9th North Bay Growth and Innovation Forum, Santa Rosa, CA Oct. 20, 2010 - (StartupReport)

Posted Wed, 09/01/2010 - 11:12 by jroymartinez

October 20, 2010
12 Noon - 5PM

Hyatt Vineyard Creek
170 Railroad Street
Santa Rosa, CA

5 Company Pitches
10 Company Poster Presentations
Rapid Roundtable Educational Program

The October 2010 North Bay Growth & Innovation Forum is the ninth in a series that showcases about 150 CEOs, world‐class business executives, service providers, angel and venture capital investors, and founders of standout emerging and second‐stage companies. The Forum will feature at least five high quality company presentations for investors, along with poster presentations from at least 10 companies looking for advice, strategic partners or other resources. Over 70 companies have participated in the program and received more than $25 million in funding as a result. Past participants have included barspace.tv, Solmetric Corporation, True2Life, Red Condor, Secured for Banking, Mosaic Assist, and Season Studios. This program has won regional, state and national awards for innovative entrepreneurial spirit. The event is a collaborative production of the City of Santa Rosa, the Santa Rosa Chamber of
Commerce, and the North Bay Angels.

The event features a keynote address by Doug Clark, CEO of Métier LTD, along with Rapid Roundtables offering timely advice for today’s business. Topics will be announced as they are confirmed.

2010 North Bay Investor Summit - Cars, Cabernet & Cash! Rohnert Park, CA - (StartupReport)

Posted Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:09 by jroymartinez

The 2010 North Bay Investor Summit (NBIS) is a premier gathering of the angel capital community. The goal of NBIS is to bring together investors and entrepreneurs looking for funding and was created to foster collaborations among angel groups, as well as reach out to the larger investment community.

Hosted by the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster in partnership with the North Bay Angels and the Keiretsu Forum.

Energy Efficiency Start-Up Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year - StartupReport (Press Release)

Posted Wed, 08/25/2010 - 12:18 by EnovativeGroup

Venice, CA-Enovative Group, Inc. has been nominated by Entrepreneur Magazine as 1 of 5 finalists for "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year", a nationwide contests that ends September 10th.

Enovative Group believes that energy efficiency is the easiest and most cost-sensible approach to reducing energy consumption. The company, started in 2007, is dedicated to researching and producing the next generation of energy efficiency solutions.

Digitalle to present at Angel Investment Network in London - 14 September 2010. - StartupReport

Posted Mon, 08/23/2010 - 11:55 by digitalle

Digitalle today announces that it will be taking part in the UK Angel Investment Network's pitch event to be held on Tuesday, 14th September 2010 at the Grosvenor Hotel, in Victoria, London.

The event, which is the first to be held since July, will be attended by around 50 angel investors and between 15 to 20 companies looking for investment covering a wide range of industries and stages of development.

Wappwolf - Austrian startup will launch at “DEMO Conference” in Silicon Valley - StartupReport (Press Release)

Posted Fri, 08/20/2010 - 07:24 by WAPPWOLF

Vienna/Silicon Valley, August 20, 2010. The Austrian startup company Wappwolf is invited to launch its platform at the DEMO Conference Fall 2010 (13-15 Sep) in Silicon Valley. Wappwolf has been selected after a tough application process. Each company has six minutes on stage to convince world-wide press, decision-making investors and market-defining visionaries of having the product most likely to have a significant impact on the marketplace and market trends in the years to come. The DEMO Conference has been the leading launchpad for emerging technologies for the last 20 years. Past participants like Adobe Systems with its Acrobat, Netscape with its Navigator, Sun Microsystems with its JAVA and Palm Computing with its first Handheld-PDA have redefined their industry’s market.

Empire Avenue Secures Seed Investment (StartupReport)

Posted Mon, 08/16/2010 - 07:22 by EmpireAve

Edmonton, AB, Canada, August 12 - A private group of prominent angel investors headed by Boris Wertz of W Media Ventures has provided seed funding to Empire Avenue (www.empireavenue.com), the world’s first influence stock market. The investment monies will be used to help accelerate development initiatives for the site, including the impending launch of its Avenue Rewards program and advertising platform, as well as fund marketing initiatives to increase user base and awareness.

theGOOD releases New Online MarketPlace, http://SellSimp.ly Built on Twitter (StartupReport)

Posted Wed, 08/11/2010 - 15:55 by Awordsmith

PORTLAND, Ore. (August 11, 2010) – theGOOD (www.thegood.com), an interactive think tank that develops socially-engaging experiences and products, announces the launch of Sell Simply (http://sellsimp.ly/), an online marketplace built on Twitter to allow for fast, easy and transparent purchasing and selling.