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  • Safety Radar

    Safety Radar

    Safety Radar is the first AI platform to collect, analyze, and communicate hazards and make workplaces safer through risk tracking and training. Safety Radar’s AI approach to risk management and mitigation enables organizations to quickly identify and address potential risks, protecting their employees, assets, and reputation.

    In collaboration with DA Ventures.

    Safety Radar website

  • RADICL Defense

    RADICL Defense

    RADICL provides SMBs serving America’s Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and critical infrastructure Xtended Threat Protection (XTP). RADICL’s purpose-built and proprietary XTP™ platform delivers SMBs deep-spectrum™ threat protection and compliance management that is quick, easy, and affordable. The RADICL XTP™ Platform powers an AI-augmented virtual Security Operations Center (vSOC) that delivers heavily automated and expert-driven threat monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability management, security awareness training, and managed compliance adherence. RADICL enables SMBs in the DIB to spend more time running a profitable business to support our country and less time worrying about security and compliance.

    In collaboration with DA Ventures.

    RADICL Defense website

  • Riot Hospitality Group

    Riot Hospitality Group

    Riot Hospitality Group (RHG) is a national, premier hospitality management company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company is known for managing and co-creating unique restaurant, nightlife, and hotel food and beverage brands. It oversees 14 locations in Arizona, Colorado, and Tennessee, and by the end of 2024 will have 18 locations. With a passion for evolving the typical restaurant and entertainment landscape, RHG is committed to creating unique and meaningful experiences for every guest. The company is comprised of people who believe in leading by example, and their passion is fueled by a dedication to customer engagement, philanthropic ties in the community, and a strong commitment to true hospitality.

    Riot House Denver is a South Beach-themed nightclub where partygoers can plan on an electrifying experience with renowned DJs, VIP bottle service, and state-of-the-art immersive audio and visual installations.

    In collaboration with Denver Angels.

    Riot House Denver Website

  • Urban Sky

    Urban Sky

    “Urban Sky’s products enable routine and easy access to the stratosphere and the value locked within it. Our stratospheric Microballoon™s (mHABs) offer quick, easy, long-duration, and controllable flight in the stratosphere. And the stratosphere itself offers everything space cannot – rapid access, navigation, extended loitering, and affordability. Our mHABs and payloads are controlled using simple, easy-to-use software. Welcome to the stratospheric frontier.”

    Website

    Press Release: Urban Sky Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding to Unlock Routine and Easy Global Access to the Stratosphere

    In collaboration with DA Ventures Seed Fund

  • The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024

    The Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024

    From Gartner: “Leaders Should Examine Technologies with Transformational Potential for Their Business – The 25 disruptive technologies to watch on the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2024 fall into four key areas: autonomous AI, developer productivity, total experience, and human-centric security and privacy programs.”

    Source: Gartner (August 2024)
  • DARPA: The Heilmeier Catechism

    DARPA: The Heilmeier Catechism

    • What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.
    • How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?
    • What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
    • Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make?
    • What are the risks?
    • How much will it cost?
    • How long will it take?
    • What are the mid-term and final “exams” to check for success?

    Background on The Heilmeier Catechism

    DARPA operates on the principle that generating big rewards requires taking big risks. But how does the Agency determine what risks are worth taking?

    George H. Heilmeier, a former DARPA director (1975-1977), crafted a set of questions known as the “Heilmeier Catechism” to help Agency officials think through and evaluate proposed research programs. DARPA Detail Page

  • The Echo Mesa Ventures Ultimate Investor Intro Template

    The Echo Mesa Ventures Ultimate Investor Intro Template

    Echo Mesa Ventures

    The Echo Mesa Ventures Ultimate Investor Intro provides a framework for efficiently and effectively encapsulating the core values of a company. This allows founds to succinctly communicate value both in writing and verbally. This should be thought of as an exercise, with the output generally committed to memory or used as a writing template, and dynamically adjusted depending on the audience. Think of it as a good baseline pitch to keep in your head, and be ready to riff on it on the spot.

    Value Prop:

    • For (the target customer)
    • Who (specific needs, demands, buying criteria, etc)
    • We provide (solution name / brand description)
    • That (specifies benefits and business values to clients).
    • Unlike (the competition)
    • Who (provide solutions, features, functions, benefits).
    • Our company (better approach, solution, functions, benefits)
    • That (offers a better customer experience).

    Fundraising Prop:

    • We are raising a $500k (How Much)
    • SAFE round (How)
    • before the end of the year (When)
    • from local angel groups (Who)
    • to get to profitability and setup the company for scale (Why).

    Example

    For the corn farmer who needs to monitor multiple fields simultaneously, we provide LauraGrow, an agricultural sensor network that uses a self-healing LoRa mesh network, solar power, and industry leading sensors to provide real time, high accuracy and high reliability crop data to farmers. Unlike traditional crop sensors who have unreliable and high maintenance wired sensors or require expensive aircraft flights, our combination of low cost, high accuracy sensors with field-hardened power and networking technology gives farmers better more reliable data at a lower cost. 

    We are raising $3M convertible debt round in the next 18 months from Series A agricultural investors to scale our team and invest in technology R&D and market launch of our product. 

  • FLX Solutions

    FLX Solutions

    FLX Solutions is disrupting the robotics industry with highly functional and intelligent robots that are miniaturized to operate in spaces that humans and traditional robots cannot easily access. Our first product, The FLX BOT is a patented, snake-like robot that is one inch in diameter and expands, braces, and climbs to perform many customizable actions.

    In collaboration with: Boomtown Accelerators.

  • GoodBuy Gear

    GoodBuy Gear

    We’re reinventing how parents shop for their children by reducing consumerism and saving families time and money. Shop online for brand name, quality checked, secondhand and open box gear with nationwide shipping. To earn money back on gently used gear, sellers can sign up for our convenient, contactless pickup and drop off services.

    In collaboration with: Boomtown Accelerators

  • M.C. Squares

    M.C. Squares

    M.C. Squares locally manufactures home and office products in innovative ways using advanced materials. We launch by selling direct to consumers using authentic influencers and mountains of content while eyeing eventual retail placement.

    In collaboration with: Boomtown Accelerators