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MADIA Tech Launch Meet-Up with an Expert Panel of Biotech Investors and Innovators
Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 825 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia, CA 91016
Join MADIA Tech Launch for another Second Wednesday Meet-up on June 13. Our expert panel will provide tips for funding your biotech start-up through angel and venture capital investors, including ideas for discovering or defining your product or service so that it appeals to the broadest array of potential investors, alternative funding sources, and bootstrapping ideas. Our panelists are Dr. Molly Schmid of Tech Coast Angels and Alfred E. Mann Institute and Dr. Robert "Bud" Bishop of Pasadena Angels and Pasadena Bio Collaborative. Order tickets for $12 by noon June 12th, or for $15 at the door. Sign-up at our EventBrite page. Tickets include a delicious dinner catered by Little Green Forks.
Bring your friends and checkout the entrepreneurial scene at the heart of San Gabriel Valley.
Continue sharing ideas and networking with an after-event mingle @ T. Phillips Ale House, 601 S Myrtle Ave.
Please Join Us!
June 13 Event
Tanner Research
825 S. Myrtle Ave.
Monrovia, CA 91016
RSVP and purchase tickets by signing up at our June 13 event EventBrite page.
What We Are
Our Mission
To ensure the region's technical, scientific, and industrial workforce is connected and has the tools they need to be successful, MADIA provides educational programs in entrepreneurship, business finance and operations, and technology development and commercialization in settings which encourage networking and collaboration among members.
Who We Are
MADIA Tech Launch Inc. is a career, company, and industry incubator, established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and providing educational services to the region's technical, scientific, and industrial workforce. The region is centered within and surrounding the cities of Monrovia, Arcadia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Educational programs include, but are not limited to, entrepreneurship, business finance and operations, and technology development and commercialization.
Board of Directors
Bruce Lathrop
Of Counsel
Lubka & White LLP
Jim Schaefer
Partner
Mark Schaefer Associates
Filippo Fanara
Broker/Principal
CIBA Commercial Real Estate
Leonard Gonzalez
Technology Deprtment Chair
Mt. Sierra College
John Tanner
CEO
Tanner Research, Inc.
Sam Kurutz
Network Engineer
Synopsys
Todor Trenkov
Business Advisor
GroundUP Business
Monika Polewski
Senior Study Director
Western University of Health Sciences
Brenda J. Trainor
President
Frontier Trail, Inc.
Chris Moulding
Associate Director, Office of Technology Licensing
City of Hope
Advisory Board
Hannah Dvorak Carbone
Director for Innovation, Patents & Licensing
Caltech OTTCP
Karen Herrera
Deputy City Manager
City of Duarte
Tim Schwehr
Economic Development Analyst
City of Arcadia
Robert Parry
President
Compass Check Consulting Services
Blaine P. Fetter
Principal
Samuelson and Fetter, LLC
Carina Campos
Economic Development Specialist
City of Azusa
Marilyn Simpson
Principal Planner
City of Irwindale
Diana Moore
District Manager
LAEDC
Karen Lujan
Tanner EDA Support Team Lead
Mentor Graphics
Zeiad Muntasser
President
Alionyx Energy Systems, Inc.
Brad Jensen
Director of Public Policy
SGVEP
