Angel Investors Converge on Campus for First-of-its-Kind Summit
The inaugural Southwest Angel Summit brings angel investors from throughout the Southwest to the UA.
Angel investors – affluent individuals who invest personal capital in startup ventures – will be on The University of Arizona campus Monday and Tuesday for the inaugural Southwest Angel Summit.
The summit was organized in conjunction with Innovation Day at the UA by the Eller College of Management’s McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and the Desert Angels of Tucson.
“We have over 20 angel investors coming in from California, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona,” said Bob Morrison, executive director of the Desert Angels and mentor-in-residence in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program. “Their contributions to regenerating economies and stimulating growth are significant, and we are pleased to provide a venue for them to come together and discuss regional priorities and opportunities for collaboration.”
The investors will first meet informally and then participate in UA Innovation Day events. “It’s especially exciting to connect these high-level investors to innovating faculty researchers at the UA,” said Sherry Hoskinson, director of the McGuire Center. “But we are also pleased that they will be reviewing our entrepreneurship students’ ventures.”
The investors will evaluate the student ventures showcased at the Innovation Day trade show on Tuesday and then invite selected teams to make formal presentations.
The day will culminate with an awards presentation and a reception for the angel investors, entrepreneurship students, faculty and friends.
For the students, the event is the first segment of the McGuire Center/CB Richard Ellis Spring Venture Development Showcase, which continues April 4 with the semifinal round of the students’ new venture competition, and concludes April 18 with the championship round.
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