Leo Polovets is a software engineer turned venture capitalist, now investing in early
stage technology startups as an angel investor and partner at Susa Ventures.
In tech terms it's not huge, but what's interesting is that it's the first social investment fund that will make equity investments focused on seed
stage technology startups.
A good place to look in the legal profession for fast adoption of potentially disruptive technology is startup law — corporate law applied to early -
stage technology startups.
He's worked extensively with early
stage technology startups, from stints at Detroit Venture Partners, Mercury Fund, and Invest Detroit to several consulting engagements to identify commercialization opportunities for University research.
Not exact matches
«Most of the
startups Bloomberg Beta invests in and works with have an open plan,» says Karin Klein, a partner at Beta, a Bloomberg venture fund that invests in early
stage technology companies.
Technology, the team and timing are key factors in early -
stage funding, says Shalini Prakash, venture partner at 500
Startups.
INovia Capital, where he is a partner, is one of Canada's most prescient early -
stage venture capital firms, with investments in many of the country's most promising
technology startups.
In early 2014, he began consulting for an early
stage startup that invests in
technology companies.
At the Challenge Festival,
startups like as BaseTrace, which «uses DNA - based tracers to track where industrial fluids are going in large, complex environments» and Reliefwatch, a cloud - based system that uses smartphone
technology to track inventory and diseases for healthcare organizations in the developing world, battled it out on
stage for a grand prize of $ 150,000 in investment.
Founded in 2012, Whirlscape has been supported by Silicon Valley
startup accelerator Y Combinator, the Creative Destruction Lab, and UTEST, the MaRS Innovation and University of Toronto accelerator program for early -
stage technologies.
Dheeraj Jain, managing partner at London - based investment firm Redcliffe Capital, is set to launch a $ 50 million early -
stage fund to invest in
technology startups in India and overseas.
Charles was also a founding member of 80amps, where he worked to create and advise a portfolio of seed -
stage startup companies across consumer goods,
technologies, and media platforms.
It's often the case that blockchain
startups raise their first outside rounds as ICOs, but size-wise these funding events look less like seed rounds and more like super late -
stage technology growth rounds.
India and US - based early
stage investment firm India Internet Fund (IIF), which was earlier known as India Internet Group, plans to invest $ 50,000 - 200,000 (Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1.2 crore) in up to 10 mobile
technology startups in 2015, a top executive of the firm told Techcircle.in.
The
technology investment arm of Eros Ventures is incubating early -
stage startups in fashion,
technology and digital healthcare segments.
[1] It remains early in the development of businesses around the
technology, with many
startups still in the proof - of - concept
stage — however, if successful, these companies are poised to generate tremendous value.
Patricia invests in early -
stage consumer and business service
technology startups across a wide range of industries including the sharing economy, real estate and food tech sectors.
Drawing from decades of experience with cutting edge
technologies, both as a founder and an operator, Beyda looks to invest in
startups and later -
stage companies solving real problems with cutting - edge
technology.
Rebel Ventures invests in and / or advises
startups at any
stage aiming to transform the worlds of sports and entertainment through innovative products or services that focus on fan engagement, media +
technology and enhancing consumer brand experiences.
Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early
stage venture capital firm focused on high - growth
technology startups in the Midwest.
The
Startup Factory Runs an intensive three month program customized for early stage startup companies, providing $ 50,000 in seed capital, hands - on mentorship and access to a network of angels, startup founders and technology
Startup Factory Runs an intensive three month program customized for early
stage startup companies, providing $ 50,000 in seed capital, hands - on mentorship and access to a network of angels, startup founders and technology
startup companies, providing $ 50,000 in seed capital, hands - on mentorship and access to a network of angels,
startup founders and technology
startup founders and
technology experts
EVP is an early -
stage technology venture capital firm focused on pre-seed & seed
startups in the Toronto - Waterloo corridor.
Vab Media's founder Vania Benavides comes from an extensive background in consumer branding, which gives us an innovative advantage in helping entrepreneurs and early
stage startups to growth hack and adapt to new trends in
technology and internet marketing.
However, we work closely with Amadeus Ventures, our corporate venture capital fund focusing on early -
stage investments in
startups sitting at the crossroads of travel and
technology, as well as select third - party investment groups.
OurCrowd, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, has partnered with Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), Reliance Industries (NSE: Reliance) and Yissum
Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to operate an «innovation technology incubator» that will support the growth of early stage startups in
Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to operate an «innovation
technology incubator» that will support the growth of early stage startups in
technology incubator» that will support the growth of early
stage startups in Jerusalem.
For example, Life.SREDA is a Singapore - based venture capital firm that invests early -
stage, primarily in Asia - based financial
technology and internet
startup companies.
By encouraging early
stage investments into Aussie
startups, the NISA aims to help advancements in
technology find footholds in Australia, particularly in FinTech ecosystems.
We invite all
technology driven (web, mobile, software, hardware, drone, e-commerce, big data, AI, VR, SaaS etc.) early -
stage startups based in Switzerland (or willing to relocate) to apply for funding from our smart money investors (in the range CHF 200» 000.
Theresia Gouw, a former partner at Accel Partners, and Jennifer Fonstad, a former managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, have formed Aspect Ventures, a firm that will invest in early -
stage startups creating mobile
technology.
Shoptalk
Startup Pitch features 15 early
stage companies with pioneering
technologies and business models.
The investments are in early -
stage businesses in the
technology industry or
startups based on a new patents, said Hendriks, who declined to give the companies» names.
The Government also plans to launch the $ 2 billion Innovation &
Technology Venture Fund in the first half of this year to encourage contributions from venture capital funds into early stage startups from fintech and other technolog
Technology Venture Fund in the first half of this year to encourage contributions from venture capital funds into early
stage startups from fintech and other
technologytechnology sectors.
She joined MaRS in early 2005, following her role as president and CEO of Primaxis
Technology Ventures, a
startup -
stage venture capital fund focused on the advanced
technologies sector.
The Summit will also feature a «
Startup Showcase» curated by InSITE Fellows (a prominent
technology leadership development program), where early
stage entrepreneurs will be given a platform to present their companies to TechTable attendees.
The six Lab to Launch Finalists, all of whom live, work, or study in the District, have ideas or early -
stage startups in high - tech sectors ranging from drone
technology to healthcare.
At last week's presentation, «Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture: From Cambridge to Tajikistan Using Raspberry Pis and the Sneakernet,» Beary shared her experiences with Entrepreneurial Lab (eLab)-- an entrepreneurship education program for high - potential, disadvantaged young women between the ages of 12 and 15 around the world — both in an effort to capture the early
stages of a
startup and to share how the organization has used low - cost
technology to reach young women living in remote parts of low - income countries.
In 2017 PublishDrive was accepted into a six - month accelerator program that matches top growth -
stage startups from emerging ecosystems with the best of Google — its people, network, and advanced
technologies — to help scale great products.
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After that Mike switched to investment banking at Garage.com (now Garage
Technology Ventures) where he helped early
stage startups raise money from angel investors and VCs.
Now, I primarily spend my time assessing early
stage technology - enabled
startups for investment consideration by a venture capital fund that makes seed, series A and series B investments.
The NVIDIA Early
Stage Challenge is a
startup competition targeting young companies that are innovating with GPU - driven
technologies.
Some are being led by innovative new
startups at the early
stages of
technology development, while others have been in commercial operation for decades.
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Jordan practiced law for 8 years, with a focus on business law for early
stage startups,
technology commercialization, and venture capital and angel investing.
The attorneys in Egan Nelson's
Technology & Venture Capital group have collectively represented hundreds of market - leading entrepreneurs, startups, and growth - stage technology companies on billions of dollars in transactions in a wide variety of i
Technology & Venture Capital group have collectively represented hundreds of market - leading entrepreneurs,
startups, and growth -
stage technology companies on billions of dollars in transactions in a wide variety of i
technology companies on billions of dollars in transactions in a wide variety of industries.
At the upcoming CBA Canadian Legal Conference on August 12th, five of Canada's top early -
stage legal
technology startups will gather to compete for a coveted two - week residency with LegalX at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and the attention of investors.
The number of lawyers over the years who have attempted to re-brand themselves as
startup lawyers — meaning corporate lawyers with a heavy specialization in early -
stage technology and venture capital — has gone up significantly.
The landscape in Canada is significantly worse than the United States for this, as very few investors are open to early -
stage investments in legal
technology and innovation
startups.
One new focus is LawMediaLabs, Inc., an incubator and vehicle to invest in and develop early
stage legal
technology startups.
The Canadian Bar Association also recently announced that, with support from LexisNexis, it will be partnering with LegalX to hold a competition — titled «The Pitch» — which will bring «Canada's top five early -
stage legal
technology startups together on
stage to compete for a coveted two - week residency with LegalX at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and the attention of investors.»
Following law school, 15 years in marketing — business development capacities for several of the world's largest professional services firms (management consulting, law, and real estate) and a few years as a CMO and early
stage investor in
technology startups, Jay co-founded Platform Strategy and Elite Lawyer Management.