About the Bend Venture Conference

Now in its seventh year, the Bend Venture Conference (BVC) is the premier regional event connecting seed and early stage companies with investment opportunities and attracts over 300 of the Pacific Northwest's top entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders.  Held at the historic Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon, the event includes intimate pre-conference seminar opportunities, a networking reception at Broken Top Club, the full day venture conference, as well as an opportunity to explore Bend’s lively hotel, restaurant and downtown scene.     

Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Heiliger, VP Facebook

Register to hear Jonathan Heiliger, VP of Technical Operations for Facebook. Heiliger is highly regarded for his vision and business acumen, as well as being an astute observer of consumer adoption of technology. At BVC, he will speak about "Our Growing Social Economy: An Inside Look with Facebook."

At Facebook, Heiliger oversees global infrastructure and internal technology systems.  Prior to Facebook, as a venture capitalist, he served as an advisor to several early-stage companies in connection with Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital (where he advised YouTube) and also led the engineering team at Walmart.com. See Heiliger's full bio. 

Up to $175,000 Prize Money for Grabs

In 2010, the Bend Venture Conference will award up to $175,000 in investment prize money to the selected winner.  Start-ups seeking investment between $100,000 and $1 million are encouraged to apply.  Prior BVC prize winners cite BVC prize money as instrumental in fueling their early stage growth and credibility.  Find out more about the BVC business plan competition.