Launch - Spring 2008 - (Page 12) >> funding By Brock Blake List of Angels The last few years have seen a complete overhaul in the local angel investment community. Until recently, Utah only had one organized angel investment group and a handful of savvy individual angel investors. Luckily all that has changed. Thanks to a concerted effort by Grow Utah Ventures and others, Utah now sports 11 organized angel groups and a large number of sophisticated active individual angels. The following is a table of current angel organizations: As CEO of FundingUniverse, Brock Blake’s goal is to connect qualified entrepreneurs to active angel investors. For questions or feedback, feel free to reach him via e-mail at brock@ fundinguniverse.com Name of Group Promontory Angels (Weber/Davis Counties) Salt Lake Life Science Angels Park City Angels Olympus Angels (Salt Lake County) Utah Angels (Utah County) Southern Utah Angels ThinkAtomic (Utah County) Grow Utah Ventures Xbar Ventures Early Run Investment Focus Technology, low to medium. Exception: anything extremely high tech, innovative, and perhaps world changing. Seed-stage life science including: medical device & product, pharma, biotech, and service. Open to investments in any traditional technology or lifestyle opportunity. Product or service with at least phase 1 development suitable for immediate revenue generation. Early to mid-stage ventures. Focused primarily on technology. Open to any investment opportunity, but focused primarily on technology. Early-stage technology and intellectual property incubator. Funding provided as needed during growth stages. Technology or light manufacturing companies located along Wasatch Front. Open to any investment opportunity, but focused primarily on technology. Technology including: advanced wireless communications, peripheral equipment for satellite dishes, novel fishing paraphernalia, and Widget development platforms. Cache Valley Venture Accelerator Club (Logan) Technology Commercialization Entrepreneurs seeking funding may approach the various angel groups directly or can submit their business plans to the Grow Utah Ventures or Funding Universe web site. Both these businesses are partners with the various angel groups. $ Click here for the HTML version of this article on launchutah.com. 12 launch spring http://www.launchutah.com/article-funding-q12008.php http://www.launchutah.com/article-funding-q12008.php
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