Welcome to SPACE GATE Corporation, a new Member of the OC Startup Council! SPACE GATE Corporation develop carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas removal technology to reverse the impacts of global warming and assist companies and empower the public to reduce their collective carbon footprint. SPACE GATE Corporation was founded in 2015 by Michael Slaby. They believe in being part of... Read more →

SEC Modernizes the Accredited Investor Definition Washington D.C., Aug. 26, 2020 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to the “accredited investor” definition, one of the principal tests for determining who is eligible to participate in our private capital markets. Historically, individual investors who do not meet specific income or net worth tests, regardless of their financial sophistication,... Read more →

Thank you to Well iQ, a renewing Member of the OC Startup Council! Well iQ is a real time, digital patient feedback platform for the healthcare industry (and beyond). The product addresses the problem of lagging survey times and anemic survey response rates that has plagued healthcare and compromised the patient experience for years. Well iQ gives patients a voice... Read more →

How to fix the most common mistakes in investor pitches made by startup founders when raising money was the topic for JJ Richa's recent fireside chat with Scott Fox, CEO of the Startup Council. The free hour-long video interview was an informative discussion of the top mistakes that early stage entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups for funding to angel... Read more →

Welcome to GRBA LLC, a new Supporting Member of the OC Startup Council! GRBA LLC are experts in bringing new and innovative technology to market. The management team has decades of experience developing business focused technologies designed to improve operations across a spectrum of industries. OC Startup Ecosystem Directory Category: Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things IoT Contact: Chad Carter, President... Read more →

Thank you to these renewing free listings in the OC Startup Council Startups Directory: AI Artificial Intelligence : Compellon - Laguna Hills AI Artifical Intelligence : Wing AI Technologies, Inc. - Irvine Fin Tech Startups : Zeiger Capital Management, Inc. - Irvine Thanks to these startups for investing in Orange County and renewing their listings in the OC Startup Ecosystem... Read more →

Welcome to Piper, a new Members of the OC Startup Council! Piper is a lifestyle company, that produces innovative accessories for busy lives designing and sell high-end, organic, washable bags inspired by the Newport aesthetic and California casual luxury. They focus on the new and pandemic-appropriate idea that there should be innovative canvas bags (for busy lifestyles), that are as... Read more →

Welcome to Innovella Technologies LLC, a new Member of the OC Startup Council! Innovella Technologies LLC: Enhanced Audio Products driven by 3D Surround Sound IP, offering Engineering and Product Design services that integrates next generation technology with consumer audio products. They specialize in multimedia infotainment systems comprised of award winning drivers and proprietary DSP controlled amplification systems. Where their customers... Read more →

Baby Box Wins $25,000 Grand Prize at 2020 UCI New Venture Competition AI-powered subscription box company, Baby Box, took home the grand prize of $25,000 placing 1st in this year’s New Venture Competition hosted by the University of California, Irvine. The competition is open to all of Orange County including UCI students, professors and researchers. Participants ranged from a wide... Read more →

Thank you to TerraManta, a renewing Member of the OC Startup Council! TerraManta: Platform for forecasting commodity prices using machine learning, starting with crude oil and corn futures. Their business plan is to manage outside capital and trade crude oil futures in a separate trading entity with TerraManta providing an exclusive license. OC Startup Ecosystem Directory Category: Artificial Intelligence AI... Read more →

Welcome to Cyrano.ai, INC, a new Members of the OC Startup Council! Cyrano.ai, INC: An artificial intelligence company focusing on improving the quality of conversations, not just transactional QnA. Effective communication is the single biggest advantage an individual or company can have, and they are bringing that ability to everyone. They are currently optimized for commercial deployments, though longer term... Read more →

Welcome to AWM Smart Shelf, a new Member of the OC Startup Council! AWM Smart Shelf is a vision technology company with a comprehensive retail solution. The underlying technologies are built utilizing artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and application engineering to reinvent the retail space as it is known today. The ecosystem of solutions improves operational efficiencies, increases sales,... Read more →

Vottun is a leader in blockchain enterprise technologies. The company focus is to build scalable, interoperable blockchain solutions for enterprises and governments. Vottun solutions include blockchain credentials, supply chain traceability, identity, APIs, and a full interoperable blockchain agnostic protocol. The company is funded by Draper Ventures (Draper B1), a leading Blockchain Venture Capital firm led by Tim Draper, and has... Read more →

Welcome to Chore Buddy, a new Member of the OC Startup Council! Chore Buddy: Their online community helps homeowners working on do-it-yourself projects quickly and easily find someone else extremely qualified to do it for them. Has been a 5-star preferred service provider on Amazon Home Services since 2015. It is powered by the experts-as-as-service platform from APi Technologies Inc,... Read more →

Orange County investors of all levels are invited to meet five inspiring black founders leading innovative companies. All of these companies are currently raising capital and anyone, even you, can invest for as little as $100. Netcapital is hosting a Virtual Demo Day on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 500 PM PDT highlighting five black founders that are currently raising... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Academy For International Culture and Professional Education, Invysta Technology Group, Quantum Computing Report Academy For International Culture and Professional Education s a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with tax exempt status in the state of California with the team of Instructors and researchers with the mission to enhance social understanding... Read more →

Welcome to these new free listings in the OC Startup Council Startups Directory: FinTech: Advisor Brands, LLC - San Clemente Hardware: Hindsight Technologies - Irvine Real Estate Tech : SOLD.com, LLC - Irvine Visit these local startups to learn more! (And get a free listing for your company or organization in the OCSC Startups Ecosystem Directory HERE.) Read more →

Welcome to Float, a new Premium Member of the OC Startup Council! Float: Their mission is to give consumers full control over their information, unlock savings and encourage community to support financial health. Float gives consumers full control of their financial information by allowing them to share only what is necessary to receive better financial products. OC Startups Directory Category:... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Business Sales Accelerator Academy, NeighborING, ReadySetConnect Business Sales Accelerator Academy train direct sales people, entrepreneurs and small business owners to become more effective at generating new business so they increase their bottom line profits & improve their local economy. Business Sales Accelerator Academies initial target audience are the millions of... Read more →

Welcome to Alchemy Technologies, a FinTech Infrastructure Company, a new Premium Member of the OC Startup Council! Alchemy Technologies, a FinTech Infrastructure Company are behind everyone's "Apply" button. They deliver core solutions and customized workflow for a variety of financial verticals. Personal loan, line-of-credit, mechanics financing, construction loans and student loan installations are state of the art. Alchemy Technologies has... Read more →

Welcome to Active Cypher, a new Executive Member of the OC Startup Council! Active Cypher provides a variety of intelligent, quantum-resilient file security solutions that are automated to provide end-to-end data protection. Merging AI, blockchain, and advanced quantum encryption technologies, Active Cypher has launched the most comprehensive solution available yet. The startup was built upon a socially responsible fabric, that... Read more →

Welcome to these new Members of the OC Startup Council: Computer Strategieskb, Newport Electric Boats, Inc., Reality Smash, Inc. Computer Strategieskb provides knowledge, and services to vertical niche markets. They will have peer curated postings from a variety of selected RSS streams plus ad hoc curation. It will also provide a buying service that will allow subscribers to take advantage... Read more →

Welcome to these new free listings in the OC Startup Council Startups Directory: Software: 10-8 Systems - Mission Viejo Education: GradeHub - Irvine FinTech: Ultra Jet Software - Aliso Viejo Visit these local startups to learn more! (And get a free listing for your company or organization in the OCSC Startups Ecosystem Directory HERE.) Read more →

Thanks to Black Dog Venture Partners for joining the OC Startup Council as a new Supporting Member. Black Dog Venture Partners is a Venture Capital & Corporate Finance Consulting, Business Development, PR, Sales and Marketing. A business accelerator that provides access to funding though their network of 13,000 investors, business development though their network of 40,000 business partners, sales/marketing and... Read more →

Curogram Closes $1.8M Series Seed Round to Lead Evolution of Two-Way Messaging for the Healthcare Industry Round includes Zuora Founder, Chairman and CEO Tien Tzuo and Over 80 Medical Professionals Recently praised by Google Health and Samsung Health for modernizing healthcare communications, Curogram, the leading patient-centric universal healthcare messaging platform, announced it has closed an over-subscribed $1.8M series seed round.... Read more →