Video on the Web Summit - San Jose - June 28th.

There are few things as exhilarating and gut wrenching as pitching Venture Capitalist - in PUBLIC. You put it all out there - and then you get to hang out while they puzzle about the industry, your take, the market, and your presentation. I can be quite daunting. That's why when David Burstein invite us to pitch at the Best New Ideas session at Video on the Web i was a bit wary.

But then, looking at the panel of judges - you can't help but say yes. And when you find out that both Om Malik (GigaOM) and Liz Gannes (New Tee Vee) will be the hosts, it's kind of a no brainer. You just say yes.

So that bring me to San Jose. And a stage full of VC's.

And of course, I get to go FIRST (ugh).



I have to say - it was pretty fun. The crowd was engaged, the tech worked, the crowd and VC's laughted (in the right places) and the comments were pretty solid. Here's a blog post that recounts the interchange pretty well - (as the guy on stage you hardly remember it). Overall, when the votes were counted - we came out with the closest thing to a majority - (we got 2 votes, and the judges spread their votes among the other presenters). But i have to say - it was a really strong group of proejcts. DotSub is an impressive solid piece of technology and something the world really needs (being about to talk to each other is pretty key i think).

KEYNOTE SESSIONS | 3:30PM - 4:20PM

K2A: General Session! Hottest New Companies The WVS Coolhunting Team will present the best new video products, the most important technology trends and some of the most interesting companies ready to come out of stealth mode. We're contacting literally hundreds of VC, journalists and informed insiders to make these sessions strong.

We're still accepting submissions for this session! Your ideas are very welcome! click on the speaker proposal to submit speaker bio, company, and contact details along with a note of why the speaker will be particularly interesting for this audience. Please note SUBMISSION FOR SESSION K2 in the form provided and fill out the pertinent information.

Here's the list of the VC's and Hosts:

Liz Gannes, Staff writer, GigaOmniMedia Liz Gannes is a staff writer for GigaOM.com, a journalistic tech blog. She covers online software, with a focus on consumer-oriented web startups. Within the GigaOM network, she focuses mainly on NewTeeVee.com, a newly launched GigaOM network site about online video. Prior to GigaOM, she wrote about similar topics for Red Herring.

Om Malik, Founder, GigaOmniMedia Om Malik, is the founder of GigaOmniMedia Inc. and executive editor for GigaOM.com. Before launching his own publishing venture, Om was a senior writer for Business 2.0 magazine covering telecom and broadband stories.

Anton Wahlman, Managing Director, ThinkEquity Partners LLC Anton joined ThinkEquity Partners LLC in March 2006 as a managing director, focusing on communications technology companies. Since 1996, Anton had covered broadband access technology companies at both Needham & Company and UBS. Anton has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Eric Copeland, General Partner, Venrock Eric Copeland joined Venrock's Menlo Park office in 1998. Eric's expertise is in multimedia communications, network and enterprise infrastructure and consumer electronics. His investments in these areas include 2Wire, Anchor Bay Technologies, Arcwave, Cadant, GENBAND, Hellosoft, Kendin Communications, Kenet, Kineto Wireless, MaXXan Systems, Newport Media, P.A. Semi, Podtech.Network, SteelEye Technology, TalkingNets and Teranetics. Eric previously developed RF, microwave and millimeter-wave digital communications systems at Hewlett-Packard, E•ON, Orbital Sciences Corporation and Aloha Networks. Eric graduated from U.C. Berkeley with B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and he graduated from Stanford University with an MBA.

Duncan Davidson, Venture Partner, VantagePoint Venture Partners Mr. Davidson has more than 20 years of experience with new ventures and alliances across a wide range of broadband technologies: networks (DSL, satellite); services (VOD, music, mobile connectivity); and enabling technologies (DRM, WiFi). Prior to VantagePoint, he was a founder and senior executive at several prominent start-ups including SkyPilot Networks where he was founder, CEO and chairman; Covad Networks where he was founder and served as chairman through the early stages of that company’s development; and InterTrust where, as senior vice president of business development, he led the company through its IPO. Before joining InterTrust, Mr. Davidson was managing partner of Gemini McKenna. He is a graduate of Brown University in Physics-Mathematics (BS) and the University of Michigan Law School (JD).

Tom Rosch, General Partner, Interwest Partners Tom Rosch focuses on wireless and mobility, digital media and Internet, datacenter infrastructure and semiconductors. Representative investments include Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), Juniper Networks, Signio (acquired by VeriSign), Sentient Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), eStamp and Accept.com (acquired by Amazon.com). Rosch is currently on the boards of Open-Silicon, SiliconOptix, Platform Solutions and Quantance. He also led InterWest's investment in Staccato Communications.

And here's the presenting companies:

Jim Cantalini, Strategic Advisor, Voddler Inc.
Steven Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify
Michael Smolens, Founder, Chairman and CEO, dotSUB LLC
Chris Yeh, CEO, Ustream.TV