Recent Presenters
April '09 Presenters
Distinctive Brands, Inc.James B. (Jim) Davis
303-444-2846
jbdavis@boulder.net
www.wildridejerky.com
Distinctive Brands, Inc., a seven-year-old company, makes and markets beef jerky and other meat snack products, is seeking $4 Million in funding to become a nationally branded product with the goal of selling that brand. By driving repeat purchasing of our patent protected, high quality meat snacks through innovation and superior marketing.
Richard Otella
Producer/Director
720-273-4623
richardostella@gmail.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvpbz1aNDcg
The TBD company is a documentary film production company seeking to make a documentary film about the history of bluegrass music.
Fossil Energy, Inc.
Monty George
303-345-6001
mgeorge@fossilenergyinc.com
www.fossilenergyinc.com
This oil and gas exploration and production company is seeking funds to drill and produce in low-risk, low cost fields.
February '09 Presenter
AumniData Inc.Aloke Guha
303-641-3725
aloke.guha@aumnidata.com
www.aumnidata.com
Aumnidata is pioneering the next generation of business intelligence that turns unstructured data (text, images, video and audio) into actionable knowledge. Aumnidata’s “Unstructured Content Analytics” software extracts information specifically relevant to the user after scanning multiple data sources, derive intelligence using deep analytics and then present it on dashboards for user to act on. The company is seeking to raise the next round of financing, $500K-$1M, to fund customer acquisition and market expansion as well as continued product enhancements. More information about the company is available at www.aumnidata.com.
December '08 Presenters
BurstMarketingRob Simon
303-641-0946
rob@burstmarketing.com
www.burstmarketing.com
BurstMarketing is a two year old company that produces and distributes original audio and video podcast channels for consumers who access media via portable devices including iPods, smart phones such as the iPhone and Blackberry, as well as PCs and Laptops. After two years, Burst is a national leader in the new-media industry, generating 1 million downloads of its podcasts from 400,000 unique customers. The company has bootstrapped funding, and is earning revenues. They are seeking $2.5 million in financing to scale the business and fund an aggressive growth plan. For more information on the company go to www.burstmarketing.com.
PFI Benefits, Inc.
John Szypula
719-623-2283
jszypula@pfibenefits.com
www.pfibenefits.com
PFI offers a Health Services Discount Card on which it earns transaction fees, providing users discounted prescription drugs, diabetic supplies, maternity services, labwork, medical tourism, chiropractic services, acupuncture, and therapeutic massage. PFI is also licensed and offers health insurance products in all 50 states and in Canada, and is appointed by more than 40 “A” rated carriers. The Company takes advantage of proprietary distribution channels in the Direct Sales and Retail industries. PFI is differentiated from competitors through its breadth of product and depth of client relationship. The company is seeking $2M to fund marketing and sales activities and expand operations. More information about the company at www.pfibenefits.com.
November '08 (Angel Capital Summit) Presenters
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The iCini GroupDaniel Montano
303-910-0456
montano@theicinigroup.com
www.theicinigroup.com
This two-year-old company is a website development firm dedicated to independent filmmakers, their craft and their audiences. They are seeking funding to begin Phase 3 development.
Udi’s Granola
Eric Clayman
303-657-6366
eric@udisfood.com
www.udisgranola.com
Udi’s is a nationally distributed granola brand. All production is done in our 8000 sqft bakery located just north of Denver, and they are seeking growth capital.
Astronix Research
Jon Prescott
804-519-7411
jon.prescott@astronixresearch.com
Astronix Research has developed a patented, non-transistor technology for ultra-high performance electronic components. With $850,000 in previous government research funding, the company seeks a $2.5M private investment for development. The devices fill well-defined existing needs in military/intelligence, aerospace, and advanced commercial applications worth an initial $1.5Billion annually.
September Presenter
CoKnownEric May
303-417-1855
eric@coknown.com
www.coknown.com
This one year old company is seeking funding. CoKnown is a complete, collaborative research platform and dynamic research library. When businesses quit wasting time on redundant research the savings are enormous. When people are empowered to collaborate and save organized, fully documented answers it becomes the first web 2.0 Research Engine. Soon Internet research will be collaborative, organized and sharable.
August Presenters
SportsDataHub.comKevin Goodfellow
303-885-4330
kevingoodfellow@sportsdatahub.com
www.sportsdatahub.com
Sports Data Hub is an interactive online sports data tool, with point and click visualization tools that allow fans to analyze football data the way their minds work - forward, backward, and sideways. As a fan's questions change, so do the results, in real time. These powerful tools are supported by our comprehensive football database and online community. Sports Data Hub provides everything needed in one place to make football data analysis easy, convenient, fun, flexible, and more productive. The company is seeking financing for growth.
Freebie Force
Seth Fraser
720) 209-2189
sethfraser2000@hotmail.com
www.freebieforce.com
FreebieForce.com provides free products to members for a $9.95 monthly fee. These products have included free flights, free hotels, and even big ticket items like laptops, Jacuzzi tubs, cars, motorcycles and more. The company has over 10,500 paying members located in over 10 countries. This one-year-old company is seeking financing, is currently profitable, and entertaining buyout offers.
June Presenter
The Institute for Culture & Environmental EducationAimee Miller, founder
720-771-2046
info@insticee.org
www.insticee.org
The Institute for Culture and Environmental Education (ICEE) improves the quality of education by offering applied programs for teachers in cultural and environmental education. The programs are designed to provide teachers with the knowledge, skills and critical thinking to teach multicultural and environmental awareness to children in their community and throughout the world. The company has investment opportunities.
Colorado Capital Conference Investor Track Presenters
BlueFolder, Inc.Brian Stout, CEO
(719) 359-8184
www.bluefolder.com
BlueFolder is part of the fast growing Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS) market, offering an awarding winning solution for field service management. Customers use their web browser instead of purchasing, installing and managing their own software and servers. Targeted at small-to-medium businesses, BlueFolder provides a subscription-based service to about 250 customers and over 3,000 users. The management team has extensive experience with early stage technology businesses, having grown companies from start-up through IPO and acquisition. BlueFolder is currently raising $1M to expand marketing and sales. The company’s revenues grew 141% from 2006 to 2007.
Data Connect Corporation
Tim Hobbs, CEO
315 Inverness Way South, Suite 110
Englewood, CO 80112-5829
(303) 840.7477
tim.hobbs@dataconnectcorp.com
www.dataconnectcorp.com
Data Connect is the leading technology provider of marketing/sales process automation to the food show segment of the trade show industry, presently capturing 65% of the market. Its proprietary web-based software platform provides event sponsors with a comprehensive solution, ranging from pre-show registration to show-day order processing to post-show reporting. We plan to grow into other trade show verticals, leveraging our extensive investment in software and hardware to produce above-average returns for investors. Data Connect is seeking up to $2 million in debt or equity financing which will be used to finance additional software development for these new verticals and to expand our sales and marketing presence. Another big plus – the executive management team has a combined 120+ years of experience.
GetLisa Information Services, Inc.
George Woodward, CEO
303-442-6653
gwoodward@getlisa.com
GetLisa Information Services, Inc. is a managed services, mobile media company selling directly to the 150 regional wireless carriers in the US, Canada and Latin America. We provide hosted data infrastructure services, world-class mobile content, social networking community applications and mobile ad campaigns. We have developed a very strong demand in our marketplace for our products, and our current growth has exceeded our ability to continue to internally fund our operations. We are seeking $2.5 million to increase operational and sales staff to continue this accelerated growth and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. We’ve got a seasoned team of industry and startup veterans that know how to capitalize on these opportunities and return value to the investor.
iCast Sports Corporation
Dan Conser, President
(303) 951-4013 office
(303) 875-1980 cell
Dan@iCastSports.com
www.iCastSports.com
iCast Sports is a digital sports media company that broadcasts high school sports over the internet. By distributing user generated content, the iCast Sports network provides high school sports teams with the ability to raise more money by allowing local advertisers to reach the elusive high school age demographic (as well as influential parents and fans) via video, web, email, and text messaging advertising. Current management team consists of serial technology entrepreneur and 3 sport high school athlete, Dan Conser and business veteran and attorney, Evan Husney. iCast Sports is looking to raise $500,000 in growth capital to expand sales and marketing efforts regionally as well as increase operational infrastructure. For more information, please contact Dan Conser, President at dan@icastsports.com or (303) 951-4013 | www.iCastSports.com
iTRAK Corporation
Bill Poellmitz. Chief Executive Officer
(508) 826-1122 Cell
(719) 686-0100
(719) 686-9896
bill.poellmitz@itrak.com
www.itrak.com
The total market size for GPS-based fleet tracking systems in North America is more than 25 million vehicles. With adoption rates estimated at 10%, the untapped potential is 22 million vehicles. iTRAK Corporation develops, implements and supports technologically sound yet simple GPS vehicle tracking, mapping and reporting systems for commercial fleet management in a broad range of industries. The solution runs as a web-hosted service (hosted at our NOC or in the customer’s network), so customers can access maps and reports from any Internet-connected PC equipped with the latest Java™ plug-in. Vehicles to be tracked are equipped with iTRAK mobile tracking devices. Alternatively, proprietary iTRAK software can be loaded on the customers’ existing cellular handsets. iTRAK’s hallmark event-based transmission scheme improves tracking efficiency by sending more data when the vehicle is moving quickly and less data when the vehicle is moving slowly or stopped. iTRAK Fleet Manager is available in English and Spanish, and has full mapping capabilities for the U.S., Canada and Mexico, plus much of Europe, Australia and Latin America. The iTRAK senior management team is made up of industry veterans with proven success in creating high returns for venture capital investors. The current CEO and VP Sales helped drive a 900% ROI in less than five years at Cerulean Technology, which was sold in 2000 for $150 million. The iTRAK sales team has proven its ability to leverage indirect channel partners, and has a strong customer base that generates recurring revenue, and the Company can use its large existing customer base to efficiently launch new products that are on the current development roadmap. Management believes that an additional $2 million investment will be required to drive the Company’s revenue to $15-20 million over the next four years. New investment will be used primarily to develop new products based on the company’s current products, support a more extensive marketing plan and expand the Company’s sales force.
Leximancer Pty Ltd.
Neil Hartley, CEO
(303) 625-4042
neil@leximancer.com
Supported by a global management team with industry pedigree (Requisite, SPSS), Leximancer represents an opportunity for investors to get in on the ground floor of a new software category that is heating up fast. The fields of brand monitoring, customer experience management (CEM) and customer feedback/competitive intelligence are experiencing rapid growth, and the M&A activity in this space is on fire. Soon-to-be-Boulder-based start-u, Leximancer, with its Customer Insight Portal is the only SaaS (Software as a Service) solution that delivers "root cause" insight into customer attitudes. With its "focus-group-on-steroids" approach, Leximancer is poised to show a very large marketplace that, not only can companies determine "what" people think of them and their products, but also "why" they are thinking that way. This gives C-level executives, brand managers, political campaigns and just about any organization the tool they've been needing to make critical, high-impact decisions based on factual data regarding customers' thoughts, feelings and attitudes toward their brand, product or service. The company is seeking approximately $1 million to expand its development team and launch its Customer Insight Portal.
MapBuzz, Inc.
Charlie Savage, CEO
cfis@mapbuzz.com
303-668-0356
Location plays a central role in all of our lives – it shapes what we do, who we know, what interests us and what we think. However, most people find it difficult to share what they know about a location with others. MapBuzz solves this problem by offering a community-centric, social mapping website that makes it easy to create and share geo-local information between individuals, groups, and the broader geographic or contextual community. Plan outdoor trips, find hotspots in the city, or tune into upcoming festivals and conferences. MapBuzz’s CEO is Charles Savage, who has over ten years of experience in the mapping industry. Prior to founding MapBuzz, Charles helped launch Ubisense, a real-time indoor location tracking company, and before that was Chief Architect for GE Energy in charge of products for the utility market. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Stanford University. Business development is run by Chuck Ray, who has ten years of entrepreneurial experience in mobile GIS and GPS mapping platforms. Prior to MapBuzz, he was the CEO at Fusion Numerics Inc. MapBuzz’s board includes Warren Ferguson and Sheeraz Haji. Warren is a founding member of GITA and the former CEO of Smallworld (SWLDY), overseeing its acquisition by GE. He has started a number of companies including Ferguson Map Company, Ferguson CartoTech, UltraGraphics and Ubisense and is a Board Member for Mapsco, Ubisense and Schreiner University. Sheeraz Haji was the CEO and co-founder of GetActive Software, overseeing its acquisition by Convio, where he became President. Sheeraz is currently a Board Member for Convio, NTEN, the ePhilanthropy Foundation and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. MapBuzz is seeking to raise $300,000 in equity financing for its operation costs and expanding its sales and marketing efforts.
Promantek, Inc.
Glenn Martin, President
(719) 395-9101 Direct
(303) 995-8551 Mobile
(877) 489-5651 Headquarters
(831) 303-3474 Fax
gmartin@promantek.com
www.promantek.com
Promantek is a successful global performance management company providing professional management software and consulting services today to hundreds of organizations in 15 countries across more than 50 industries. Our Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) addresses a critical demand of human resources in the small-medium sized business market. We help managers create quality performance plans and appraisals that communicate specific goals to their employees along with the behaviors that lead to successful performance. Our seasoned team has prior experience with leading companies such as Hitachi Data Systems, Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer. We are seeking $750,000 to accelerate our successful small to medium business sales and allow us to focus on and leverage high-reward markets. Increasing our already effective Web-based advertising will increase awareness and immediately drive new sales. Our software development team will add compelling new features to attract larger customers, increase our win ratio and transaction size.
Provident Adult & Senior Health
William H. Nooning, CEO
(303) 493-5270 Direct
(720) 570-2012 Fax
bnooning@providentsh.com
Provident Adult & Senior Health is an advanced healthcare services company delivering primary medical care to the rapidly expanding adult and senior market. The Company developed and employs a unique and profitable care delivery and business model. The care delivery component delivers coordinated, personal care in all of the places of service that patients may find themselves. Provident’s “patient-centric continuum of care” model provides patients with quality healthcare not only in the clinic, but also in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, long-term care facilities and the hospital. The business model utilizes economies of scale and a state of the art technology infrastructure for both data and telephony to drive , operational efficiencies. Provident is lead by a management with more than 80 years of combined experience including the recent turnaround of a large, multi-clinic geriatric primary care practice. The Company is currently seeking $1MM in equity investment to complete its third round of financing to be used for expansion.
SO Sound, LLC
Elise Howe, Operations
(720) 338.2729
elisehowes@earthlink.net
SO Sound, LLC has integrated high-fidelity Musical Touch TechnologyTM to create an innovative therapeutic musical experience that users not only hear, but feel. SO Sound Solutions manufactures patented Acoustic Resonance Therapy TM (ART) equipment that transmits a full range of tactile sound frequencies through the human body. When embedded in a wide range of commercial and consumer products (like beds, chairs, floors, spa treatment tables), it has been found to create a sense of deep relaxation, while providing health benefits such as the release of chronic stress and pain. Our products will change the way you experience music forever. Our CEO, Suzannah Long, has 20 years sales, marketing and business development experience as well as 10 years of research and teaching focused on natural health and wellness. Barry Oser, CTO, has over 28 years of sound research and development experience, built on his experience as a concert pianist, teacher, sound engineer and performer. SO Sound is seeking $1.2 million to fund equipment, working capital, product development, IP expansion, marketing support and operations.
TerraFrame, Inc.
Aaron Sagray, Founder
(303) 460-7111
asagray@terraframe.com
TerraFrame, Inc. is a software company. Their flagship product, TerraFrame MOJO is a simple to use yet incredibly powerful web application framework aimed at Java Solutions Providers who are serving the lower middle market. MOJO combines the best ideas from MVC and ERP into a metadata-driven framework that makes online rules-based applications easy to write, and more importantly, easy to adapt and maintain to keep pace with real-world business change. In the MOJO world, developers can focus on delivering the true business requirements of their customer without being hindered by creating and maintaining boilerplate code. The MOJO project was started in 2005 and TerraFrame was formally incorporated in 2006 by Aaron Sagray and Nathan McEachen. Both founders have over 10 years of experience in the internet/web software industry. TerraFrame is seeking $600K on a $2.8M pre-money valuation in an all equity deal. The proceeds will be used to fund go to market activities and to continue product enhancement.
