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Ian Carver is a Regional Manager of the Venture Pipeline group, a DLA Piper business unit specifically focused on enhancing the funding prospects of early stage ventures. The Venture Pipeline group is led by business professionals experienced in working in the technology sector and the capital markets who actively advise new ventures on strategic business issues that are critical to funding. Leveraging DLA Piper’s worldwide experience in the emerging growth and venture capital sectors, Mr. Carver will work directly with the firms Corporate and Securities practice, assisting entrepreneurs in preparing for and accessing the local, national and global investment communities, matching their business growth objectives and venture funding requirements with appropriately targeted funding sources.

Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Carver spent the past eight years as a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneurial Services Center, a resource within PwC’s Technology Practice. Mr. Carver focused on providing start-up and early-stage technology and life sciences companies’ access to informal business advisory services to assist their financing and corporate development initiatives.

While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Carver consulted with over 250 early stage technology and life sciences companies on start-up issues, provided advice on raising venture capital and, for the most promising new ventures, identified appropriate investors and made investor introductions utilizing a broad network of venture capital and angel investor contacts.

Mr. Carver is currently a member of the Programs Planning Committee at the Massachusetts Network Communications Council (MassNetComms), a member of the VC advisory board for the MassNetComms Investor Conference and a member of the programs planning committee for the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s (MTLC) "Access to Capital" Series. Mr. Carver has moderated and/or participated on panels discussing angel and/or venture finance at the MTLC, MassNetComms, the MIT Enterprise Forum, and TiE. Mr. Carver has also made "Shaking the Moneytree" presentations utilizing PwC's quarterly "Moneytree Report" at the MTLC and MassNetComms.

Mr. Carver has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and has over 20 years of operational, general management and business development experience.