Wfs

WFS organizes and promotes forums, seminars and conferences with the intent to educate and encourage deal flow among industry colleagues. Founded by experts in management education in the software and IT industries, and supported by a top-tier faculty of presenters from around the globe, WFS has developed a true symposium bringing together all elements of the financial and partnering community, including company leaders, venture capitalists, investment bankers, private equity firms, top law firms, accounting experts and M&A specialists.

WFS Events:

Growth and Exit Strategies for Software and IT Companies

Growth and Exit Strategies for Software and IT Companies, is the firm's flagship event held four times a year in Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York and London. This conference has an extensive set of advisors and faculty, as well as many other executives and industry experts that it draws upon for each event. This one-day event provides insight from approximately 30 CEO’s and industry leaders representing the elite in their field, during several presentations and panel discussions.

A typical agenda covers a financial market overview, IPOs today, Venture Capital, Angel Investors, Recapitalizations, and alternative forms of financing such as debt. In addition to the firms that provide these services, there are speakers and panelists from those firms who have been subject to investment, an IPO or a merger with either a strategic or financial partner. This core group of speakers is supported by specialist presenters covering business modeling, legal, accounting, tax, due diligence, valuation, structure, negotiation, and integration issues.

Since its inception, this conference has received unanimous praise for both the quality of content and speakers. World Financial Symposiums main priority is to coordinate the top presenters to present the most up-to-date, valuable information, in a timely manner so as to effectively educate business leaders.

Market Spotlight Webcasts

Market Spotlights are monthly webcasts, focused on specific market segments that are sponsored and supported by firms that work in that field. A typical webcast will run 30 to 60 minutes and will focus on a single market segment, such as: Security, Energy, Gaming, etc. Market Spotlight’s include brief presentations by an industry luminary, and supporting panels/presentation on IPOs, Investment, and M&A, by both specialists, as well as CEOs and CFOs from the companies making deal headlines in that market.

Who should attend WFS Events?

CEOs, CFOs, corporate investors and other deal participants for software and IT industries worldwide.