Earliest Stage Funding
PREREGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED BUT YOU ARE WELCOME REGISTER AT THE DOOR
What precedes Pre-Seed when your company is 3 PhDs and a dog?
The landscape for startup funding is changing rapidly with initial investments harder to find. But more technology than ever is available for starting companies and many great companies were formed during economic downturns. Can entrepreneurs launch a new venture in the current environment when they are still “3 PhDs and a Dog”? Is there funding for them other than “Friends, Family and Fools”? Can partnerships fill the void? Can they mix equity funding with Federal Grant funding?
Join us to explore the options with expert speakers who are investors, successful entrepreneurs, technology transfer leaders and government funding officials. After keynote presentation and panel discussion there will be audience Q&A along with plenty of networking
Keynote Speakers
Julie Schoenfeld
Entrepreneur in Residence, Physical Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Andrea Belz, Ph.D.
Vice Dean of Transformative Initiatives
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Speakers
Kevin Barrett
Managing Partner
Freeflow Ventures
Alex Ballatori
Cofounder & CEO
StrokeDx
Producers
Lynn Foster
Founder and CEO
Z-Field Technologies
Andy Tomat
Managing Director
Four Pillars, Inc.
Coffee and Networking begin at 8:00 am.
Free Parking Underground: Right turn at signal on east side of Cahill (turn right at tennis courts); parking lot entrance 75 yards on right.
Advance Ticket Sales:
General Admission: $30.00 ($40.00 at door)
Students: $20.00* ($25.00 at door, must be full time student)
Caltech Students - No Charge with Current ID*
Advance Ticket Sales end on Friday, April 19th at 1:00 PM PST.
*Current Valid ID required for all student admissions. Full admission price will be charged without ID.
Coffee and Networking begin at 8:00 am.
Free Parking Underground: Right turn at signal on east side of Cahill (turn right at tennis courts); parking lot entrance 75 yards on right.