Space Technology and Investment Forum

Band member Thomas Dittler, Chair of the AeroAstro Special Interest Group (SiG) was a speaker on the topic of “International Investment in Space Activities” at the Space Technology and Investment Forum held on August 30th - 31st in San Francisco. Organized by the Space Foundation, it was a prestigious gathering of some of the most innovative, insightful and visionary professionals from the entrepreneurial and investment sectors of space and technology.

The Band of Angels AeroAstro SiG is interested in mentoring and investing in interesting start up teams in this domain (broadly defined: new space, new aeronautics and related services, technologies, components). For more information, please contact Thomas Dittler. 

Band of Angels Accelerators SiG at RocketSpace

Band of Angels is pleased to be RocketSpace campus partner. Founded in San Francisco in 2011, RocketSpace is a leading technology-focused accelerator for seed funded or beyond, fast growth companies. Band of Angels will be providing mentoring, workshops on seed stage startup funding, and hold office hours. We look forward to meeting the RocketSpace startup members.

IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit

Band member Kurt Petersen, Chair of the Band of Angels Wearables, Consumer & Semiconductor Special Interest Group (WCS SIG), participated in the inaugural IEEE Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit (IEEE VIC Summit). The Summit brought leading innovators, visionaries, and disruptors in technology together in San Francisco. The panel session that Kurt participated in, “Entrepreneurship: Innovating and Challenges,” was a big hit with the audience and addressed many stimulating questions.

Image (L-R: Mario Milicevic, Kurt Petersen, Samantha Snabes and Craig Barratt)

PitchForce

Band member Bruce Walicek participated on the August 24th PitchForce panel to offer feedback, mentoring, and guidance to the presenting startups. PitchForce is a monthly fundraising event for startups in software, social, mobile, big data, consumer web, finance/payments, clean tech, biotech or MedTech sectors. 

Portfolio News: NGX Bio Raises $3 Million to Fund Growth of Its DNA Sequencing Marketplace

NGX Bio, Inc., (www.NGXbio.com) the premier marketplace for online DNA sequencing services, announced it has closed a $3 million funding round.  The round was led by 180 Degree Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:TURN) and included Third Kind Venture Capital, Lateral Capital, the Band of Angels and the Berkeley Angel Network, as well as other investors.

NGX Bio was founded in 2014 to provide streamlined, on-line access to next-generation sequencing services for clients seeking high quality, rapid and cost-effective sequencing of both human and non-human samples globally.

Read the full press release here