Patrick Sheehan (ETF Partners) in conversation with Jurij Paraszczak

The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon invites you to attend a virtual talk by Patrick Sheehan, founder and managing partner of ETF Partners. Founded in 2005, ETF Partners (The Environmental Technologies Fund)stands as Europe's original venture capital firm dedicated to sustainability and impact investing. Jurij Paraszczak, executive-in-residence at CUSP, will moderate the discussion.

This event will be hosted virtually on Zoom and is open to the NYU Community. Please register in advance via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link and a helpful guide to venture capital provided by Jurij Paraszczak.
 

About the Speaker

Patrick Sheehan is a founder and Managing Partner of ETF Partners. He represents the firm on the Boards of Open Cosmos, Wirepas, Zeelo and Tomorrow. Patrick Sheehan has worked in venture capital since 1985, when he joined 3i. He was instrumental in founding 3i's venture capital practice, and later became the founding Managing Director of its Silicon Valley operation. Before this he was a research engineer for GEC and technical consultant for Marconi Space Systems. Patrick Sheehanwas a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Invest Europe from 2007 to 2010, during which time he also chaired the Venture Capital Committee.

About the Moderator

As an Executive-in-Residence, Jurij Paraszczak establishes working connections between CUSP, industries, and governments, sharing years of industry expertise and leading urban research efforts across the world. While at IBM, Jurij Paraszczak helped Paul Horn, a Senior Provost of Research, to create the Center for Urban Science + Progress.