Ibrahim Mesbah wasn’t planning to build a multimillion dollar company. While he worked at PayPal, he developed a passion for finding e-commerce solutions. He was helping a friends’ brother source auto parts a few years ago at a Honda dealership here in the Valley and he saw how complicated and inefficient the process was. From … Read more
So, we’ve covered how to land a meeting with venture capitalists and firms in Phoenix to consider pitching, acronyms you need to know before heading into your pitch, and the most important slide you need in your pitch deck. Ok, you listened to all of our advice and landed meetings with multiple VCs. Now what? … Read more
Sensagrate, a software company based in Scottsdale, and Innoviz Technologies, which is headquartered in Israel, announced a partnership to enable a variety of Smart City applications meant to create safer cities by improving road safety. Sensagrate has created the Smart City technology, as well as data analytics and reporting products, to monitor traffic, pedestrian and … Read more
Entrepreneurs have to know, well, everything. In the beginning, you’re likely bootstrapping, doing nearly everything on your own. It might be a real “fake it ’til you make it” situation for a while. Even so, one of the best ways to seem like you’ve got everything under control is by learning and speaking the startup … Read more
SaiOx, a Tucson-based ventilator company, has teamed up with XrossFusion, a medical device firm in India, to deliver critical respiratory equipment technology to hospitals in India. SaiOx developed the helium-oxygen respiratory assist device called Hespiro to help treat patients with respiratory conditions, including Covid-19. The air we breathe is made up of about 79% nitrogen … Read more
Scottsdale-based M3bi has closed a deal with Zensar Technologies, a publicly-traded software and services technology company based in India. Zensar’s US subsidiary, based in San Jose, Calif., will conduct the acquisition. The company will pay an upfront payment of $21.6 million and performance-based deferred payments of no more than $9 million over 36 months. The … Read more
Over the past two years, Arizona startups have received more venture capital than ever before. According to ClearData, Arizona is still trailing the major U.S. startup hubs by a fairly wide margin. And yet, the tech startup industry here is growing fast. Arizona appeals to both local founders and founders originally based out-of-state, thanks to … Read more
Botco.ai has been named a 2021 winner in TiEcon’s TiE50 Awards Program. The company is one of 152 winners worldwide, but the only winner from Arizona. Winners of this award gain visibility and exposure to sponsors, partners and investors, including venture capitalists and angel investors. Winners also have access to thousands of dollars in credits … Read more
National Economic Development Week is wrapping up, but what isn’t ending this week is ASU’s commitment to helping businesses thrive in Arizona and contribute to the state’s economy. ASU’s Economic Development team works to help businesses succeed in our pro-business state by positioning them within reach of talented people and a multitude of resources at … Read more
Sectigo, a New Jersey-based web security solutions provider, acquired Scottsdale-based SiteLock earlier this month. SiteLock is a leading provider of website security protection and monitoring. Through this acquisition, Sectigo expands its product capabilities and network, and gains more than 16 million websites currently protected by SiteLock. Demand for web security hit an all-time high as … Read more