Magna Executive Matchmaking

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Feb 21^st
in conjunction with The Los Angeles Tribune.

Virtual Matchmaking Platform Expands to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program has expanded its free, online procurement platform to now include donations from suppliers capable of filling health and human service needs across a broad range of product.

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Some Recent Funding Examples From Pitch Global’s Online Events:

Volker Dahm, Founder of Safedeploy, was looking for an online investor event in Silicon Valley in April when he came across Pitch Global(pitchglobal.com) and signed up to Pitch virtually in front of tens of investors. Pitch Global matched him with John Ricci, the Founder of US Angels for a private meeting at the end of the event upon which he got invited to Pitch at US Angels Investor events–which is also co-promoted by Pitch Global– which led to Safedeploy receiving some funding recently from US Angels Investor Network, which has also recently funded startups like Eternatear, Vaporex, Relevate, etc.
Debbie Holzkamp, Founder of disruptive Edtech Startup Virtanza, was matched by Pitch Global to Brian Mac Mahon, CEO of the highly respected LA ecosystem builder Expert Dojo, which led Virtanza to receive funding and acceptance into their first online cohort.
Carter Russ, Founder of Champions Round, was matched by Pitch Global, which led to their funding and acceptance by Expert Dojo’s online cohort as well.
Erik Eklund, the Founder of Telemetrax, has been Pitching in Pitch Global’s investor events during the pandemic. He met one investor at Pitch Global virtual event who invested a significant amount.
Russ Jones, Founder of Cargo Chief, was matched by Pitch Global to one of their Sponsors, Santa Cruz County Bank, based on which they received a line of credit. Russ also became an Advisor to Telemetrax after meeting them at Pitch Global. Entrepreneurs like Russ has been part of Pitch Global’s ecosystem for years. Watch him present to some of the biggest investors in Silicon Valley at one of Pitch Global’s event last year when he was raising his previous round.
Vipin Namboodiri, Sr Executive of global Japanese company Ricoh, was given the mandate of the Spinning of their Health Tech Division into a separate company. Axel Tillmann, CEO of Pitch Global Innovation group, was hired to be the Mentor for this Corporate Innovation spin-off who helped create a stand-alone company, EIGA Health. Pitch Global also matched Vipin to one of their active judges, Raghu Iyer-an investor from Nex3/Sway Ventures, who has invested in many companies at Pitch Global events like Ootify, Meet Caregivers, The Beauty Marketplace, Fanalyze, etc. Raghu helped to find a co-founder for EIGA Health, who took over as CEO and invested a significant amount in the company.

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed//Kmd2cJvirEQ

Such Projects have gotten Pitch Global on the radar of VC arms of large companies, and they are increasingly reaching out to Pitch Global for gaining access to startups in their extended network of networks. Pitch Global events often begin with an investor Panel drawn from Corporate Venture Capital (CVC’s) arms of large companies. For instance, a recent Lifesciences investor event had a Panel with senior investors from United Health, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, Qualcomm, etc.

Magna Executive Matchmaking Service

One of the Largest investor networks meets unique culture & experience of matching entrepreneurs with investors: Pitch Global is considered to be a leading investor Network of Networks not only in Silicon Valley but also in other influential markets like LA. They have given examples of US Angels and Expert Dojo above, which are just 2 of hundreds of investor groups whose members attend our events.

The Funding success at Pitch Global virtual events is rooted in the unique format of Pitch Global live events in SF, LA, and London where, instead of picking winners, each participant is matched with one or more investors who are most likely to invest.

So, over the years, Pitch Global has perfected its unique matchmaking prowess which has led to thousands of global entrepreneurs connect with the right investors.

Now, in a virtual era, Pitch Global’s competitive advantage in matchmaking entrepreneurs to the right investors has led to a significant increase in fundraising success at their virtual events, especially due to the fact that the number of investors participating at a virtual event is much higher than a live event.

World-Class Event Hosts & Technology Partners: Another reason why funding has gone up at Pitch Global in a virtual era is that the technology and user experience at our investor events are provided by world-class partners like UC Berkeley Global, Angel to Exit, etc. Besides, our Event Hosts are some of the most experienced people in Silicon Valley for running online events.

Following are the profiles of Pitch Global’s Event Hosts and investor matchmakers:

Dr. Fred Cohen, Founder of Angel to Exit and President of Keiretsu Forum (Pebble beach chapter) till recently who is running online investor events for over five years. Fred is also the Host of Pitch Global’s upcoming Investor Summit series and an active investor in several startups, which has presented at Pitch Global like Otonexus.
KC Wisdom, Founder Pitch Global, was part of a team of Silicon Valley experts who co-wrote The First Mile(John Wiley), on behalf of TIE, the world’s largest network of investors and is currently re-writing sections on his upcoming book on Innovation Mindset. KC has also started SV Access Inc, a JV focused on US India Innovation& Funding in association with someone who is a Policy Advisor to Head of States.
Axel Tillmann, CEO Pitch Global Innovation Group, is a former operator CEO as well as US head of the fund of funds, has a deep understanding of both the Silicon Valley and global startup ecosystems.

Both KC and Axel are US govt funded Mentors/EIR’s, and Pitch Global is authorized to select startups with future job-creating potential and Mentor them. Some of the startups which they have Mentored and matched to investors like Tutorfly, Realkey, Plenty, Genobank, etc. on behalf of the US Govt agency have all gone to raise significant capital.

If you are interested in further updates, please email startups@pitchglobal.com. Or visit https://pitchglobal.com/

Keiretsu Forum
Wharton Angels
Stanford Angels
Harvard Angels
Band of Angels
TIE Angels
Caltech Angels
MIT Angels
Chicago/Booth Angels
Berkeley Angels
Nex3/Sway Ventures
Shell Ventures
United Health Ventures
Singularity Ventures
DFJ
Emergent Capital
Novartis Ventures
Bay Angels
Fusion Fund
Expert Dojo
Plug & Play
Sand Hill Angels
Lifesciences Angels
Health Tech Angels
US Angels
BOSS Capital Partners
Bay Angels
Fyda Ventures
Pipeline Capital
Nokia Ventures
DNA Ventures
Boehringer Ingelheim
Ventures
Yamaha Ventures
Clearstone Partners
Mahindra VC
Maersk Ventures
Emergent VC
Elevate Capital
Intel Capital
Act 5 Ventures
Blumberg Capital
Goldman Sachs Growth
Vespucci Partners
NGP Capital
Telus Ventures
Terra Ventures
Samsung Ventures
Reach capital
ArcTern Ventures
Mouro Capital
Airbus ventures
Maersk Growth
Kanematsu Ventures
Valley Data Ventures
Bosch Innovation
NGK Ventures
Allstate
Pepsi Ventures
Lerrer Hippeau
NTT VC
White Star Capital
Fin VC
Soma Capital
Differential Ventures
Emerald Tech Ventures
Nielsen
Advanced Ventures
Arie Capital
Navigate Ventures
Nextgen Ventures
Photon Fund
Lam Research
Pipeline Angels
Climate Impact Capital
Urban Innovation Fund
Bertalsmann Digital
Core Angels
WIND Ventures
SK Telecom
Teserra Ventures
Juniper Network
Augmentum Ventures
Acrobator Ventures
Rivervest Ventures
Edison Partners
Clean Growth Fund
Vito Ventures
Highland VC
National Grid
Indicator Capital
Starwood VC
MVM Partners
Point 72 Ventures
Impact America Fund
Monroe Capital
Constellar Ventures
Bling Capital
Faster Capital
Recharge Capital
Disruption Ventures
HI Growth
DTCP
Aligned Partners
Henkel
Emerging Ventures
Tech coast Angels
Batterson Ventures
Samsung Catalyst Fund
Draper Nexus
Boehringer Ingelheim
United Health VC
Dr Claire Leurent
J&J VC
Illumina Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures
Volvo Cars
Renault/Nissan
Hypertherm Ventures
Benhamou Global
Nexus Partners
Charles River Partners
Nex3/Sway Ventures
TDK Ventures
1984 Ventures
Singularity University Ventures
Clean Energy Ventures
Maersk Drilling
Shell Ventures
E.ON Energy Ventures
Banco Santander
Chevron
Magna
Toyota
Tencent
Arca Continental
HSBC
Maersk
Ranstaad
Caterpillar
Ferguson
ABB
Rabo Bank
Henkel
Patagonia
Arca Continental
JD Digits
Sony
Telefonica
Equinor
Entergy

Small Businesses

What the Extended “Stay Home, Stay Safe” Order Means for Businesses, Workers
Today, Governor Whitmer announced the state is extending the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order through April 30 via Executive Order 2020-42. Employers who have closed and/or laid off or placed workers on leave are required to announce these actions in accordance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. State and local resources for workers who have been laid off or placed on temporary leave from employment due to COVID-19 are also available below.

Read WARN Act Instructions for Employers
Find State, Local Resources for Employees

SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program Opens for Independent Contractors, Self-Employed Workers Friday, April 10th
Beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 10, independent contractors and sole proprietors can apply for $349 billion in Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration. The application period for small businesses already opened on April 3 to help them keep their workers on the payroll. The program is awarding loans on a first come, first serve basis with funding caps in place. Michigan businesses are encouraged to apply early and to visit MIPaycheckProtection.com for updates on the application process.

Virtual Matchmaking Platform Expands to Support COVID-19 Response Efforts
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program has expanded its free, online procurement platform to now include donations from suppliers capable of filling health and human service needs across a broad range of product and service categories.

Magna Executive Matchmaking Center

The platform is also offering a place for companies with manufacturing capabilities for personal protection equipment to indicate which items (i.e. masks, gowns, ventilators) they are able to produce, along with quantity and timing detail.

Company Spotlight: National Filters
This month, the Michigan Strategic Fund supported National Filters, a cartridge manufacturer in Harbor Beach, by helping it purchase equipment necessary to increase surgical mask production from 250 per day to 7,200 masks per hour through collateral support from the MEDC’s Capital Access program. The company will be able to begin producing 2,000 N95 respirators per hour in addition to rehiring 16 employees that were previously laid off due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Additional Resources Available

Access additional resources by visiting michiganbusiness.org/covid19.

Visit michigan.gov/coronavirus to find valuable resources for employers, workers, residents and communities and stay informed on Michigan’s latest efforts to mitigate the impact of the virus on our state’s residents and economy.

The MEDC partnered with the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to host a webinar on best practices for proactively managing your business during COVID-19. Watch a video of the webinar here.

Magna Executive Matchmaking Academy

Information around this outbreak is changing rapidly. The latest information is available at https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.