Investors in United States
Every firm we hold for United States — venture capital, angel networks, accelerators, private equity and family offices, with stage focus, sector focus and cheque range.
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AeroInnovate
AeroInnovate helps aeroinnovators from across the globe who are starting and growing aero-related businesses and bringing related new technologies to the marketplace. Our goal is to facilitate the alignment of passionate, successful "investors" and industry leaders with the best aviation-related opportunities in the world to help get deals done. In this way, exciting new aircraft and aviation products and services will be commercialized and new opportunities created in aviation. AeroInnovate does this by bringing innovators together and offering top-notch educational forums, aligning the best companies with investors and industry leaders, exposing technology through technology showcases and connecting aeroinnovators to people and resources.
Alex Saltonstall
Alex leads the management team of Cambium Learning Technologies, which includes IntelliTools, Inc., Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc., and Acceleration Station. Alex was previously the Corporate Development Manager at Cambium Learning, Inc., in which role he led the company’s acquisition activities. Before joining Cambium Learning, Alex was President of SearchSoft Solutions, Inc., a company providing recruitment, selection, and hiring software for K-12 public school systems. He was previously an Associate at Schoolhouse Partners, a venture capital firm focused on K-12 education, and a Senior Associate at The Parthenon Group, a strategy consulting firm. Alex received an A.B. from Harvard College, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Pbcbbic
The PBCBBIC is a not-for-profit formed by the financial and business community in accordance with the Small and Minority Business Act of 1985. The PBCBBIC’s main objective is to ensure that Black-owned and controlled businesses have the opportunity to obtain financing and other resources to compete in the marketplace and foster increased employment and social stability within the Black community. The goal of the Palm Beach County Black Business Investment Corporation (PBCBBIC) is to expand the participation of Black business enterprises in all segments of Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast Region economies by creating a perpetual flow of capital for their growth, and aggressively promoting an atmosphere conducive to their development.
CRV
Mr. Rafael Corrales serves as General Partner at Charles River Ventures. He brings operating and founding CEO experience from the world of early stage startups. He has led CRV's investments in Amino as well as two currently stealth companies. He also sourced CRV's investments in companies like PillPack and Airtable. Before becoming an investing partner, he became a personal shareholder in the very first round of five startups: Instacart, Blockchain, Luxe, Webflow, and Clearbit. Prior to CRV, he was the founding CEO of LearnBoost, a company which was acquired by WordPress as the largest of their first 12 acquisitions. His team's open source libraries have cumulatively been downloaded over 160 million times and helped popularize Node.JS
Science
Mr. Peter Pham is a Co-Founder of Science. Peter is a passionate entrepreneur with roots in Southern California starting his career with 8 years in the enterprise hardware and software space. Having success in building companies ranging from solid state storage to SAS businesses Peter then focused his time in the consumer internet space. At Photobucket he was the 5th employee and was responsible for driving growth to 61M users and leading its $300M acquisition in 2007 to Fox Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. Peter then turned his energy in helping people save money as CEO of BillShrink from inception to their 1st Million users in a little over a year. BillShrink became TruAxis which was acquired by MasterCard in 2012.
Joe Sriver
Mr.Joe Sriver is the Founder of DoApp. Joe founded DoApp (originally named PagePow) in 2007. Previously, he was employed at Google as its first user interface (UI) designer. He led UI design for many Google products including AdSense, Video, Print, Images, and Groups. He was also a key player in the invention of Google's Taskbar, AdSense, and Gmail's keyboard shortcuts. In addition, he developed patented technology used in Google's Print, Video, Gmail, and Desktop products. Prior to Google, Joe was with IBM for 3.5 years as a visual designer and programmer, after receiving a degree in computer graphics with a minor in computer science from Purdue University. His interest in the Internet began as a web developer at Intel Corporation.
Camelback Ventures
The Camelback Fellowship: Our flagship program works to support early stage social impact entrepreneurs in three tracks: Education, Conscious Tech, and Local Economies. We provide coaching, capital, connections, community, and curriculum to underrepresented entrepreneurs. Capital Collaborative: We believe it takes a village; we aim to improve the overall funding environment, thereby exponentially increasing the opportunities for all entrepreneurs of color and women. Our goal is to encourage investors to take the steps necessary to identify, fund, and support entrepreneurs of color from all walks of life. We will co-create this Fellowship with an advisory council of investors who will help us craft a meaningful for their community.
Aeterna Capital Partners
Aeterna Capital Partners is a family office backed private investment firm focused on direct lower middle market investments, including mezzanine debt and private equity. Aeterna seeks to invest in companies in the United States through flexible structures tailored to meet the objectives of a company's ownership (sponsors, lenders, management) and business strategy. Aeterna will invest $2-$10MM depending in transaction dynamics, focuses on Companies generating EBITDA between $2-$10MM and is opportunistic in its approach. Aeterna frequently co-invests with like-minded investors and maintains flexibility in structure - Aeterna does not have strict limitations to adhere to as in a formal private equity or mezzanine fund partnership.
Clayton Associates
Clayton Associates is a venture capital and angel group firm which operates as a subsidiary of Aviv Financing. It specializes in seed, early stage and later stage investments. The firm operates under the platforms of Bullpen Ventures, FCA Venture Partners and Rolling Hills Ventures where Bullpen Ventures provides incubation services, FCA Venture Partners manages the venture capital investments and Rolling Hills Ventures is associated with the angel investments. The firm as a whole seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology, healthcare, mobile app development, software and digital media sectors. It was founded in 1996 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee.
Portland State University Foundation
The 200+ people who work for Accelerator companies are on a mission. Located at the south end of Portland's central business district, the Accelerator draws the region's top science and technology startups with turn-key affordable work space; conference room access; monthly CEO meetings and topic-related brown bags, plus ready information on business basics, raising funds and managing people. The Accelerator is also a connection point to PSU resources, linking companies to research and development capabilities of university faculty and the talent and energy of student project teams. Informal socials, pitch practice and office hours by skilled mentors and investors round out the exceptional offerings at PSU Business Accelerator.
Nwflbbic
We’re here to help your financial future look a lot stronger. With our investing services, you can start making wiser financial decisions that lead to a brighter future for you and your business. We’ll always provide advice that benefits you. The loans we offer: Facility Financing: Offers 80% financing for real estate collateralized loans for building financing Equipment Financing: Offers 75% financing for equipment collateralized loan for equipment Purchase Order: Offering up to $8,000 for a purchase order or invoice recourse financing The Big Bend Minority Microloan Program: Must be a member of the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce in order to qualify for the loan. Minimum loan amount $5,000. Maximum loan amount $20,000.
Mountainbizworks
Where traditional banks see risk, we see massive opportunities. For over 30 years, Mountain BizWorks has been saying yes to entrepreneurs, whose financing needs have often been overlooked and underfunded. Supporting Western North Carolina’s small businesses get the capital they need to start, grow, and thrive is our passion. Mountain BizWorks believes in the power of local entrepreneurs to create a vibrant local economy. While traditional banks often see start-up and early-stage businesses as too risky, we see them as Western North Carolina’s future. Mountain BizWorks specializes in providing financing to help Western North Carolina small businesses launch and expand, by offering non-traditional loans from $1,000 to $250,000.
Swifoundation
Whether your business is large or small, we leverage resources and connections to help you grow and improve. Business Finance Program: For-profit businesses operating within our 18-county service area may be eligible for the Business Finance Program. Eligible projects must create or retain jobs that provide a livable wage with benefits, generate new wealth for the region and diversify the economy of southwest Minnesota. Business Finance loans may be used for machinery and equipment, inventory, working capital and real estate. The maximum loan amount is typically $150,000. Loan amounts up to $300,000 are available for projects in the following asset sectors: renewable energy, food and agriculture, bioscience and manufacturing.
Technology Ventures Corporation
Technology Venture Investors is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 private foundation, founded by Lockheed Martin in 1993. Its mission is to commercialize federally funded technologies. Its goals: job creation, business formations, and equity funding. TVC’s model of ideas, talent, capital, and community reduces the barriers to technology commercialization. TVC employs a commercialization model that connects innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors nationwide to create companies and take federal laboratory inventions to the marketplace. The primary vehicle for showcasing both seed and early stage companies are TVC’s Deal Stream Summit (formerly, Equity Capital Symposium). The firm was founded in 1993 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
GCVC (Green Cow Venture Capital)
Green Cow Venture Capital [GCVC] is an early-stage venture fund based in San Francisco and New York City. Green Cow Venture Capital invests at the seed and Series A stage into dynamic founders that combine unparalleled drive, talent, and diverse perspective to solve problems around scarcity and inefficiency in global markets, particularly leveraging technologies like AI, ML and robotics. While we like our founders to be tackling global market problems, we currently require them to have an entity domiciled in the United States (typically Delaware C-Corp). Green Cow Venture Capital is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Venture-med
Venture-Med is an exclusive membership organization of accredited investors who want to be introduced to innovative healthcare startups and related investment opportunities. They are one of the newest angel investment groups in Silicon Valley and they offer their members a screening process to find the best innovative new companies seeking seed funding and mentorship.Theirfocus is on healthcare and they provide the entrepreneur the expertise to guide and successfully fund.They provide them with representation for syndication with other angel investment groups. This creates a win for the investor and the entrepreneur. They have monthly presentations by the most qualified and screened healthcare startup companies.
Exponential Creativity
We’re an early-stage venture capital fund investing in startups that invent technology to maximize humanity’s creative potential. As society shifts from a paradigm of consumption to a paradigm of creation, Silicon Valley remains stubbornly focused on the commodification of content. By contrast, we see a historic moment for value creation in human-centered creativity platforms. Our investment thesis is focused on customers, markets, and use cases. Within that niche, however, we are able to invest across a wide range of industries and regions. Exponential Creativity Ventures is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
A-Force Ventures
A-Force Ventures is an early-stage fund that invests in female-led consumer internet and mobile startups. We are proud to invest in and support some of the smartest and most passionate entrepreneurs who are creating groundbreaking products and services that make our lives better, more connected, and more fulfilling. 1) We focus on investing in startups with a female founder or who are active in female dominant marketplaces; 2) We target early-stage investments (seed and pre-seed) in the consumer lifestyle sector across travel, health, entertainment, consumer products, dating, fashion, and education; and 3) The key traits we look for in our founders are hustle, passion, curiosity, and deep market knowledge.
Native360
Native360 Loan Fund’s mission is to provide affordable credit, capital, technical assistance and related programs to help build strong and self-sufficient Native American business owners. We serve members of all tribes in our Nebraska, Iowa and southeast South Dakota service area. Native360 Loan Fund honors and pays respect to all Native American tribes and the many great leaders who have provided the gift of knowledge and have inspired others to share their knowledge. We embody traditional Native American values as well as the contemporary principles of our people. Native360 strives to provide personal and professional service to every loan applicant. We provide commercial, small business and micro loans.
DiverseCity Ventures
DiverseCity Ventures accelerates positive social, economic, and/or environmental impact through entrepreneurship. We do so through two primary vehicles: • DiverseCity Ventures LLC, an impact-oriented venture capital firm, invests primarily in pre-seed technology-driven companies with large addressable markets, product-market fit, a dynamic founding team, and high probability of outsized returns. • DiverseCity Ventures Inc., a non-profit arm, fosters collaboration within the innovation economy while training, incubating, and supporting early stage entrepreneurs. We advise pre-seed and seed-staged companies and strive to close the funding gap that disproportionately disadvantages under-represented founders.
Forerunner Ventures
We’re more than just investors. We’re trendspotters, strategists, and advisors. And we’re more than that, too. We’re proud parents, style aficionados, wellness gurus, artists, dreamers, urbanites, nature lovers, chefs, gourmands, cinephiles, musicians, comedians, oddballs, wanderers, leaders, teachers, and learners. Our vision for tomorrow comes from our empathy for today. In an industry obsessed with trailblazing, we go one step further: We meet the consumer where they’re going. That makes us unique - and we’re here to share that insight with founders. When big thinkers are poised on the brink of transforming consumer culture, they become more than just founders, or CEOs, or investors, or entrepreneurs.
Gene Z. Salkind
Steel Pier Capital Advisors is a privately held, operationally driven private equity firm that partners with management to make both control and non-control equity investments. Since its inception, it has made multiple investments in both private and public companies. It is dedicated to supporting the companies as their partners in development by utilizing the firm's expertise and exclusive network of strategic and operating executives. Steel Pier Capital's partners participate in the growth of our portfolio companies by leveraging our extensive industry knowledge and contacts to meet our clients' specific financial and performance goals. The firm was founded in 2008 and is based in New York, New York.
Kabbage
At Kabbage, we are happy to offer women entrepreneurs access to the working capital they need to sustain and grow their businesses. With Kabbage Funding, you apply online or through our mobile app by connecting information generated through accounting data, online sales, shipping and dozens of other sources. We use simple, meaningful data from your business to assess your business and do not require elaborate documentation that takes you extensive time to gather. We provide an automated decision right away and give qualified small businesses ongoing access to lines of credit of up to $150,000. Customers can withdraw any increment they need and can access their accounts online or through our mobile app.
Steel Pier Capital Advisors
Steel Pier Capital Advisors is a privately held, operationally driven private equity firm that partners with management to make both control and non-control equity investments. Since its inception, it has made multiple investments in both private and public companies. It is dedicated to supporting the companies as their partners in development by utilizing the firm's expertise and exclusive network of strategic and operating executives. Steel Pier Capital's partners participate in the growth of our portfolio companies by leveraging our extensive industry knowledge and contacts to meet our clients' specific financial and performance goals. The firm was founded in 2008 and is based in New York, New York.
LaunchCapital
Mr. David Shen serves as Director of West Coast Operations at LaunchCapital. He serves as President at David Shen Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at Distribute. He is a mentor and strategist to internet/tech/mobile startups of all sorts, with a focus on product/UX strategy and development. He is focusing on investments in the Bay area and NYC. Prior to joining the LaunchCapital team, he was an angel investor since 2006. He was an early Yahoo! employee where he ran UX for almost 9 years and has worked on physical products at Apple and frogdesign. He holds BS degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MS degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Martin Ventures
Martin Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides capital, operational support and mentoring to early stage and start-up entrepreneurs within the healthcare and technology sectors. It provides services like strategic business planning and execution, board of directors and corporate secretary services, capital formation, structure and funding consulting, diligence preparation and review, investor relations, strategic partner negotiations, contract management, sales distribution, support and assistance, networking and business development, strategy design and execution for clinical integration and accountable care delivery. The firm was established in 2009 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center
The Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center (GCIC) is a cardiovascular product development consortium made possible through a $60 million grant from the State of Ohio's Third Frontier Program. Founded in 2007, GCIC is the first Wright Mega-Center of Innovation under this program. GCIC is focused on the formation, attraction, expansion and retention of cardiovascular companies to create jobs and facilitate economic development in the State of Ohio. It is a multi-institutional initiative that includes major research institutions in Ohio including Cleveland Clinic, Case Medical Center, The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati and University of Toledo. The firm is based in Cleveland, Ohio
Sierra Angels
Sierra Angels is Nevada’s premier angel investment group founded in North Lake Tahoe in 1997. Our Membership consists of 50+ highly experienced executives and entrepreneurs who provide funding, mentoring and strategic introductions for meritorious early-stage technology companies primarily in Nevada and California. We also proactively collaborate with other angel groups throughout the Western States. To date, our Members have funded approximately 100 companies in a wide range of industries, including software, mobile, social media, IT, IoT, robotics, AI, cybersecurity, health tech, clean tech, among others. Sierra Angels is a founding member, and on the Board of Angel Capital Association (ACA).
Somersetcapital
Female-founder and tech leader Juliette-Marie Somerset landed on Wall Street 30 years ago and since then has been breaking glass ceilings for women of color, and actively working towards financial inclusion in the investments space. Juliette-Marie is a leadership executive and startup advisor dedicated to accelerating philanthropy, innovation, insight, and compassion. She is a consultant operating at a senior level with global game-changing tech founders, innovative startups, and angel investors. Her specialties include fintech, cryptocurrency and blockchain, AI, and social impact. She currently mentors with the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, CV VC, Parallel18, and Norrsken Impact Accelerator
bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park
bwtech@UMBC brings research, entrepreneurship, business leads, prospective clients and economic development in the Maryland region to one singular placea place full of like-minded businesses on the forefront of innovation. The bwtech@UMBC community is a center of innovation for businesses in all different stages of development.Our 71-acre community is located minutes from BWI Thurgood Marshall airport and adjacent to UMBC, a research university voted #1 in innovation four years in a row.We are:A location for start-up companies to growA location for established companies to expand their business, network and find talentA place for visiting companies to network with other like-minded businesses
Thomas Franchise Solutions
Thomas Franchise Solutions is a venture capital firm which specializes in growth, seed and early stage investments. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada. It aims at accelerating the organic growth of the portfolio companies through unparalleled network of franchise resources, expertise, partners, and connections. Like private equity firms, TFS invests to provide predictable scalability and growth driven by recurring royalty streams. Like venture capital, TFS can also deploy capital for small strategic investments in emerging franchisors - early stage opportunities with maximum growth potential. The firm was founded in 2012 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
First Flight Venture Center
First Flight Venture Center is an incubator and venture capital firm specializing in early and start-up companies. The firm primarily invests in technology and biotechnology companies. It typically invests in companies based in or relocating to North Carolina. Further, the firm focuses on companies in Research Triangle Park area. It generally invests between $25,000 and $0.25 million. The firm offers office and laboratory space with flexible leases, shared business services and equipment, technology support services, assistance in obtaining financing, and management guidance to its portfolio companies. First Flight Venture Center was founded in 1991 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.
Hercules Capital
Hercules Capital is a non-bank lender to venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development in a broadly diversified variety of technology industries. The firm is focused on providing senior secured loans to venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development in the technology, energy technology, biotechnology, renewable technology and life science sectors. It seeks to provide finance in a variety of transactions such as growth and expansion capital, mezzanine, subordinated and convertible loans, management buyouts, corporate spin-outs, equipment acquisitions, equipment loans and leases, bridge financing, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, seed and early stage financing.
Berggruen Holdings
Mr. Nicolas Berggruen serves as Chairman at Berggruen Holdings. Mr. Berggruen was born in Paris, where he studied at l'Ecole Alsacienne before attending Le Rosey in Switzerland. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business from New York University in 1981. Prior to Berggruen Holdings, he worked for Bass Brothers Enterprises on the real estate side of this family-held investment firm, as well as for Jacobson and Co., a leveraged buyout company. In 1988, Mr. Berggruen co-founded the Alpha Group, a hedge fund operation, which was sold to Safra Bank in 2004. He is a member of the WPO-Angeleno; a board member of Promotora De Informaciones, S.A. (Prisa) and Le Monde.
Fulcrum Capital Group
Fulcrum Capital Group was a private equity investment manager which used to invest $1 to $5 million in equity and mezzanine securities for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts. Fulcrum focused on niche manufacturing and service companies at the lower end of the middle market, and managed a traditional, institutionally-backed private equity limited partnership (Fulcrum Capital Partners), and a federally licensed and regulated Small Business Investment Company (Fulcrum Venture Capital Corporation) with an emphasis on under served communities. The entity is currently out of business and is no longer tracked by PitchBook. It was established in 1997 and was based in Culver City, California.
Fulcrum Capital Group LLC
Fulcrum Capital Group was a private equity investment manager which used to invest $1 to $5 million in equity and mezzanine securities for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts. Fulcrum focused on niche manufacturing and service companies at the lower end of the middle market, and managed a traditional, institutionally-backed private equity limited partnership (Fulcrum Capital Partners), and a federally licensed and regulated Small Business Investment Company (Fulcrum Venture Capital Corporation) with an emphasis on under served communities. The entity is currently out of business and is no longer tracked by PitchBook. It was established in 1997 and was based in Culver City, California.
Techstars Transformative World Torino
This accelerator works with startups focused on building expertise at the intersection of humans and machines in areas that will revolutionize how we live and work including AI, life sciences and health, and data and analytics. Techstars accelerators have one goal: to help entrepreneurs succeed. During each three-month program, we surround companies with the best mentors and an unrivaled network of corporate partners, investors, and alumni. We provide funding and fundraising opportunities, workshops and curated resources, not to mention countless moments where you can learn from your peers. It’s a proven model that’s helped build thousands of successful companies, all over the world.
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. aims to be acknowledged by our customers as the 'go to' resource for improving America's competitiveness and as the 'best practices partner for entrepreneurs and businesses with a technology focus. We will deliver value added programs efficiently and effectively with a bold entrepreneurial spirit, and attract the best and brightest people to collaborative culture and landmark facilities.Specialties:Our mission is to provide services and resources to entrepreneurs and businesses and through collaboration with industry, academia, and government, helps companies innovate and compete, thereby strengthening our nation in the global market.
Reinvestment
Reinvestment Fund is a national mission-driven financial institution that creates opportunity for underserved people and places through partnerships. We marshal the capital, analytics, and expertise necessary to build strong, healthy, and more equitable communities. To qualify for financing, projects must primarily serve persons earning 80% or less of the area median income or be located in low- or moderate-income census tracts. Projects that are eligible include those in the following sectors: rental housing, commercial real estate, supermarkets, K-12 education, early childhood education, health care. Loans must be for a minimum amount of $500,000 and a minimum term of 10 years.
Medconline
MEDC is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides lending to Milwaukee area businesses along with the six surrounding counties for-profit businesses. Our goal is to help you find the access to capital you need to grow your business, through technical assistance and resource referrals, while facilitating business investment that will benefit Milwaukee through job retention, job creation, and neighborhood stabilization. Typically, MEDC works with a bank, savings & loan, or credit union partner to provide the financing your project needs. Check with your current banking partner or we can refer you to a lender we have successfully partnered with.
Penn Venture Partners
Penn Venture Partners is a New Markets Venture Capital Fund, approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), that focuses upon growth and expansion stage venture capital investment within certain under-served markets located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It prefers to invest in the manufacturing, materials and material technology, printing, powdered metals, tool and die, agribusiness, environmental technology, computer hardware and software, interactive media, networking, educational products and services, control systems, industrial automation, energy, telecommunications, biotechnology and life sciences sectors. The firm is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
PeakSpan Capital
Founded in 2015, PeakSpan Capital is a growth equity investment firm with offices in Silicon Valley and New York City that focuses exclusively on growth-stage software companies serving the full spectrum of business buyers from small businesses to large enterprises. PeakSpan strives to be domain experts and thought partners in the next-generation of innovation within software categories such as human capital management, e-commerce services, customer experience management, security, app-centric data services, SMB services automation, "less for less", SaaS+, and app-centric crowd services. PeakSpan provides capital for growth, secondary investments, and acquisition financing.
Reedfund
REED Fund is a community development financial institution dedicated to providing financing and helping to leverage investment to make a difference in the region. REED offers loans that: promote growth; contribute to job, business, and wealth creation; improve the infrastructure and economic base in rural areas. The fund demonstrates cooperative principles of commitment to community and cooperation among cooperatives in a meaningful way that adds value to the local economy. REED Fund is a 501.3.3 nonprofit corporation and does not restrict its lending to members of a rural electric cooperative. Loans benefit retail, service, tourism, manufacturing, and technology sectors.
Longhorn Startup
Longhorn Startup fosters interdisciplinary startup innovation at the University of Texas at Austin. Longhorn Startup Seminar is a lecture-based course for individual students wishing to benefit from the classroom sessions and who may have entrepreneurship opportunities in future semesters. Longhorn Startup Lab is an intensive project-based course in the spring semester that identifies student entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies and gets them course credit for working on their startups while still in school. These students receive weekly one-on-one mentoring sessions with successful entrepreneurs and free coworking memberships at Capital Factory.
Arena Ventures
Mr. Paige Craig is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner and Managing Partner at Arena Ventures. He received an MBA from National University in 1999. He is an experienced angel investor who has invested in over 110 startups in the last seven years, including companies like Lyft, AngelList, Wish, Postmates, Twitter, Styleseat, Zenpayroll, Quizup and more. Paige spent the first half of his career in the Marine Corps and US Intelligence Community and later launched a defense contractor, driving alone into Iraq in 2003 with just $10,000 and expanding operations across the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa and Southeast Asia. He also serves on Board of Rinse.
Empire Angels
Empire Angels is a diverse group of millennials investing in early stage ventures with a focus on supporting young entrepreneurs. We’re training a new generation of angel investors - no bureaucracy, decisions as quickly as possible, collaborative diligence, and roll up your sleeve portfolio support but a long term view on return. We’re a group built on transparency, trust and cooperation, and very selective about who joins our ranks. We’re often the target market for the companies we invest in, and every member supports the entire portfolio, regardless of personal investment. We follow-on, support M&A, introduce to investors and customers, and are vocal, active users.
Graham Gullans
Empire Angels is a diverse group of millennials investing in early stage ventures with a focus on supporting young entrepreneurs. We’re training a new generation of angel investors - no bureaucracy, decisions as quickly as possible, collaborative diligence, and roll up your sleeve portfolio support but a long term view on return. We’re a group built on transparency, trust and cooperation, and very selective about who joins our ranks. We’re often the target market for the companies we invest in, and every member supports the entire portfolio, regardless of personal investment. We follow-on, support M&A, introduce to investors and customers, and are vocal, active users.
1843 Capital
Founded in 2016 by Tracy Killoren Chadwell as an early-stage venture capital firm, 1843 Capital focuses on AgeTech - technology for older adults and their caregivers, and longevity. We invest differently - valuing diverse founders and board members - and we engage differently, with capital, counsel, and connectivity. 1843 Capital was named for the year Ada Byron Lovelace is credited with writing the first computer program. As the only legitimate daughter of poet Lord Byron, Ada found poetry in numbers and is credited with recognizing the full potential of Charles Babbage’s analytical engine. At 1843 Capital we wonder: “what would have happened if Ada was funded.”