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The Next Generation Of Funding For The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Network Redux, a managed-service provider in Portland, Oregon, serves more than 1,100 clients globally, but could not secure credit after the 2008 credit crisis despite a 100 percent year-over-year growth rate. Such programs help early-stage companies get the capital they need to fuel growth, especially when banks aren’t lending.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

One worked at a different quantum dot startup based in the UK that’s now publicly traded, another built a vertically integrated cannabis company in Oregon. We have co-founders of QDVision and Innovalight, both nanocrystal technology companies that were acquired on our advisory board.