The Stanford Club of Singapore is delighted invite you to an alumni lunch with Mr. Glenn Chao, Partner & Director at Venture TDF Pte Ltd for the inaugural Distinguished Stanford Alumni Lunch series. Glenn is a partner at Venture TDF Pte Ltd, where he has been since 1999 and where he invests broadly in information technology companies with a focus on enterprise applications, software infrastructure and technology-enabled business services. At this lunch Glenn will share his experiences and expertise from his position at the apex of the venture capital industry.

Date: Friday, 18 December, 12.30-2:00 pm
Location: Purvis Street
Cost: $50/person

To encourage interaction, this event will be limited to 10 participants. If there are more than 10 interested parties, participation will be decided by a ballot. Prior payment is required. A confirmation will be sent to you via email. To confirm your place, please contact Richard Hartung to register your interest by Friday Dec 4 with the following reply:

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Cancellation of booking: We will work with you to try to find a substitute. Cancellation of event: in this unlikely circumstance, a full refund in SGD will be made.

Please feel free to call event organizer Andrew Tan at 9743 1360 or Richard Hartung at 9695 8210 for more information.

Bio of Glenn Chao

Glenn Chao is currently a partner at Venture TDF Pte Ltd, where he has been since 1999. He invests broadly in information technology companies with a focus on enterprise applications, software infrastructure and technology-enabled business services.
During his time at Venture TDF, Glenn founded the TechFinancing Centre, a joint venture with OCBC Bank and the Economic Development Board of Singapore focused on providing innovative debt solutions to technology companies in Asia. Also while at Venture TDF, Glenn co-founded Venture TDF Technology Fund III, a venture fund set up in late 2000 to make investments in Greater China.
Recently, Glenn co-founded Sirius Growth Partners, a venture fund set up in 2008 to invest in growth-oriented, small and medium enterprises headquartered in Singapore. Glenn serves as the fund’s Co-Managing Director.
Prior to joining Venture TDF in 1999, Glenn was a corporate and licensing attorney at Fenwick and West LLP, a leading technology law firm in Silicon Valley, where his practice focused on representing and counseling high-growth companies and venture capital firms.
Glenn received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Glenn subsequently received his law degree from Stanford Law School. Glenn is the author of several articles on technology and business law.

Do come down and join us for DUAL Drinks every third Thursday of the Month! It will be a great time to relax, catch up with old friends, and meet new people!

Date:    Thursday, December 17, 2009
Time:    7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue:  Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbrewery
            30 Merchant Road #01-05/06 Riverside Point
            Singapore 058282
            Tel: (65) 6438 7438
Cost:    $5 for 2 soft drinks
            $15 for 2 beer

The Business Forecast event is a tradition of Chicago Booth for more than 50 years and offers insights and predictions on critical factors affecting the global and local economy. Since 2005, we have hosted a lively audience in Singapore made up of the local business community, alumni and students as well as members of our Global Advisory Board.

We are delighted to invite our peer school friends from DUAL to join us on Monday, December 14.

This year’s Business Forecast features Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Chief Economist, MasterCard, Bernard Yeung PhD ’84, Dean and Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor in Finance and Strategic Management, National University of Singapore Business School, and Steven J. Davis, William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics, Chicago Booth. Phillip I. Overmyer, Chief Executive of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce will moderate the event.

For more info and to submit your questions to the panelists, please visit the event website.

Date:   Monday, December 14, 2009
Venue: The American Club, 10 Claymore Hill, Singapore.
Time:  11:30am                         Doors open for Registration and Lunch
           12:00 – 2:00pm              Program
           2:00 – 2:30pm               Networking

Cost: DUAL alumni $45, General public $55