Yes, Angel Capital Summit 2014 is coming up Tuesday and Wednesday this week, followed by an investor-only forum on Thursday morning, all at the DU Campus.
We have so much to offer everyone at this event including 25 great companies pitching, dozens of angel and VC investors, two keynotes and six panels with some of Denver’s top CEO’s, VCs, investment bankers, brand builders and impact investing experts.
This year we’re featuring our first Colorado Student Venture Challenge that pits DU, CU Boulder, CU Denver, CSU and UNC against each other. With each of these schools building stronger entrepreneurial programs, we’re impressed with the quality of the student teams we’re seeing.
Check us out at www.angelcapitalsummit.org
Day 3: March 20, 2014 All Investor ForumOnly Accredited Investors. Free - REGISTER HEREAfter the event March 20, 2014 8:00am, RVC’s Angel Investing Groups will meet at the DU Daniels Building 2101 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO Sixth Floor Schneider Board Room.Once annual All-Area Angel Investor Forum, bringing together angels from the Denver Tech Center, Boulder and Golden to discuss the pitches and collaborate together on investing in the companies. We will discuss what criteria and resources angels can use to evaluate deals. This all-area angel meeting is held only once a year – and we take this time to get to know each other and to choose which of the many companies pitching at ACS we want to continue to look at and pursue due diligence.After the 2012/2013 Angel Capital Summits, RVC investors syndicated with other investors around the country to invest over $15 million in 24 companies that pitched at Rockies Venture Club
Keynote Speakers[ibimage==26455==Original==none==self==null]Kim Jordan is CEO and Co-Founder of New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado.
As a classic basement startup, New Belgium’s beginnings were entrepreneurial; it’s now the third largest craft brewery and the first brewery in the United States to specialize in Belgian style beers. New Belgium is known for its commitment to environmental stewardship, and under Kim’s leadership, they have developed a set of interwoven practices that include employee ownership, high involvement culture, advocacy and of course drinking beer together.
In January of 2013, New Belgium announced the sale of 100 per cent of the brewery to its 475 co-workers. This enabled the formation of a family foundation with a goal of creating a new business model. Ms. Jordan and New Belgium have been widely recognized as business role models; she received the EPA’s highest regional award for Environmental Excellence and in 2012 was Entrepreneur Magazine’s CEO of the Year and CEO of the year by Colorado Biz Magazine. New Belgium was voted as one of the top ten best places to work by Outside Magazine, Men’s Journal, and The Wall Street Journal.
[ibimage==26456==Original==none==self==null]Michael Vaughan, Co-founder and CEO of the Regis Company.
Michael is Co-Founder and CEO of The Regis Company, a leadership consulting firm. Fortune 500 companies and government agencies from nearly 40 countries around the globe consistently return to The Regis Company to affect real change within their organizations.
Michael is a recognized thought leader in system thinking and business dynamics. He has published two books on leadership development. “The Thinking Effect: Rethinking Thinking to Create Great Leaders and the New Value Worker,” is a revolutionary approach that redefines smart thinking and effective learning by teaching leaders and workers how rather than what to think. His previous book, “The End of Training: How Simulations are Reshaping Business,” explores the applicability of computer-aided simulation technologies to leadership development and workforce transformation. Over the course of his career, Mike has focused extensively on learning technology innovations, having worked on teams that developed the first computer simulation portal and one of the first learning and content management systems.
As a leading authority on serious games and business simulations, Mike currently serves on a number of boards in an advisory capacity to member companies of the Interactive Gaming and Simulations Alliance (IGSA). He holds degrees in cognitive science and computer science from Colorado State University.
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xAirborne Media Group – Inc. Audioair®, is groundbreaking technology that permits smartphone and tablet users to selectively listen to muted TVs in private and public venues such as sports bars, universities, casinos, and fitness clubs.
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x30dB – A consumer facing, horizontal opinion discovery engine providing analyzed, aggregate
public opinion on any topic of interest from our near real time analysis of social media
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xBrandfolder -TechsStars alumni that provides a standardized platform for all official, company-provided brand information.
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xConferenceEdge, Inc. – Makes organizing people around professional subject matter via meetings, conferences, learning and events, more profitable and efficient.
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xCharless Grilling Systems LLC. -The new CHARLESS design technology guarantees noticeably improved gourmet end results to today’s health conscious back-yard chef.
xxEcosweeteners – The world’s first fair trade, zero calorie, non-GMO organic sweetener (named Suvia) and the world’s first honey substitute (named nobee) in granular form.
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xFrontline Aerospace, Inc. – Builds bolt on retrofit gas turbine efficiency products that save 10-40% in fuel for ground-based Rolls Royce turbines and airborne turboshaft engines.
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xLakeshore – A 2014 Denver Business Journal top Staffing Company with a mission to build the world’s largest, most trusted recruiting network.
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xLumed Science Inc. – A medical device product realization company focused on creating designs that integrate light to improve visualization
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xNuritas, Ltd – Specializes in nutritional-bioinformatics that can be added to human and animal food, beverages, dietary supplements and cosmetics to deliver scientifically-proven, functional products.
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xOcta - Creates distinctive mobile accessories that make your digital experience more enjoyable and holds your iPad or tablet in impossible places
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xORBTR – The first marketing platform built specifically for small organizations who run their websites on WordPress
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xOptiEnz Sensors - Develops and sells instrumentation systems that use enzymes and optical fiber technology to provide in-place and continuous measurement of the concentration of organic chemicals in water.
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xParasoleil – An impact company that has brought to market a new category of domestically made, sustainable, maintenance-free shade and screening products for high end residential developments and commercial brands.
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xPennybuilt – Patented micro-investing that links to any debit card and invests amounts small as $0.10 each time you spend (or at scheduled times) across all of your goals, and into market-grade investments
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xPhoncert – A mobile audio streaming app that puts live music in the earbuds of the fan.
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xRadio 360 – Is the most easily personalized internet radio platform available. The player has been designed to reflect the way people already consume music—mixing genres, old favorites and new music—without changing the station.
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xYooshu – Builds and will operate retail kiosks to sell customized flip-flops worldwide. Created in approximately 5 minutes with an impression of the customer’s footprint on the top and customer selected graphic art on the bottom.
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xXero Shoes – As seen on Shark Tank, Xero Shoes makes barefoot-inspired footwear. Over 50,000 people wear our lightweight recreational performance sandals for walking, hiking, yoga, working out, paddle boarding, taking a stroll, or even running a 100-mile ultramarathon. UNIVERSITY STRARTUP CHALLENGE
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xCU-Denver: AppIt Ventures- AppIt Ventures is a high-end, boutique mobile app development company based in Denver. They specialize in building custom apps that generate brand engagement, drive productivity, and increase revenues.
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xCU-Boulder: RADO Distilling – Rado Distilling is “Distilling Colorado” into its Radorums and Brandies by using only 100% Colorado grown fruits and vegetables in everything we make.
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xUNC: Omirown Entertainment, Omirown Entertainment is a mobile smartphone gaming development company.
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xCSU: The Wild Gym: Wild Gym aka Monkii Bars has developed the lightweight and ultra-portable suspension training tool that ignites adventure and enables you to work out anywhere.
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xDU: RentEase -RentEase is a property management software engineered from the ground up for residential landlords who experience daily simple issues and headaches around rental properties.
Ticket Tracker as of 3/14/2014
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Look who is coming to ACS 2014! These are the people you need to know!
- Access Venture Partners
- AFP Group
- Braddock holdings company
- CBIZ MHM, LLC.
- CoBiz
- Colorado Governor’s Office
- CU-Boulder
- Digital Mosaic, Inc.
- DTZ Americas, Inc.
- Efficient Consulting, LLC
- Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- Fairfield and Woods, P.C.
- Goldwing Capital
- High Country Venture
- Industrial Marketing and Management, LLC
- JGDVentures
- Johnson & Wales University
- K&B Investments, LLC
- Keating Capital
- Kreloff Equity Partners
- Medea Ventures
- Moska Ventures
- Pacific Crest Securities
- Porter Capital Corp.
- Progressive Business Development Network
- PV Ventures
- PWJ Strategies
- Quib LLC
- Rayo Strategic Partners
- Regis
- Roaring Fork Business Resource Center
- Sheridan Ross
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Spiffit Inc.
- Spire Media
- St. Charles Capital
- Starpath IT Inc
- Sympoz Inc
- Talus BioConsulting Inc
- TechCXO
- The Wild Gym Company
- ThinkImpact Company
- TiE Rockies
- Transaction Management
- University of Denver
- Venture Law Advisors, LLC
- VisionLink
- Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
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Peter Adams is Executive Director of the Rockies Venture Club, Managing Director of the Rockies Venture Fund and co-author of Venture Capital for Dummies, (John Wiley & Sons 2013) Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and your local book store.
