC and achieve your goals? What are the secret ingredients to raising and running a RMB fund? Please join us for an insightful keynote talk and networking get-together.

Date
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Agenda
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm  Registration and Networking (light refreshment will be provided)
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm  Keynote speech
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm  Q & A
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm  Networking

Place
Kellogg Auditorium, SVB Financial Group
3005 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Admission
   * Free for HYSTA VCG members
   * $10 for HYSTA EC or ELF members
   * $10 for students (please use coupon code VCG_201002_STUDENT and select the option None of above, valid student email address required)
   * $20 for general admission
   * $30 for on-site registration

Speaker Biography
Ming Yeh, Managing Director, SVB Capital
Ming Yeh is a Managing Director with SVB Capital and holds primary responsibility for managing SVB's renminbi-denominated funds.

Yeh brings to the position over 12 years of experience in venture capital. She co-founded and was director of PacRim Venture Partners, a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm focused on diversified IT investments.  Before PacRim Venture Partners, Yeh worked at Technology Funding, a venture fund in San Mateo, California. Prior to joining Technology Funding in 1998, she provided advisory work on M&A and public offerings for venture-stage companies at Lehman Brothers.

Yeh's background also includes substantial technology expertise. She was a design engineer for Sun Microsystems, Key Computer Labs (acquired by Amdahl) and Prime Computer. During her years at Sun, she was the principal design engineer and co-architect of the multiple instruction dispatch unit on the UltraSPARC I processor. She earned three patents for her work on the UltraSPARC processor.

Yeh holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Wellesley College, a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a master of business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

About SVB Capital
SVB Capital is the venture capital and private equity arm of SVB Financial Group. SVB Capital Partners, the unit’s funds management group, invests in venture capital and private equity funds and directly in portfolio companies on behalf of SVB Financial Group and third-party investors. The SVB Capital family of funds exceeds $1 billion and includes co-investment funds, private equity and venture capital funds of funds, sponsored venture debt funds, and a sponsored specialty debt fund, all invested predominantly on behalf of institutional investors. SVB Capital also manages the company’s relationships with more than 600 venture capital and private equity clients worldwide, introduces entrepreneurial companies to sources of venture financing, and strengthens relationships within the entrepreneurial community.

About HYSTA
HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association, www.hysta.org) is a leading Chinese professional association in US. Founded in 1999 by a group of successful Chinese entrepreneurs, HYSTA aims at nurturing entrepreneurship and career development among Chinese technology and business professionals and facilitates networking and the exchange of business ideas between Silicon Valley and China.