Xconomy Hosts Investing Legend Peter Brooke: The Photo Gallery

Last Wednesday, October 21, it was our privilege at Xconomy to provide a stage for a conversation between two legends of the investing world. The guest of honor was Peter Brooke, the founder of Advent International and TA Associates and the man most widely credited with spreading the idea of venture capital and private equity investing to the world outside the United States. Interviewing Brooke was Terry McGuire, the co-founder and general manager of Polaris Venture Partners and chair of the National Venture Capital Association.

The discussion, which ranged from inside stories from Brooke’s investing career to the health of the VC and PE industries amidst global economic uncertainty, drew a packed audience to the 26th-floor conference room at event host WilmerHale. We plan to bring you a full writeup of the event, as well as a video, a bit later—but we thought we’d tide you over with a few pictures from the event.

All of the photographs here were taken by Kevin Vogelsang, a 2009 MIT engineering graduate who volunteered to handle the camera for the evening. You can click on the photos to see larger versions.

Left to right: Peter Brooke, Bob Buderi (Xconomy), John Chory (WilmerHale)

Left to right: Richard Kane (Advent International), Peter Brooke, Michael Ristaino (Advent), Alex Earp (Bank of America)

Left to right: Linda Hellstrom (Halloran Consulting Group), Laurie Halloran (Halloran Consulting Group), Vijay Chandra (Babson College)

Left to right: Chris Sheehan (Common Angels), Doug Moon (JP Morgan), Greg Calkins (Xconomy)

Terry McGuire (left) speaking on stage with Peter Brooke

The audience at WilmerHale listens raptly.

Peter Brooke (right) answers a question from Terry McGuire.

Howard Anderson (Sloan School of Management, MIT) engages Brooke from the floor.

Audience member Wei Yong puts a question to Brooke.

Left to right: Terry McGuire (Polaris Venture Partners), Howard Anderson (MIT), unidentified visitor, Pat McGovern (IDG) — Left to right: Terry McGuire (Polaris Venture Partners), Howard Anderson (MIT), Ruzwana Bashir (Harvard), Pat McGovern (IDG)

Left to right: Noubar Afeyan (Flagship Ventures), Bob Buderi (Xconomy), Vinit Nijhawan (Boston University)

Author: Wade Roush

Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco. Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.) I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia. I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats. My personal site: waderoush.com My social media coordinates: Twitter: @wroush Facebook: facebook.com/wade.roush LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/waderoush Google+ : google.com/+WadeRoush YouTube: youtube.com/wroush1967 Flickr: flickr.com/photos/wroush/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/waderoush/ View all posts by Wade Roush