Very interactive Band of Angels VC SIG meeting with the CEOs of Band portfolio companies Paul Fulton, Nwave (Smart Cities Solutions) and Sara Schaer, Kango (Rides and Care for Kids). The VC SiG enables closer collaboration between the Band and participating VCs. Thanks to Band members Jack Guedj and Bill Loesch for being co-chairs, and the many Band members for their engaged participation.
Band of Angels Members on Panels
May 8th, 2018 PitchForce @ Galvanize, San Francisco, CA
Wonderful to have Band member George Gardner-Serra at yesterday's PitchForce panel. We are asked to provide Band member angels for numerous panels and speaking opportunities. These are a great way of sharing your knowledge, meeting fellow panelists, and finding interesting startups. If you are willing to serve on a panel please click here and we will include you on a distribution list of such opportunities.
May 2nd Mentor Day Recap: 65 Startups and 36 Band Angel Investor Mentors
We had a very successful Band of Angels Mentor Day on May 2nd in partnership with Hanson Bridgett LLP. Big thanks to all the Band members that met with 65 startups for one on one mentoring, and Ronald Weissman, Sonja Markova and Ashutosh Gupta for organizing this annual "give-back" event. Look forward to staying in touch with the teams as they continue to make progress, and hopefully see many of them at the Band for funding. Special thanks to Teresa Pahl, Scott Smith, Alison Wright, and Jonathan Storper for meeting with the startups for legal mentoring.
Band Member Ronald Weissman joins Angel Capital Association Board
Congratulations to Band of Angels member Ronald Weissman for joining the Angel Capital Association (ACA) Board this year, in addition to Juliana Garaizar, James Goulka, Lorine Pendleton, Esq., and Rick Timmins. The Band's Chairman Ian Sobieski was a founding member of ACA.
Read the ACA announcement here. Photo credit: Jill LeGrow.
Portfolio News: OtoSense acquired by Analog Devices
We are very pleased to announce the Band of Angels 61st M&A exit: OtoSense (May 2016 Band Dinner), which developed the first platform leveraging a proprietary artificial intelligence and sound processing technology to perform a next-generation machine condition monitoring, has been acquired by Analog Devices, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of analog, mixed signal, and DSP integrated circuits to help solve the toughest engineering challenges.
Congratulations to the Band of Angels members that invested and the OtoSense team!
We enjoyed raising funds from Band of Angels members. The process was clear, the organization perfect, and we learned a lot from our discussions with this open-minded community.
— Sebastien Christian, CEO OtoSense