Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana

This is a white paper generated from a first meeting of several principals involved in Angel Groups. They at MIT last spring to explore the relatively recent explosive growth of more formally structured angel investing…

Products range from implants to inline skates Ashok Khandkar, CEO and co-founder of Amedica Inc. in Salt Lake City, gives a presentation on tissue-engineered orthopedic implants at the fourth annual Intermountain Venture Forum at the…

A former steel town, now an engine of high tech job growth, Pittsburgh, PA, was the site of the 2002 National Association of Seed and Venture Fund annual meeting last week. In this case, the…

Bruce Gjovig, Director of the North Dakota Center for Innovation, presents an array of programs used in the state to try to deal with the scarcity of institutional venture capital. He made this power-point presnetation…

Renewed interest in a state-backed venture capital incentive had economic development boosters cautiously optimistic on Wednesday. Julie Howard The Idaho Statesman The cheering was expected because venture capital firms and economic development groups were hearty…

An expanded two-day program will allow for more wheelin´ and dealin´ at this year´s Intermountain Venture Forum, set to begin Wednesday at the Boise Centre on The Grove. Julie Howard The Idaho Statesman The annual…

As my children returned to school last month, I thought about the things they need to learn this year. There are the basics, of course – the traditional ”reading, writing, arithmetic” – and, increasingly important,…

This highly interactive seminar presented by the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (http;//www.nasvf.org) introduces prospective seed investors to the ins and outs of technology business investing and provides effective methods for working together…

Dreaming up a new business is hard. Drafting a business plan is harder. Finding a location, buying inventory, hiring employees and quitting your current job are all hard too. Gazette Staff The toughest part, however,…

A 5-year, $25 million economic effort spearheaded by Iowa’s largest venture capitalist and the state’s largest insurance companies bodes well for an expansion of the Iowa State University research park, said Steve Carter, the park’s…