NVCA Today

By renewing your NVCA membership, your firm has acknowledged the need to support the only organization established to foster a greater understand of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy and advocate for the public policy interests of the VC community. Your financial commitment is crucial to our operation and we thank you. However, an underlying obligation associated with membership often gets sidelined or discounted - involvement - the kind that turns heads and makes things happen.

The NVCA is very fortunate to have twenty-six Directors serve on its Board, and although their dedication, work ethic, and expertise is astounding, we encourage all members to do their part in moving our industry forward in these challenging times.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can help NVCA and become more active:

All-Member Calls

Want to learn more about NVCA initiatives and our progress working on the policy issues important to the venture industry? Join us for our quarterly member update calls. These calls provide members an update on public policy efforts, public outreach initiatives, member benefits and more.

Membership

Make it a point to recruit at least one member firm each year. An easy way to do this is to talk with your co-investors who may not have joined NVCA. A strong membership lends itself to a stronger voice on Capitol Hill. All venture capitalists benefit from the work that NVCA does on behalf of the industry - you can help make sure that all venture firms are helping to financially support the work that they benefit from.

Public Policy

If you are planning to meet with your Member of Congress reach out to NVCA before your appointment. We can give you talking points on all of our public policy issues, which will ensure that the our industry is speaking with in an united voice. Meeting your Representative or Senator in Washington, DC or back home in their district is a great way to drive home our message - no other asset class creates jobs, brings important technologies to market, and seeks to help drive economic recovery.

Subgroup Participation

Many of the Association's initiatives come as a direct result of the feedback we receive from our member subgroups. A variety of topics and best practices are shared between professionals who represent the functional areas within a VC firm. Groups have been designed for: CFOs, Strategic Communicators, Human Capital Partners, Medical Industry Investors, Corporate VCs, Cleantech Investors and In-House General Counsel.

VenturePAC Contributions

Your financial contributions to our Political Action Committee, enables the NVCA to effectively promote policies that strengthen your firm and your portfolio companies. VenturePac continues to be bipartisan and lends support to those who will fight for the interests of the VC industry.

Encourage Your Service Providers To Support NVCA

NVCA membership is restricted to venture capital firms, but all organizations that are part of the venture ecosystem benefit from our work. The various service providers that work with the venture capital community have a vested interest in supporting NVCA's work. Encourage your service providers to support NVCA through sponsorship of NVCA events and activities. NVCA currently has several sponsorship opportunities available and hearing from their clients is a powerful means to secure sponsorship revenue.

Be Creative

NVCA is always looking for ways to improve our professional development programs, products, and services. If you've got an idea...we want to hear about it!

If you have any questions or suggestions for the NVCA, please contact our Vice President of Membership & Member Firm Liaison, Janice Mawson: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it