{"id":2046,"date":"2021-06-30T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2021-07-01T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T22:43:03","slug":"addressing-early-stage-funding-gaps-how-to-get-companies-funded-from-500k-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/2021\/06\/30\/addressing-early-stage-funding-gaps-how-to-get-companies-funded-from-500k-5m\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Early-Stage Funding Gaps: How to Get Companies Funded from $500K-$5M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forum Discussion<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>What sources of Early-Stage Funding are available from local organizations and experts?<ul><li>Angel Groups<\/li><li>Crowdfunding<\/li><li>Deep Tech Seed Stage Investors<\/li><li>Non-Dilutive funding<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What influences leaders of these funding sources in their investment decisions?<\/li><li>How do our local innovation ecosystems, including incubators and accelerators, work together with Early-Stage Funding sources to help their startup companies succeed?<\/li><li>How has the CEO of a local startup successfully navigated the challenges of Early-Stage Funding?<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"398\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09N1d8bRNkc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1870 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1.png 840w, https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cliff-Emmons-1-640x640.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moderator<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cliff-emmons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cliff Emmons<\/a> is a visionary senior technology leader, entrepreneur, angel investor, and advisor with extensive experience in creating, building, and transforming organizations in the USA, India, and China at both Fortune 500 companies and startups. He is highly recognized and skilled in leveraging innovative technologies that generate sustained revenue growth. Cliff has over twenty years\u2019 experience in developing Medical Devices. He holds bachelor degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering and a masters degree in management engineering (his \u201cMBA for Geeks\u201d). He is currently the CEO of IIOT-OXYS, Inc., founder of Accelerated Healthcare Innovations, LLC, and a Boston Harbor Angel member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forum Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Monica Anc &#8211; Manager, Industry Strategy &amp; Investments, MA Life Sciences Center<\/li><li>Dylan Arnould &#8211; MassCEC Investment Principal, Seed Investments Program<\/li><li>Marcos Bento &#8211; Manager, Boston Harbor Angels<\/li><li>Greg Fryer &#8211; Partner, Verrill, Maine Venture Fund<\/li><li>Tom Kinneman &#8211; COO, North Shore InnoVentures<\/li><li>Vinit Nijhawan- Managing Director, MassVentures<\/li><li>Rodney Rietze &#8211; CEO, iVexSol<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forum Discussion What sources of Early-Stage Funding are available from local organizations and experts? Angel Groups Crowdfunding Deep Tech Seed Stage Investors Non-Dilutive funding What influences leaders of these funding sources in their investment decisions? How do our local innovation ecosystems, including incubators and accelerators, work together with Early-Stage Funding sources to help their startup companies succeed? How has the CEO of a local startup successfully navigated the challenges of Early-Stage Funding?&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/2021\/06\/30\/addressing-early-stage-funding-gaps-how-to-get-companies-funded-from-500k-5m\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionnewengland.org\/prp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}