Launch of SITRI & Bay Angel Series Quarterly Pitch Events

SITRI Innovations and Bay Angels launched their first collaborated pitch event on October 26th, 2016 at SITRI Innovations’ Silicon Valley office. This event is a series of quarterly events aimed at investors and distinguished startups jointly hosted by SITRI and Bay Angels. Many angel investors, VC firms, and hardware and IoT industry experts and analysts gathered at SITRI Innovations for this event. Dr. Kurt Petersen, known as “the Father of MEMS” delivered the keynote speech. Five startups covering the field of VR/AR, smart home, fitness wearable, biotech and Bluetooth wearable pitched in front of investors.

Dr. Kurt Petersen presented “The Impact of Entrepreneurs on Wearables and IoT”. Dr. Petersen pointed out that the explosive worldwide expansion of entrepreneurial activity is making an indelible mark on many technologies and industries, and Wearables and IoT are among those emerging industries most heavily impacted by entrepreneurs today. In addition, the current powerful support infrastructure for entrepreneurs is making it even easier to transition such R&D ideas into real products.  Dr. Petersen further explained in depth how this new entrepreneurial culture is transforming the evolution of wearables and IoT.

Five pitching startups are Owlized, Ario, TLink, Synthomic and Metron Force. Founders presented their business models, product roadmaps and funding status and demoed their products. Investors asked more challenging questions during the following Q&A session. The great interaction between founders and investor opened up more opportunities for the startups.

SITRI Innovations connects semiconductor and IoT hardware innovation closely and provides startup entrepreneurs a full spectrum of services and resources designed to help them succeed in their development and commercialization phases. Bay Angels is one of the most legendary angel investment organization in Silicon Valley, focusing on mentoring and funding support to startups. Beginning in 1998, Bay Angels have backed a long list of ventures.

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Photo: Attendees include Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Startups, and Industry Experts

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Photo: “Father of MEMS”, Dr. Kurt Petersen delivering keynote speech

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Photo: Startups interacting with investors

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Photo: Startups pitching

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