Congrats to Cognivive, Highlands Power, HomeZada and Protxx for advancing to the Final Four in the Kings Capitalize Pitch competition! I was blown away by the caliber of all the pitches on Friday during the semi-finals! Fan voting for the finalists begins on March 14 and the winner will be crowned at the Kings Tech Night game on March 22. Learn more about the semi-finalist companies in Jeff Bennett’s blog post on StartupSac.com.
Aaron Watkins, founder of STEMtrunk, just launched an Indiegogo campaign for this subscription service for educational toys. STEMtrunk is something of a poster child for the startup resources available in our region. Aaron is an alumni of Hacker Lab’s Startup Hustle, a 2-time Kings Capitalize semi-finalist, a 1 Million Cups presenter and a frequent attendee to the educational and networking events for founders in our region. Check out the campaign and support a fellow founder!
This Week’s Best Bets
Perfect your pitch in the Big Bang! workshop on Wednesday evening in Davis. Past winners of the Big Bang! will demo their pitches to illustrate the components of a great pitch. This is a free event, open to the public.
SVP Fast Pitch is Thursday evening at the Golden 1 Center. This annual competition showcases some of the best non-profits in our region as the pitch like startup founders in this funding competition. And we even have a sweet 50% off discount code for you! Enter “StartupSac” in the promo code field to take advantage!
Hacker Lab is kicking off the Spring cohort of Startup Hustle with free informational events in Rocklin on Thursday (6:00 pm) and Midtown on Friday (5:30 pm). Come meet past participants and learn how this 8-week bootcamp can give you an edge when launching your startup!
Plan Ahead
TechEdge is Thursday March 22. New this year, there will be a FREE Tech Expo in the morning prior to the lunch and speaker program. Come find out what’s happening in our tech community at the Business Journal’s annual event.
Save the date for the 2nd annual Impact Global Venture Summit on May 8! We’ve scored a 75% off discount for you! Get your tickets early and pay just $25! Here’s the magic link:
There’s lots of great stuff going on in the tech startup community–check out the details in this week’s Startup Digest. If you’d like to receive the digest in your inbox every Monday morning, sign up for free here. If you’ve organized (or know about) an event we have not included, please submit it here for consideration. And for even more startup information, happenings and resources, visit the StartupSac Website. Note: We include a lot of tech events that aren’t necessarily startup-focused on the event calendar on the StartupSac website. Check it out here.
