It’s hard to grow without the right resources. It takes more than a great idea and passion. You need the right team, access to partners access marketing and manufacturing resources and so much more and that takes capital. But accessing the right money is one of the most challenging tasks any entrepreneur will tackle.
Invest Southwest and the Venture Capital Conference in the Rockies (VCIR) are partnering together to form the premier capital conference in the Southwest. This year’s event connects the region’s most promising startups and emerging growth companies with an audience of hundreds of venture investors, entrepreneurs and service professionals. Investors and venture capitalists from all over the globe will gather to see the “Best of the Southwest” present their business plans and investment opportunities. Presenting companies of Invest Southwest have received more than a quarter billion in investment dollars since the inception in 1992 and companies that have presented at VCIR over the past 10 years have collectively generated nearly $5 billion in exit value for their stakeholders.
In November, investors and venture capitalists from across the country will gather at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix to see the “Best of the Southwest” present their business plans and investment opportunities.Continue reading
The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs, one of the largest sources of early-stage technology financing in the United States, have several funding opportunities available to small businesses and research institutions. Below are details for the funding opportunities that have upcoming deadlines:
It’s a commonly heard complaint among Arizona high-technology employers: we can’t find enough right-skilled workers to meet our needs. Yet the state’s educational institutions and training agencies say they produce lots of that talent.
