Pitching Companies

CEO
Joshua Resnick

Parallel Flight Technologies has created patent-pending technology that enables drone to carry heavy payloads for over two hours. This will make it ideal for use in fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and logistics missions.

Sponsoring Companies

Ascend Business Design & Development Services

We work with startups and post-startup companies to take them to the next level.  We have resources to help with funding, founding, establishing and growing companies.

Cal Coastal

Cal Coastal SBDC

Loree Van Bebber
 

California Coastal Rural Development Corporation is dedicated to providing financing to small farmers and businesses throughout California who lack access to capital and technical assistance. Our mission is to assist these enterprises to grow, thrive and prosper enabling the overall economic development to our under served communities.

DART

Chris Bley

The Monterey Bay Drone, Automation and Robotics Technology (DART) initiative brings together industry, government, academia and practitioners in these industry clusters and provides a regional coordination and advancement forum.

First Capital Bank

 

We are a premier boutique corporate and international law firm that provides skilled legal services to entrepreneurs, tech companies, individuals, and growth businesses at all stages of development, from large-scale global enterprises to innovative startups. Our deep experience and wide range of knowledge positions us to provide highly responsive and effective legal solutions.

Institute for Innovation

Brad Barbeau

 

 

The iiED focuses the resources of CSU Monterey Bay, other regional educational institutions, successful entrepreneurs, and other regional resources to build and support the Monterey Bay entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Monterey Bay PTAC

Lawrence Harris

The mission of the Regional Monterey Bay PTAC is to generate employment and improve the general economic condition of the Monterey Bay region by assisting small businesses in obtaining and performing under Federal, State, and Local government contracts.

Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce

Doug Yount
 

The mission of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is to support member success and promote the regional economy.

Santa Cruz SBDC

Brandon Napoli

The Santa Cruz Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is a nonprofit organization that provides expert no-cost advising, low cost workshops and small business trainings to guide small businesses to success and accomplishment.

sFoundation

Ken Wong

We are building an ecosystem to help you find the right investors for your startups, discover the best startups to invest in, and connect your corporations with the brightest innovators.

We are here to change the system that is no longer helping the startups and the investment communities.

Solare Capital

 

 We invest in exceptional people that own and operate inception and growth stage companies with the potential to scale and quickly become cash flow positive.  We are currently exploring the International and Domestic USA Agriusiness spaces for companies that have applications and solutions in agriculture. We invest in technology and services that enable the agricultural industry to leap forward into the 21st Century.

White Summers

Mark C. White & Jon R. Summers

We are a premier boutique corporate and international law firm that provides skilled legal services to entrepreneurs, tech companies, individuals, and growth businesses at all stages of development, from large-scale global enterprises to innovative startups. Our deep experience and wide range of knowledge positions us to provide highly responsive and effective legal solutions.