Grab your ticket: http://capitalize11.eventbrite.com

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Antonio Rodriguez from Matrix is another guy everyone in the Boston startup community should know!  He’s and entrepreneur who most recently founded Tabblo which was acquired by HP and now is a Partner at Matrix Partners.

So head out to meet other entrepreneurs in the community and check out a fantastic pitch by Alex!

Thursday, September 23
6:45PM TO 9:00PM

Microsoft NERD
One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142

RiotVine is the social, event planning tool. They leverage your twitter network to recommend events that you might be interested in based on events that your friends are attending.

Listen to Kabir talk about his company on last week’s Pokin’ Holes Pre Show or check out RiotVine on Pokin’ Holes… And you can also check out our RiotVine event for the show… http://bit.ly/capitalize1

I have to send out a huge thank you to David Beisel from Venrock for hosting the first event. He and I had a great conversation about the event this morning and we’re super excited for Tuesday night.

For those of you who weren’t able to win a ticket:

The show is going to stream live at 7:30pm and you can watch it on the DartBoston or Capitalize websites.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/capitalize

For those of you who did win a ticket:

We need you to show up to Venrock at 7pm. The show will start promptly at 7:30pm and if you aren’t in the room by then you are not going to be able to get in. Don’t forget that if you won a ticket and you don’t show up or you are late, we are throwing you on the blacklist so make sure you get there!

55 Cambridge Parkway
Suite 100
Cambridge, MA 02142
7:00PM to 9:00PM

If you are driving park at the Cambridgeside Galleria and it’s across the street along the river. If you are taking the T, you can either walk from Kendall or Lechemere (Lechemere might be a little closer).

The current guest list includes:

Sergei Revzin
Chong-Zi Chen
Ben Margolis
Adam Conrad
Jarrett Sloan
Alex King
Shola Abealc
Marissa Lowman
Yann Le Beaux
Christine Sadrnoori
Justin Obey
Aaron O’Hearn
Yifei Zhang
Ajay Kapoor
Matt Boynton

If you have any question get in touch with me and we can help you out! cort@dartboston.com

Our company on Thursday’s Pokin’ Holes, RiotVine, will be the first start-up to pitch on Capitalize next Tuesday at Venrock.  Kabir Hemrajani, founder of RiotVine stopped by last night to talk about his company and what he’s working on.

Get your ticket…

Kabir launched RiotVine about a month and a half ago and is now pushing to get the Boston community to try it out.  We’ve created a RiotVine event for this Pokin’ Holes so let us know what you think.

Listen to what Kabir had to say on the Pre-Show.

This Episode of Pokin’ Holes is brought to you by Grasshopper:

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We are going to be at Game On! this week.  If you have never been there, it’s at the foot of Fenway Park.

82 Lansdowne St
Boston, MA 02215

I hope to see you all on Thursday!

We’ve all been to the lectures on raising capital for your start-up. We’ve all heard what VC’s and Angels look for in a start-up. We’ve all heard the do’s and dont’s of how you should pitch. But rather than listening to lectures about all this stuff you are now going to get a shot and experience the process.

Capitalize is an opportunity for Dart community start-ups to pitch VC’s and Angels as well as an opportunity for the Dart community to be in the boardroom and see how everything goes down.

On the third Tuesday of every month (for the next three months at least) we will be going to a different VC firm and inviting one of the companies from the Dart community, who thinks they’re ready to raise capital, the opportunity to pitch.

Here is Jake explaining the show at Pokin’ Holes…

The schedule is:

Venrock on November 10
Flybridge Capital Partners on December 15
Bain Capital Ventures on January 19

The experience will be as realistic as possible. We are going to get as many of you into the VC’s boardroom as they can accommodate. For those who don’t get a ticket to the event we will be live streaming the experience so you can participate virtually. After the pitch everyone in the room and those watching the stream can ask questions and get feedback from the VC’s.

The tickets for Capitalize are free and will be given away at Pokin’ Holes shows. The only way to get a ticket is to come out to a Pokin’ Holes event or watch the live stream and show your support for the community!

Our goal of Capitalize is to create more relationships between the Dart community and the capital community so come out, participate and we can introduce you to more great people that can help make your start-up happen!