Can you see your startup on the stage for SAC 21? Will you be part of our investment pool? Contact John Dex johndex.sac@gmail.com to learn more!
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These 5 Startups are getting good traction and are presenting at the SAC 20 Final Demo Day November 17. Come and cheer them on.
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Angels play a key role in funding early health and life sciences startups, particularly where non-diluted grant funds do not allow payment for business development. Apis Health Angels is a mini MBA in health investing and company due diligence. Investors can learn to ask the right questions and not accept at face value company responses. Please contact crossnichol@apishealthangels.com to learn more.
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On April 12, Abterra Bio (formally Digital Proteomics) WON the $200,000 investment offered by Seattle Angel Conference (SAC) round 19.
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It was a hard decision, but we have gone from 81 amazing companies down to the 6 finalists for SAC 19.
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We’re down to the 12 Semi Finalists. Really tough competition -- great work everybody! The final phase of SAC 19 will be on April 6 when we vote on the 6 finalists.
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On March 9, the SAC 19 round did the hard work of narrowing the 81 excellent companies that had applied down to 24 Quarter Finalists. The finalists are covered here.
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Alex Mauritz talks about his Seattle Angel Conference Experience.
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Elaine Werffeli has been collecting data about how the Seattle Startup Angel Investors have been engaging. She explores the data of the different Angel groups, and how that fits into the larger patterns of Angel Investing nationally.
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A couple weeks into the Covid-19 pandemic, Garfield highschool junior Dylan Stepherson wanted to find a way to help support his community. He wasted no time enlisting his sister Eva, who's in ninth grade.
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Mikaela Interview Laura Clise from Intentionalist.
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Julie Schlosser from Seattle Angel Conference Interviews Marshall Bex from Vooks.
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58 companies share what they learned from their engagement at Seattle Angel Conference XVII 17
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Mikaela Kiner interviews Xiao Wang of Boundless about starting his startup.
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Moonlit Skincare CEO Stephanie Kim and Mikaela Kiner have a conversation about thriving as an entrepreneur.
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After several rounds of review, pitches, and evaluation, the 45 investors in SAC 17 have selected the six finalists for Seattle Angel Conference.
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Mikaela Kiner interviews Shannon Anderson from Madrona Venture Group.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Brett Greene is founder and CEO of New Tech Northwest – the fastest growing monthly event group in Meetup.com history (out of 300,000 international organizations) with over 45,000 members.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Edward Un is working as Senior Program Manager, Cloud + AI Speech & Language, at Microsoft. In his free time, he is involved in Angel Investing.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Eric Berman started his career at Microsoft. Today, he is co-chair at Element 8 Angels.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Gary R. Ritner is co-founder and president of the Puget Sound Venture Club, PSVC.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Jon Staenberg has raised and managed multiple funds and is an experienced angel investor having invested in about 400 startups.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Peter Chee is founder & CEO of Thinkspace. He is fascinated by the personality of entrepreneurs and enjoys being surrounded by people who do things that have never been done before.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Rebecca has been involved in several key organizations in Seattle’s startup ecosystem, such as Alliance of Angels, Northwest Entrepreneur Network, GeekWire and the University of Washington. Today, Rebecca is executive director of Create33, a resource center for technology entrepreneurs.
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. Sharad Agarwal is an active angel investor in Seattle. His professional background is in computer science R&D, and he is working for Microsoft.
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Julie Interviews Angela Roberts from Conquer Experience about SAC Experience
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The blog-series “Startup People of Seattle” introduces some of the key personas in the ecosystem to learn more about what they are doing, to share their thoughts and ideas, and to promote networking. In our ninth interview, meet Josh Trujillo: “The two things founders who I have talked to struggled with the most were hiring and sales.” Josh recently moved from San Francisco to Seattle. He now is member success manager at Galvanize. Ahead of this interview, Josh talked to many entrepreneurs at Galvanize asking them what they struggle with most. https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-trujillo-076046100/
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Jim Benson from Modus Institute comments on how to get the most from online conferences.
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Akhila talks about her experiences at SAC XVI 16
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