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URL:https://startupgamechanger.com/events-cal/earliest-stage-funding/
SUMMARY:Earliest Stage Funding
DESCRIPTION:About Event\n\n​What precedes Pre-Seed when your company is 3
  PhDs and a dog?\n\nThe landscape for startup funding is changing rapidly 
 with initial investments harder to find.  But more technology than ever i
 s available for starting companies and many great companies were formed du
 ring economic downturns.  Can entrepreneurs launch a new venture in the c
 urrent environment when they are still “3 PhDs and a Dog”?  Is there 
 funding for them other than “Friends\, Family and Fools”?  Can partne
 rships fill the void?  Can they mix equity funding with Federal Grant fun
 ding?\n\n​Join us to explore the options with expert speakers who are in
 vestors\, successful entrepreneurs\, technology transfer leaders and gover
 nment funding officials.  After keynote presentation and panel discussion
  there will be audience Q&amp\;A along with plenty of networking\n​Keyno
 te Speakers\nJulie Schoenfeld\n\n​Entrepreneur in Residence\, Physical S
 ciences\n\nCalifornia Institute of Technology\n\nAndrea Belz\, Ph.D.\n\nVi
 ce Dean of Transformative Initiatives\n\nUSC Viterbi School of Engineering
 \nSpeakers\n​Kevin Barrett\n\nManaging Partner\n\n​Free flow Ventures\
 nProducers\n​Lynn Foster\n\nFounder and CEO\n\nZ-Field Technologies\n\n
 ​Andy Tomat\n\nManaging Director\n\n​Four Pillars\, Inc.\n\n​Coffee 
 and Networking begin at 8:00 am.\n\nFree Parking Underground: Right turn a
 t signal on east side of Cahill (turn right at tennis courts)\; parking lo
 t entrance 75 yards on right.\n\n​Advance Ticket Sales:\n\n​General Ad
 mission: $30.00 ($40.00 at door)\n\n​Students: $20.00* ($25.00 at door)\
 n\n​Caltech Students - No Charge with Current ID*\n\n​Advance Ticket 
 Sales end on Friday\, April 19th at 1:00 PM PST.\n\nFoe Details Visit: htt
 ps://lu.ma/la\n\n&nbsp\;
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