I scout, launch and raise capital for tech startups
Edge Sound Research’s award-winning ResonX was featured in Billboard Magazine’s Best Innovation of CES 2023 as the “Best Venue Audio Innovation.” Congrats to Founders Valtteri Salomaki and Ethan Castro and the ESR team.
ESR has invented a new kind of experiential sound in the labs at University of California, Riverside for pro sports stadiums, music, and gaming.
Angel investors and early stage VCs interested in Cleantech –
By 2030, there will be 6 million EV batteries retiring from the road. Disposal is unsustainable and recycling is too expensive and not a viable option with this many batteries going out of service in the coming years.
SoCal startup ReJoule’s battery health diagnostics technology is making the EV industry rethink how to improve the economics of their batteries. Founders Steven Chung and Zora Chung have three projects pending final approval with two Top 10 automakers who will use ReJoule’s tech in their production vehicles and service centers. Combined, that’s over 4,000 dealership service centers in the US alone.
The team is raising a $500K round which will unlock an additional $500K in non dilutive grant funding. If you want to meet the team, get in touch with me. (They are also hiring.)
Another day with another of our amazing Agtech startups from Riverside County making things happen on the national stage as they start to scale. If you are an Agtech Angel investor or Seed Stage VC get in touch with me, you should meet the team from Pharm Robotics.
Elevator pitch:
We are revolutionizing the inoculation process for dairy and beef cows with robotics. The automated system administers and records when vital pharmaceuticals are given. We send this info to the cloud, where farmers with real-time data can make informed decisions pertaining to herd health and labor usage. This leads to an increase in immunization/pregnancy rates, reduced labor/replacement costs, and better milk quality.
I’m looking forward to seeing 5 of the startups we mentor at UCR’s Office of Technology Partnerships pitching investors for their Seed and Series A rounds at the Born in California event today at The Cove in Irvine. Thanks to UC Irvine and Joseph Hensley from U.S. Bank for putting on and sponsoring this amazing event.
Investors – check out Basilard Biotech, Apsidal, Edge Sound Research, FarmSense, Sensorygen and GattaCo. If you need pitch decks or more info, please get in touch.
Accounting for Start-Ups with Early Growth Financial Founder and CEO David Ehrenberg and Scott Brovsky.
All startups working on their pitch decks and financials should watch this video.
I am bullish on 2021 for the Riverside tech startups we are bringing out of the labs at University of California, Riverside as well as the community startups we mentor in Riverside, Inland Empire and the larger SoCal region. One of the startups I have mentored for 2 years just raised a million dollar round (for a total of $1.75M raised). We have 6 other amazing Riverside tech startups raising capital right now. New high paying jobs are being created by these Founders.
The Riverside region is becoming known for Agtech, Cleantech, Logistics tech and Life Sciences innovation.
Angel investors and VCs – get in touch with me for high quality, vetted deal flow.
These are the tech and scalable startups in the Riverside and Inland Empire region with the most traction I am tracking in March (in alphabetical order):