Stephan Schambach, CEO of Demandware, to Speak at 128 Innovation Capital Group

Stephan Schambach, Founder and CEO of Demandware, joins Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, for the 128 Innovation Capital Group's (128 ICG) "Both Sides of the Coin - How a Deal Gets Done from Two Perspectives" event.

Woburn, MA (PRWeb) April 4, 2007 -- Stephan Schambach, Founder and CEO of Demandware (www.demandware.com), joins Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, for the 128 Innovation Capital Group's (128 ICG) "Both Sides of the Coin - How a Deal Gets Done from Two Perspectives" event. Stephan will use his experience securing Series A and Series B rounds of funding from North Bridge Venture Partners, as well as other existing investors, to discuss:

• The investing process from the entrepreneur's viewpoint

• Working with venture capitalists from first contact to closing the round

• Securing follow-on rounds from existing investors

What: Stephan Schambach, Founder and CEO of Demandware, is joined by Demandware investor Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners.

Where: Best Western Hotel

Totten Pond Road

Waltham, MA

When: Thursday, April 12, 2007 from 7:15 to 10:30 AM

About Stephan Schambach

Demandware President and CEO, Stephan Schambach founded the company in 2004. Long an ecommerce visionary and pioneer, Schambach was among the first to recognize the sector as a major software market. He is the developer of a number of industry standards for the technology and also produced the first integrated ecommerce software package, enabling major global companies to streamline complex business processes.

Prior to Demandware, Schambach was CEO at Intershop, an ecommerce company he founded in 1992, built to market leadership, brought public in 1998 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Neuer Market, and led to a successful NASDAQ listing in 2000. Schambach also currently serves as a board member of the SIIA (Software Information Industry Association) Software Division.

Earlier in his career, Schambach studied physics at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and was among the first to found a company in East Germany after the Berlin Wall came down.

About Demandware, Inc.

Demandware delivers a flexible enterprise eCommerce platform, delivered on demand, to retailers that require best-in-class merchandising and continual platform innovation. Using Demandware, retailers differentiate their brand and improve the customer experience while maintaining merchandising control over promotions, pricing, content and site performance in multi-site and multi-brand environments. Customers include Playmobil, Bare Escentuals, and Gardener's Supply Company, and other major retail brands. For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com, call 888- 553 9216 or email info(at)demandware.com.

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