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Join Boise State ECE and the Venture College for an educational seminar followed by a Lunch and Learn highlighting the journey of taking innovations through tech transfer to commercialization. Matias Troccoli, an Electrical Engineer and PhD by training, will share about his journey from university R&D to IPO success. Matias is a repeat startup leader and founder. As part of his early work, he industrialized novel semiconductors by turning university R&D into end-to-end enterprise grade products. In the process, he built a multidisciplinary organization with global reach that shipped millions of products worldwide to tier-1 multinationals. Matias is also an Advisory Board Member and mentor to multiple startups, and has authored several patents and publications. Following Matias' presentation, you'll learn about opportunities to commercialize your research and technology through National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps and TRANSFORM. ?? Wednesday, March 27 ?? 10:30 - 11:45 am ?? College of Innovation and Design | 2nd floor, Albertsons Library | 1865 W Cesar Chavez Ln, Boise, ID 83725 Following this event, attendees can join the roundtable sessions to engage in discussions on technology startups, product commercialization, innovations, and business strategies. Discover how to take your research and deep technology to the next level by leveraging customer discovery to propel your idea forward with the support of NSF I-Corps. Staff members will be present to answer questions about the program and upcoming cohorts. To RSVP for the Roundtable, please use this ?? https://lnkd.in/gtpyspaA ?? Wednesday, March 27 ?? 11:45 - 1:00 pm ?? College of Innovation and Design | 2nd floor, Albertsons Library | 1865 W Cesar Chavez Ln, Boise, ID 83725 #startupjourney #innovation #entrepreneurship #researchdevelopment #nsf #nsficorps #transform #techstartups #technology #IPO #commercialization

2023. It’s hard to believe that Silicon Valley Bank collapsed less than a year ago. In hindsight 2023 proved to be a more difficult year than most would have predicted at the end of 2022. It was a particularly difficult year for technology startup founders and venture capitalists, with some reports suggesting that it might have been the most difficult year for startups in recent memory; For example, in December, Pitchbook reported that “The number of active investors in US VC, which we defined as making two or more deals, plummeted by 38% in the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the same period last year, according to PitchBook data. That translates to 2,725 fewer firms making deals,” and on January 11, Reuters reported that US startup funding dropped 30% in 2023 despite the AI frenzy. Lisa Morales-Hellebo and I are proud of what we accomplished at REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund in 2023; We made 20 investments, adding 16 new startups to our portfolio of pre-seed and seed stage startups. That brings us to 50 investments across 44 startups since July 2021 when we launched our rolling fund on AngelList. We feel proud that these founders have chosen to allow us to support them as they pursue the refashioning of legacy industries and global supply chains, even as Lisa and I are in the very early stages of building our firm. This is our year-end review of some of what they accomplished, against all odds. It’s filled with active links to media and other digital content that will enable you to dig deeper into what each startup does. As I keep saying; The Climate Crisis and Industrialization are opposite sides of the same coin. Therefore, we are in the early-stages of the largest sector-driven investment opportunity of our lifetime - the technology-driven refashioning of industrial supply chains to mitigate the climate crisis. With 2024 already off to a torrid start and with the potential to be even more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous than 2023, we hope our founders and the teams that support them will inspire you as much as they inspire us; Despite the very real challenges we face, there’s a lot to feel very optimistic about. #ObsessivelyEnthusiasticInvestor Our Investment Thesis: REFASHIOND Ventures: The Industrial Transformation Fund invests in early stage startups refashioning legacy industries through Data & AI, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing, & Next Generation Supply Chains; Defensible through economic moats. Join us. You may download The State of Supply Chain 2023: REFASHIOND Ventures Year-End Review here - it's also available on our website, with standalone sections for each startup in our portfolio: https://lnkd.in/ej-W93cM #IndustrialTransformation #SupplyChain #Innovation #Technology #Startups #VentureCapital?#TheStateOfSupplyChain #YearEndReview