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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! My cofounder Tom Tichy and I worked together at our former employer to conceive of and launch their first cloud-based software application. Michael Bloomberg: He has built an impressive business based on at the crossroads of software, finance and media.

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Diverse Startups Can Receive Tech Mentorship And Thrive

ReadWriteStart

This is an especially personal issue for Finney, whose father was able to transition his career from blue-collar mover to software engineer thanks to a data-entry class that IBM brought to inner-city Milwaukee. “It It’s a lack of opportunities. And then there’s what Finney calls “Tech’s advertising problem.”.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. Golden Angels (Milwaukee). Kiwi software deals were funded at a pre-money valuation of US1.4 As expected, the life Science, biotech and medical device sector and the energy and clean tech were funded at higher valuations than the software and other sectors.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

Biotech, life science and medical devices are usually funded at higher pre-money valuations than, say, software and Internet companies. Louis Arch Angels. Wilmington Investor Network. Wilmington, NC. Launchpad Angels. Golden Angels. up slightly. Alliance of Angels. Hub Angels. up pressure. Sand Hill Angels. Silicon Valley. up ~ 20%/yr.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee. In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee.   You are all the future of job growth, wealth creation and better communities. It was bootstrapped.   We had a customer and a value proposition.