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ATIF News

- 2013

April 17, 2013  ATIF has a strong first quarter of 2013.

- 2012

December 21, 2012 Technology community shows connectedness, growth
September 28, 2012 Angel group offers startup mentoring through partners
September 25, 2012 Two Arizona angel investment groups among top funding companies
September 7, 2012 ATIF closes out fundraising of initial sidecar fund
March 13, 2012 Phoenix angel community growing up with ATIF’s help
March 2, 2012 ATIF finishes funding second ‘sidecar’
February 24, 2012 Tech group kicks off program to fund startups
January 17, 2012 ATIF Launches New Resource Directory
ATIF today launched a new feature on its website: a Resource Directory to help entrepreneurs and founders find the professional resources they may need grow their start up businesses. Each resource provider in the Directory focuses on the needs of emerging Arizona businesses and can help them in a wide variety of ways. The first resources are identified with more to come later.
January 17, 2012 ATIF Publishes New Investment Candidate Application Template to Assist Entrepreneurs Seeking Capital
To focus attention on the considerations that ATIF members emphasize when evaluating investment opportunities, ATIF today published a new Template which becomes a required part of the application to ATIF. This Template, in Word(r) format downloadable from the ATIF website, asks the questions most important to ATIF members. See the ATIF website pages on applying for funding.

- 2011

June 14, 2011Arizona Commerce Authority innovation challenge spurs angel interest

June 10, 2011 Arizona angel investors looking for the right deal

Upcoming Events

  • May 23, 2013 Desert Angels Dinner Meeting
  • May 30, 2013 AZ Bio Expo
  • June 5, 2013 Arizona Furnace Demo Day
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Portfolio News

- 2013

May 16, 2013  GlyEco (GLYE) Announces First Quarter Results

May 14, 2013  Firehost Unveils First High Performance Cloud-Based Benchmarks

May 7, 2013 appsFreedom Releases Version 3.0 of its Enterprise Mobile Cloud Software

April 23, 2013  Stem Cell Harvest Offered at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. (AdiCyte)

April 23, 2013  Flypaper Studio Adds QR Technology for Increased Consumer Engagement

April 2, 2013 WebPT Offers Customers Exclusive Savings on Therapy Products with Marketplace

March 8, 2013  Serious Integrated Wins Best Presentation at Venture Capital in the Rockies Conference

March 4, 2013  Valerie Bertinelli launches mobile app for businesses in Phoenix (Veebow)

February 22, 2013  GlyEco Completes Additional $1.7 Million in Funding

February 7, 2013  Cool Gadgets to Keep Your Kids Safe (Alert GPS)

February 2, 2013  Self Reliance, Learned Early (Alert GPS)

January 28, 2013  Arizona Innovation Challenge Helps Company Leverage Additional Funding (Post.Bid.Ship)

January 24, 2013 GlyEco, Inc. Board of Directors Elects Joe Ioia as Director
January 23, 2013 Flypaper Studio Releases Flypaper Version 3.8 Featuring New and Enhanced Features
January 22, 2013 WebPT to Offer Customers Exclusive Savings on Therapy Products with Marketplace

- 2012

December 21, 2012 Strongwatch Surveillance Provides ‘Situational Awareness’
December 13, 2012 GlyEco Completes Agreement with Full Circle Manufacturing
November 21, 2012 Veebow to Offer Special Smartphone Promotions to Holiday Shoppers at Scottsdale Fashion Square
November 21, 2012 FireHost Wins Enterprise Service of the Year From Best in Biz 2012 Awards
November 20, 2012 Too Hot? Too Cold? Comfy Chair Gets It Just Right (Tempronics)
November 17, 2012 Chandler: The Silicon Desert-Serious Integrated
November 16, 2012 Scottsdale Business Earns Patent for Mobile Connections(4 Smartphone)
November 7, 2012 Flypaper Studio Introduces Flypaper Connect to Deliver Real Time Digital Signage Updates
November 2, 2012 SyCara Releases City Local Ranking for Organic Search
October 31, 2012 500 Startups Debuts Fifth Batch of Companies
October 26, 2012 Utah Adopts Amber Alert GPS’ Technology to Issue AMBER Alerts to Public
October 25, 2012 GlyEco Completes $3.4 Million in Funding
October 22, 2012 Keeping Loved Ones on the Grid (Amber Alert)
October 11, 2012 GlyEco Completes Asset Purchase Agreement with Renew Resources
October 9, 2012 Child Quest International Announces Amber Alert GPS Partnership
October 4, 2012 WebPT Partners with CollaborateMD to Integrate Best in Class EHR and Medical Billing Software
September 25, 2012 FireHost Named Stevie® Award Winner
September 20, 2012 WebPT Honored as Silver Stevie Award Winner
September 18, 2012 FireHost Raises $10 Million in Series C Funding
September 13, 2012 Folly To Forecast Startup Performance? (500 Startups)
September 12, 2012 Rsam Partners With FireHost to Deliver Secure Cloud Hosting for U.S. Customers
September 7, 2012 Paul Winandy, WebPT
August 29, 2012 GlyEco: A Speculation Par Excellence
August 22, 2012 Flypaper Studio and Beabloo USA Partner
August 14, 2012 Flypaper Studio Partners with JBtec Digital Signage to Bring Flash Content Creation Software to South America
August 14, 2012 Amber Alert GPS Announces New GPS Device and Companion Mobile App
August 3, 2012 Flypaper Studio Partners with Shuttle Computer for Turnkey Digital Signage
August 2, 2012 Strongwatch Adds Key Executive to Support Continued Expansion
August 1, 2012 Post.Bid.Ship Congratulates Member Carriers on Top Ten Rankings by Transport Topics
August 1, 2012 FireHost Unites With Dyn to Advance DNS by Way of Secure Cloud Hosting
August 1, 2012 The Little Gym and Amber Alert GPS Team Up to Promote Safety and Savings
July 25, 2012 FireHost selects Radware’s attack mitigation system
July 24, 2012 FireHost Web Application Attack Report Shows Sharp Rise in SQL Injections in 2Q2012
July 24, 2012 WebPT Helps 45 Universities Teach EHR to Physical Therapy Students
July 20, 2012 Tempronics Engineers Climate-Controlled Office Chair
July 17, 2012 500 Startups Demo Day: The most promising pitches from today’s event
July 5, 2012 Actionable SEO Reports Your Boss Will Love
July 3, 2012 Compare The Cloud selects FireHost for all hosting requirements
June 26, 2012 FireHost Launches Referral Partner Programme Designed to Share Success
June 15, 2012 WebPT buys Health Data Solutions, expands billing market.
June 13, 2012 GlyEco Completes Agreement to Acquire Antifreeze Recycling, Inc.
June 12, 2012 GlyEco to Present at the Inaugural Marcum MicroCap Conference on June 20th in NYC
June 1, 2012 SyCara announces full integration of SEOmoz and Majestic SEO link data into SEO Platform, offering comprehensive link analytics for users
June 1, 2012 How the cloud saved Kevin Mitnick from his own infamy(Firehost)
May 30, 2012 GlyEco Completes Definitive Agreement with MMT Technologies, Inc.
May 30, 2012 Amber Alert GPS Interview with Julia Howard on Child GPS Tracking Solutions
May 24, 2012 GlyEco Announces Acquisition Agreement With Enviro-Cool, LLC.
May 23, 2012 SyCara, a leading SEO Platform, will exhibit at the Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced Seattle 2012.
May 18, 2012 WebPT carves niche in electronic medical records for therapistsMay
May 17, 2012 FireHost Named 2012 SIIA CODiE Award Winner for Best Cloud Infrastructure
May 17, 2012 Leading Industry Analyst Firm Selects FireHost for ‘Cool Vendor’ Report in Cloud Security
May 16, 2012 How Cloud Computing Saved My Business(Post.Bid.Ship)
May 15, 2012 Tempronics Launches Temperfect Chair Personal Cooling and Heating Solution
May 9, 2012 SyCara’s most recent SEO Tool release includes advancements to universal search and paid search reporting features
May 9, 2012 CTIA 2012 E-Tech Awards: 2nd Place(Alert GPS)
May 8, 2012 SyCara SEO Platform Advances As Finalist in ACA Innovation Challenge
May 2, 2012 Serious Named in top 10 Arizona Startups: Finalist in Arizona Innovation Challenge
April 30, 2012 Product Review: Amber Alert GPS
April 24, 2012 Web Application Attack Report For The First Quarter of 2012(Firehost)
April 17, 2012 GlyEco Announces Acquisition Agreement with Evergreen Recycling, Inc.
April 6, 2012 500 Startups Raising New $50M Fund, Names 4 New Partners, With 250+ Investments To Date
April 5, 2012 American CryoStem and Protein Genonomics Sign Collaboration to Develop Stem Cell Applications for Wound Healing
April 3, 2012 WebPT Adds Revenue Cycle Management Service to Deliver End-to-End Solution for Clinics
March 28, 2012 GlyEco Completes Purchase Agreement with Full Circle Manufacturing
March 27, 2012 Renesas Electronics America Welcomes Serious Integrated as New Platinum Partner
Feb 29, 2012 Digi-Key now Carrying Serious Worldwide

- 2011

Dec 1, 2011 GlyEco Completes Reverse Merger
Sept. 27, 2011 Trivantis Corporation Concludes Purchase of Flypaper Studio, Inc.
June 24, 2011 Fund Seeks Arizona Tech Investments

Community News

- 2013

May 5, 2013  GrowAZ is Now GrowSouthwest

March 4, 2013  Phoenix Business Journal’s 2013 Tech Titans

February 15, 2013  Crowdfunding helps pair entrepreneurs, donors (Propel Arizona)

February 5, 2013  ASU and Arizona Libraries Collaborate through New Alexandria Network

January 9, 2013 ASU Polytechnic dean: Our model is working (ASU College of Technology & Innovation)

- 2012

November, 16, 2012 Business incubator promotes capitalism with a conscience (MAC6)
October 31, 2012 Social Venture Partners Arizona Fast Pitch Expo Application Deadline
October 15, 2012 AZ Furnace Application Deadline
September 18, 2012 UA to partner with ASU on AZ Furnace project
August 27, 2012 Arizona Commerce Authority and BioAccel Join Arizona’s First-of-its-Kind, Statewide Business Accelerator: AZ Furance
August 22, 2012 David Allen Named Executive Director of Tech Launch Arizona
August 17, 2012 City of Peoria & BioAccel announce New Director for Medical Incubator- Bioinspire
July 29, 2012 Invest Southwest starts 20th year
June 26, 2012 Gangplank a great fit at ASU’s Cronkite School
June 22, 2012 Software developers reaping big payoffs from niche markets

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