At least 37 early-stage Minnesota tech companies raised a cumulative $28m in financing during the months of April, May and June according to information collected and analyzed for the second quarter 2012 Capital Review.
The data set represents a proxy of local investment activity into IT/High Tech: Saas, web/mobile, hardware and robotics systems. It is imperfect, considering that there will always be undisclosed transactions and those which are off the record.
Thanks to local sponsor AppViz, we livestreamed Project Skyway’s demo day yesterday and archived the event in its entirety above. Post demo interviews:
Project Skyway, Minnesota’s first — and only — tech startup accelerator, is heads down right now preparing for their second “demo day”, the culmination of nearly three months of entrepreneurial incubation within the walls of CoCo Minneapolis.
Originally envisioned by veteran tech entrepreneur Cem Erdem in the fall of 2010 and formally launched with co founder Casey Allen in spring of 2011, Project Skyway provides cash, mentorship, office space and visibility for select emerging tech startups.
By Nick Nelson
Mark Brown has spent the past four years doing research in the clean energy space, where he became acutely aware of the challenges involved with accessing information from regulatory papers, plan documents and annual reports housed within the state commission systems.
So now he’s launching a start-up that, like any good business initiative, solves a problem.
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