I help scout, launch and raise capital for deep tech startups from the research labs at UC Riverside, the Southern California region, and the Mountain West (ID, WY, MT).
I focus in the Climate tech, Cleantech, Agtech, and Life Science/Biotech verticals.
I have been working with the University of California Riverside mentoring entrepreneurs and tech startups since January 2017. We are working to build a tech ecosystem in the Inland Southern California region and I led the launch of a tech focused Small Business Development Center called EPIC SBDC in April of 2018.
My team and I have helped raise over $35.5M in Angel, VC and non-dilutive SBIR/STTR grants for the startups we mentor since mid-2018.
I have been a Founder or Founding Executive of a number of tech startups including the VC funded mobile games studio Muti Labs, the Temecula based sports tech company NZN Labs/LIT Pro and I had some beginners luck selling my first company Industrial Strength Network (an early interactive agency) to frog design as an acquihire in 1998. Seeing the early promise of the iPhone and App Store, I put my own capital to work as an angel investor in independent mobile games while at Brovsky Capital. In addition, as a brand marketing executive, I have a successful track record in defining, launching and driving revenue for major video game franchises such as The Avengers, Turok, Kingdom Hearts and Medal of Honor for leading entertainment companies like Disney/Marvel, Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive.