The Needham Growth Conference (NGC) provided institutional investors, private equity firms and venture capitalists access to 350 growth companies from a broad range of industries including Clean Technology, Communications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure, Healthcare, Internet & Digital Media, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment and Software & Services sectors this year. The 3-day conference featured public and private company presentations, Q&A sessions, and 1-on-1 meetings for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms. A key objective of the NGC was to deliver investable choices coupled with a better understanding of the rapidly changing environment in which each company operates.

Needham & Company's Second Annual SaaS Conference is geared towards institutional investors looking to explore and discuss one of the most compelling secular trends in technology – the rise of SaaS and cloud computing. This conference provides a unique opportunity to take the pulse of key decision makers at a sampling of leading and fast growing SaaS companies, and assess where the growth opportunities for the future and challenges may lie. The conference will consist of 1x1 meetings with management teams for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms. Please contact your Needham salesperson for registration details as space will be limited.

Needham & Company hosted its Sixth Annual HDD/Flash Memory & Systems Conference on November 14, 2012 in Boston. The unique, focused-nature of this conference attracted some of the most important thought leaders in the storage world, spanning HDDs, solid statedrives, PCIe, and flash-based next generation storage systems. With key public and private company presentations, sector panels and one-on-one meetings throughout the day, the Sixth Annual HDD/Flash Memory & Systems Conference was set to define out the trajectory for the market in 2013 and beyond. One-on-one meetings with companies were available for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms.

Needham & Company was a day-long Clean Technology and Industrial Growth conference on August 7, 2012 in New York City. The event featured presentations and Q&A from leading companies in the laser and photonics, 3D printing/prototyping, advanced instrumentation, electric vehicle and enabling materials markets. One-on-one meetings with companies were available for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms. 

Needham & Company’s Internet & Digital Media Conference was a high-impact opportunity to hear executives and industry luminaries discuss the trends reshaping the global internet ecosystem and to join the debate. This was an important forum for institutional growth and venture investors to meet and interact with pioneering private and public companies in the internet and digital media world. Over the course of the day, investors had the option to attend presentations by public and private company CEOs – including a track dedicated to our research team’s interviews with CEOs of their “Top Stock Picks” and with other thought leaders in the sector. The conference also featured thematic panels titled: Next Generation e-Commerce; Emerging Social Media’s Disruptive Use of Big Data; Value Creation and Destruction in the Online Advertising Ecosystem; Education Technology and the Learning Revolution: Monster Category in the Making or Something Else?; How Mobile Changes Everything; Content Moves Online; and The Next Generation Customer and Their Social Spheres Inspire a Social Marketing Revolution. Panelists included both established public company executives and entrepreneurs from disruptive and emerging private companies. One-on-one meetings with companies were available for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms.

Needham & Company’s 11th Annual Healthcare Conference was a high-impact forum for institutional investors and venture capital firms to hear the latest updates from senior management teams of both public and private companies in the Biotechnology, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Medical Technology and Diagnostics sectors. Over the course of two days, attendees attended company presentations, as well as expert sessions with clinical and industry professionals. One-on-one meetings with companies were available for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms.