We are proud to announce the launch of our two new chapters: Keiretsu Forum Los Angeles and Keiretsu Forum San Diego.

Keiretsu Forum San Diego
The inaugural meeting of Keiretsu Forum San Diego was held on January 13th at the law offices of Fish & Richardson in San Diego. This new chapter joins forces with the existing chapter in Long Beach. The next meetings are scheduled for February 24th and March 24th . Below are pictures from the inaugural meeting.

We would like to thank and acknowledge the support of our San Diego sponsors: Fish & Richardson, SuperLab Capital Partners, Resonnect, Oaktree Ventures, and Smith Barney.

Contact Persons: Chip Parker, Chapter President and Anu Mande, Director.

Keiretsu Forum Los Angeles
The inaugural meeting of Keiretsu Forum Los Angeles was held on January 14th at the law offices of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan in Santa Monica .

The new chapter will meet in Santa Monica and joins forces with the existing chapter in Westlake Village. " Los Angeles is a diverse and dynamic city filled with countless entrepreneurs as well as numerous investors seeking great returns," said John Dilts, president of Keiretsu Forum Los Angeles.

We would like to thank and acknowledge the support of our Los Angeles sponsor Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan.

Contact Persons: John Dilts, Chapter President and Julia Dilts, Director of Operations.  

The Keiretsu Forum Network
Keiretsu Forum is the fastest growing North American private equity investment network with more than 300 members throughout our nine chapters: Northern California (San Francisco East Bay and Silicon Valley), Southern California (Westlake Village, Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach), Boston/New England, Chicago/Midwest and Calgary, Canada.

Our network of chapters enables:

1. Support of our portfolio companies and presenting entrepreneurs with equity and resources in different capital markets,
2. Building additional quality deal flow for our members in different geographical locations, and for
3. Our members to enjoy collaborative business and social relationships between chapters.

Key Differentiators of the Keiretsu Forum are:

1. We are a North America network of capital, resources and deal flow with chapters in the United States and Canada ;
2. We invest in a myriad of opportunities including "brick and mortar" i.e. real estate. 70% of our investments are in technology companies and 30% in non-technology opportunities;
3. Fellowship is enhanced not only through the charitable activities but also through countless activities for and by the members, such as golf, tennis, hiking, educational field trips, to name a few;
4. Keiretsu Forum is a giving organization as shown by its proactive Keiretsu Forum Charitable Foundation giving environment;
5. Keiretsu Forum enjoys open architecture and collaboration with other angel forums and investment communities that exist throughout North America .

For more information, please visit our web site www.keiretsuforum.com.