socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames.

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Steve Reich

DECEMBER 31, 2014

4 Exits, including Bluebeam for $100mm. • $4.7mm in new funding for portfolio companies. • We’ve also been building relationships with incubators and other investors in the ecosystem. IP events have brought great focus to the area, and we’ve been glad to both attend and financially support their events. 20 New Angels joined.

Pasadena Angels 45

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel IP 45

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. I ended up building a lot of their technology, but unfortunately, they ran out of funding. What are your specific plans for the new funding from the angels?

Tech Coast Angels 178

Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

The legislation allows United States universities, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations to retain intellectual property rights of inventions developed from federal government-funded research. That law helped kick-start the modern tech transfer field.

Patents 67

Patents Research Anthem Education 67

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. Seattle has its patrons.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317