Siemer & Associates Sponsors PWC’s Shaking the MoneyTree Report, Hosted by LAVA

May 24, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA) ─ Siemer & Associates LLC, the global merchant bank serving the digital media, software and technology industry, is sponsoring PwC’s Shaking the MoneyTree event at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Thursday, May 24. Hosted by the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), the evening will feature a panel of industry experts and local venture capitalists discussing the results of the Q1 2012 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The event will be moderated by Randy Churchill, Director of Emerging Company Services at PwC, and panelists will include Eric Manlunas, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Siemer Ventures; Jon Funk, Founder of Ocean Road Partners; and  Mark Suster, Partner at GRP Partners. This quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.

About the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)

Since 1985, the Los Angeles Venture Association has been creating forums for entrepreneurs and executives of middle-market companies to actively meet and learn from fellow executives, investors, bankers, financial advisors and other providers of professional services. LAVA’s monthly breakfast meetings and Presidents and Distinguished Speakers Lectures feature exceptional presentations by prominent members of the Southern California investment, entrepreneurial, business and academic communities. Their annual conferences and frequent Investment Capital Seminars are the region’s premiere forums on investment capital. LAVA often co-produces events with many of their affiliated organizations.

About Siemer & Associates LLC

Siemer & Associates LLC is a global boutique merchant bank dedicated to offering candid insight and guidance to digital media, software and Internet companies throughout their business life cycles. Composed of industry veterans who have worked both inside and out of technology enterprises, S&A has successfully completed more than 50 transactions that aggregated over $3 billion in sell-side mandates and surpassed $1.5 billion in equity capital. Headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, S&A offers exceptional corporate capital raising, financial advisory services and M&A, specializing in complex cross-border transactions.

Committed to expanding the international technology ecosystem, Siemer & Associates promotes innovative entrepreneurs through its early-stage investment arm, Siemer Ventures, and its incubator, Wavemaker Labs. One of the most active investment funds in Southern California, Siemer Ventures claims more than 40 current portfolio companies and makes an average of 12 new investments each year in digital media startups. Based in Singapore and sponsored by Siemer Ventures, WaveMaker Labs receives significant co-investment from the Singaporean government as an “approved technology incubator” under the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS) of the Singaporean government’s National Research Foundation (NRF).