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The ACA hosted Arizona's Startup & Investor Ecosystem at #LATechWeek with Arizona State University! We’re proud to showcase Arizona’s thriving innovation ecosystem to entrepreneurs, investors, and startups. TECH WEEK by a16z BreatheEV Sinatra CenSyn, Inc. Axio AI

Tech Talent Summit #2 Thank you to everyone that participated, sponsored, volunteered to make it such a success! ?????????? Too many favorite moments to count but some on the spot feedback I heard.. “Opening remarks were really meaningful & engaging” “After I was on the panel, quality tech talent came up to me, I literally have engineers resumes in my pocket” “Phx techies are in the Suns HQ, this is a pinch me moment” “Coming in from Palo Alto to meet the Phx startup ecosystem was so worth it” Big congrats to the top 3 winners Startup World Cup of Arizona ! ?? ?? 3. Max Bregman BreatheEV 2. Josh Hsu Legix 1. Manas Pathak EarthEn Energy Lets keep going Phx! ???????? StartupAZ City of Phoenix Greater Phoenix Economic Council

?? That’s a wrap on my first-ever Expo, and I couldn’t be more thrilled with what we achieved! From start to finish, this event was a whirlwind of inspiration—featuring remarkable speakers, brilliant and forward-thinking panelists, and exciting new partnership announcements. One of the standout moments was receiving a special video message from Congressman Greg Stanton, emphasizing the importance of water resilience??. It was inspiring to hear such strong support for our mission and to know that #Arizona is truly leading the way in #sustainability. The message really captured the heart of why we do what we do, and seeing it come together so well was an unforgettable highlight. I’m especially honored to have just graduated my first accelerateAZ #startup cohorts—Sustainability Batch 1 (OXbyEL Technologies, Sylvan Source (SSI), Ampcera, Higher Wire Inc, SorbiForce, BreatheEV, Carbon Utility, Beyond Silicon, Inc., SunFlex Solar) and Advanced Manufacturing Batch 3 (SupplyHub.AI, Purity ReSource, Revolute Robotics, ThinAir, FlyX Technologies). Watching these incredible startups grow, supporting them through workshops, mentorship, and creating opportunities to connect them with the community has been an amazing journey. I’ll truly miss working with these talented #entrepreneurs as they continue to make an impact. I’m also elated that we collaborated with Bold Reuse for the Arizona Innovation Expo, their first event in Arizona. Bold Reuse is dedicated to #minimizingwaste and maximizing impact with innovative solutions for #reusable event materials. It’s rewarding to see Plug and Play championing sustainability through more environmentally friendly corporate events. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to making this event a resounding success! Stay tuned for more highlights and reflections in my next post! If you want to collaborate on an event or play a larger role in the Plug and Play ecosystem, feel free to reach out to me! #PlugandPlay #accelerateAZ #Sustainability #AdvancedManufacturing #Innovation #ArizonaStartups #CorporatePartnerships #Community #Ecosystem #Reuseables #ZeroWaste #WaterResilience #BatteryTech #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #SupplyChain #Drones #PNPTCArizona Edward D. Ricci Jim Simmons Laura Demmons Abhishek Kumar Trevor Warren Kevin Drolet Serhii (Serge) Kaminskyi Max Bregman Z. Jason Yu Jay Foster Cody Van Cleve Sanjeev Shrivastava Heba Gibani Farzad Rahbar Blake W. Leandro Valdez Megan Beatty

Congratulations to our Top 10 Arizona Startups that have been selected to pitch at the first ever Startup World Cup of Arizona! We received a ton of high quality and innovative pitch decks from inspiring founders and teams. We enjoyed learning about each and every company, and were inspired by so many in this process! Trimming down the applicants to get to the Top 10 was incredibly difficult, so if you were not selected we encourage you to keep innovating & apply next year! In addition to the incredible investors, mentors, and experienced entrepreneurs in and outside of our Arizona Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, we are grateful to the Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University for collaborating with Startup World Cup of Arizona to deploy a standardized #VentureReadiness criteria selection model to determine each startup's readiness for Venture Capital funding. Without further ado, here are our Top 10 Startups that have been selected to pitch on 9/27/2024 at Galvanize Inc- Phoenix. 1. Lotus Labs Inc 2. BreatheEV 3. EarthEn Energy 4. Morphos AI 5. Rayn Innovations 6. Protocol: Gemini (Waylucid) 7. Koko Ni 8. Legix 9. Beyond Silicon, Inc. 10. Warrior GMR Foundation (Elanah.ai) We will send an email to all with the details, and look forward to seeing you all live at the #FallTechTalentSummit on 9/27/2024 at Galvanize - Phoenix! Don't forget to register to attend! For tickets: https://lnkd.in/dTmifu74 ?? ?? Freeway StartupAZ Arizona Commerce Authority Greater Phoenix Economic Council Ghani Consulting Arizona State University Pegasus Tech Ventures CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Vensure Employer Solutions Southwest Mission Acceleration Center (MAC) Long Realty Jasper Associates PHX Ventures Next Frontier Capital Venture Madness InvestLink Social Arizona Entrepreneurs Venture Café Phoenix Aaron Bare Center For Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) Arizona Venture Development Corporation Journey Ventures Monsoon Venture Fund AZ-VC Grayhawk Capital Thunderbird School of Global Management PHX FWD Phoenix Suns