The California Technology Council added to its growing list of member benefits with a new program delivered through Silicon Valley Bank and its SVB Analytics affiliate. SVB Analytics will provide CTC members with 409A valuations on a discounted basis.
Keeping Passion in a Startup
CTC Adds Foundersuite Member Benefit
CTC Adds PitchBook Member Benefit
Punched in the Face
CBIA Becomes State Association Partner of NBIA
CBIA Meets at Flex Lab IX
Entrepreneurship and Policy Leadership
Take the Leap!
Rob Nordsell of EIE Materials Goes Inside the Founder's Studio
The Clock is Ticking!
Clean Acres Tours Levi Stadium
First Pitch: Aerospace + Drones Flies High
Yield, Resources and Land Use: The Future in Ag Improved by Drones
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS, or "drones" for some), are quickly finding applications in fields as diverse as entertainment, infrastructure and agriculture. Longitudinal data collection makes that image capture more valuable to agriculture and utilities over time. For agtech applications, the mashup of mapping to image collection holds tremendous promise.
Kauffman Index Shows Startups Rising
Connora Wins Best in Show
At our First Pitch: Renewables on May 7th, judges declared Connora Technologies to be “Best in Show”. The win for Connora reflects excitement over very promising technology which will enable manufacturing from composites based on recycled material. To mark the occasion, we spoke to Rey Banatao, CEO of Connora Technologies.
CTC: Rey, Connora Technologies talks about cradle-to-cradle manufacturing. Why is that going to be important?
REY: The simple answer will be cost. We currently deal in the world of composites, where valuable materials like carbon fiber currently are degraded and/or discarded at the end of life, and as manufacturing waste. We believe that is untapped value the industry can take advantage of.
Clean Acres Goes Inside Levi Stadium
Thomson Reuters 2015 State of Innovation Released
CTC Establishes MOU with Australia's ATP Innovations
Foley Partners with CTC on Unique Startup Service
CTC's First Pitch Series has a new partner in the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. Foley joins the CTC and will now support the advancement of startups through First Pitch in several ways, including the provision of mentoring and coaching to those selected to present at First Pitch events. Learn more about First Pitch here.