PHX Startup Week

Interested in being a sponsor, volunteering during event week, or committing time to the hardworking core organizing team between now and the next #PHXStartupWeek in April 2025? Head to phxstartupweek.com and fill out the form to step up for your local startup and entrepreneurial community and we'll be in touch! #yesPHX #Startups #Tech #Innovation #Arizona #Entrepreneurship #AZ Katie Sieker Vincent Orleck yesPHX

PHX Startup Week feels like a homecoming each year. This year was no different, though it seemed to come at a time when many of us needed to be reminded of the power of community and the magic of mutual inspiration. There were so many moments that reignited my curiosity and passion that I will fail to capture it all, so I will just share some of my appreciation and wonder.... ???? Katie Sieker - You have a heart of gold! Thank you for all the effort you put into this event year over year for the benefit of the greater community...especially through the chaos of 2024! Witnessing how you wrangle, organize, and connect resources...and still somehow are able to be present and poignant on the panels is beyond me. ???? Clate Mask - Accountability. Humility. Gratitude. You hit me straight in the gut, in the best possible way! Thank you for your clarifying candor, your powerful truth telling, and for giving us the gift of your hard-won insights. I'm still working through all of the impact points you shared, but will continue to use this as a touchstone: "Get crystal clear on your values, purpose, mission....then hire for it, coach to it, fire to it." ???? Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT & Amy Armstrong - LOVED the parallels between nonprofits and startups and the transferrable lessons. Culture, mission, and the sometimes required scrappiness that comes from funding restraints. Thank you for showing by living meaningful design options at the intersection of purpose, impact, and growth. ???? Zach Ferres - Appreciated the realness and wisdom behind the pivot points in your professional journey and how you have been able to ignite innovation and tend to its impact along the way. Reminding me of the ripple effect of one person's drive on the greater ecosystem. ???? Hamid Shojaee & Susan Sly - Dynamic duo laying down a powerhouse of a fireside chat! So many meaningful take-aways that could not have been cultivated if it weren't for the wealth of your experience. It made me think a lot about the instincts and awareness that drive decisions through growth, scale, and exit. ???? Aly Saxe & Maggie Sanchez - Thank you for breaking into conversations that need to be had. Even beyond the insights shared in speaking directly to the necessity for the inclusion of women in venture, it was inspiring to see the way you invited and held the community in attendance in the sharing of heart-invoking stories, all leading to intentional action forward. #YESPHX

Congratulations to Stax.ai for closing a $7M round led by Neotribe Ventures! We are proud to continue supporting Narendran (Naru) Muraleedharan and the rest of the team as they build the future of retirement plan administration. Onward! https://lnkd.in/gGy4xvs3

Amazing! Some may even say...FANTASTIC ?? #yesPHX

Shoutout to Katie Sieker and PHX Startup Week for hosting such fantastic panels and conversations this past week!?Events like these are the heartbeat of the Phoenix startup community, fueling innovation and fostering collaboration. Coaching and mentorship are often underestimated in the startup world, but gatherings like these remind us just how vital they are to keeping the engine running. Thank you for bringing us together and sparking meaningful discussions that drive us all forward! ????

If you don’t already know what’s taking shape with Arizona’s leading CleanTech innovators, here’s a quick recap of what you missed #PHXStartupWeek ... What’s next for solar technology and the innovations crucial for advancing the industry as a whole - Cody Van Cleve, SunFlex Solar What non-metallic batteries are, how they’ll revolutionize energy storage, and what a circular battery economy could look like - Serhii (Serge) Kaminskyi, SorbiForce What the Climate Action Plan entails from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Resiliency, and the risks Arizona faces by not investing in sustainable technologies and climate initiatives for the long term - Mac Wodicker How carbon capture & conversion technologies complement today’s renewable energy efforts, and how Carbon Utility is upcycling atmospheric CO2 into low-emission products like carbon fiber - Jay Foster #DecadeForDAC ...and plenty more! While we each bring a unique vision of the future to the conversation, one thing we all agreed on is that we must do more today, not 25 years from now. Each of us is working to create a more sustainable future and build impactful organizations in the process, but the coming years will be pivotal for technology, policy, and finance to align in a meaningful way. I’m grateful to be part of the growing conversation in Arizona’s #cleantech and #sustainability community. Big thanks to PHX Startup Week, Katie Sieker, Vincent Orleck, and everyone who made this event happen. I know what you’re thinking, and yes, I’m super-serious about Smokey The Bear because I’m also wild about wildfires. But that’s a story for another time! #yesPHX #Startups #Sustainability #Entrepreneurship #Energy #CarbonCapture #SolarEnergy #Resiliency

Energy/Water/Carbon related startups addressing critical sustainability challenges in those sectors, take note ??

We're thrilled to invite Arizona's tech community to the launch of Silicon Oasis next week ?? At our launch event, we’ll hear from key leaders shaping the future of Arizona's tech landscape. Join us as we welcome: ? Daniela Santangelo - Founder & CEO, Freeway; Director of Community, StartupAZ? ? Mat Sherman - Founder & Managing Partner, Seedscout ?? ? Tyler Baldridge - Senior Associate, AZ-VC? ? Mark A. Paratore - VP of Business Development, Greater Phoenix Economic Council ? Leandro Valdez & Collin Taylor - Founders of Revolute Robotics This is an incredible opportunity to connect with industry movers and investors who are driving innovation in Arizona. We want everyone working, investing, or interested in tech in Arizona to attend—including aspiring entrepreneurs and future tech talent! Don’t miss the chance to be part of this exciting moment for Arizona’s tech community. If you know someone passionate about Arizona’s tech scene, please share this invite with them. Let’s come together to support and strengthen our local tech ecosystem! #SiliconOasis #ArizonaTech #AZInnovation #StartupEcosystem #AZTech

Loved having you all with us at #PHXStartupWeek last week! #yesPHX

As PHX Startup Week 2024 ends, Phoenix's startup community looks stronger than ever. Katie Sieker and team?demonstrated brilliantly how people coming and working together fosters community, networking, and, most importantly, the opportunity to learn and share ideas to help new businesses grow faster and more sustainable. We encourage entrepreneurs to join this supportive community and use the resources available to them. Thank you, Lynne Nethken and Autumn T. Johnson, for helping to create new possibilities in clean energy and climate technology, making PHX lead the way, and attracting talent and new investment. Thanks to Aly Saxe and Maggie Sanchez, who led an important talk about getting more women involved in venture capital with a clear message: having different voices in investment decisions leads to better results. While things are getting better, there's still work to do to make venture capital more inclusive. Learning from Leaders?sessions included expert panels with Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, Amy Armstrong, Dan Tyre, Zach Ferres, Vicki Mayo, Susan Sly, Clate Mask, and many more, who all shared valuable lessons about building successful businesses. I can't think of any other place I'd rather be than in PHX, Arizona, to support creating tomorrow's business community and helping startup companies?succeed. Sandra Watson Daniela Santangelo Melissa Lamson John Giles Jaye Stimson O'Donnell Yen Lin Liao Greg Gautam Dan Mahoney