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What does it take to land venture capital for photonics-driven startups?
(L-R) Entrada Ventures' Alex Fang, co-founder and managing partner; Greg Fish, operating partner; and Eric Hall, managing partner....
Dec 7, 2023
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Anchore Awarded $4.6M Phase III SBIR Contract with U.S. Air Force Platform One
Contract includes continued software innovation, application development and container hardening security SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA –...
Nov 2, 2021


PERSPECTIVE: How Predictive AI Will Change Cybersecurity in 2021
By Dr. Igor Mezić AI-enhanced cybersecurity is a must in 2021 and beyond. Clearly, the industry agrees – you’ll find an endless list of...
Nov 1, 2021


Tower Semiconductor & Quintessent Announce Partnership to Create Foundry Silicon Photonics Platform
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, and SANTA BARBARA, Calif – Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leading foundry of high value analog...
Oct 8, 2021


LightDeck Appoints Nick Traggis as CEO to Scale Company Operations Through Next Phase of Growth
Boulder, CO – LightDeck Diagnostics today announced that Nick Traggis has transitioned from executive vice president of Corporate...
Oct 8, 2021


AppliedVR: One of Fast Company's 10 most innovative companies in augmented and virtual reality
Consumer virtual reality (VR) headsets took a stride toward the mainstream with the release of Oculus Quest 2 this year, while augmented...
Mar 23, 2021


How One Santa Barbara Venture Capital Firm Mentors Startups
This article appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent's Tech Talk Founded in 2018 by a who’s who of veteran Santa Barbara tech...
Oct 19, 2020


Breaking Bold: This Female Founder Taps An Underutilized Startup Resource—Women
The following article, written by John Greathouse, appeared on Forbes.com Kristen Hazard is a lawyer and environmentalist, turned...
Sep 18, 2020


Entrada Ventures Announces Investment in Breakthrough Battery Nanotechnology Company, Coreshell Tech
Entrada Ventures is excited to lead the recent Seed round in nanotechnology company, Coreshell Technology. Coreshell is a prime example...
Aug 18, 2020


MixMode. Why We Invested.
Entrada Ventures is excited to announce our investment in Santa Barbara CyberSecurity AI company MixMode
May 4, 2020


MixMode: Named One Of Forbes 25 Machine Learning Startups To Watch In 2020
MixMode's Network Security Monitoring Platform provides deep network visibility and predictive threat detection capabilities, enabling an...
May 4, 2020


Entrada Ventures Invests in Stock Photo Disruptor, Snapwire
Snapwire (snapwi.re) connects a new generation of creators with businesses and brands that need on-demand creative imagery. Buyers post...
Oct 22, 2019


Tackling Venture Capital Bias Over Gender
The following article first appeared on Pacific Coast Business Times Some 27 percent of S&P 500 corporate directors are now women but...
Oct 21, 2019


Entrada Ventures Announces Investment in Morro Bay, Ca. Remote Workforce Tracking Company, Worksana
Santa Barbara, Calif — Entrada Ventures is pleased to announce investment in Worksana, a remote workforce management solution. About...
Aug 22, 2019


Entrada Announces Investment in Live Data Technologies, A New Breed of Data Technology Disruptor
Santa Barbara, Calif — Entrada Ventures is pleased to announce our investment in Santa Barbara technology company Live Data Technologies....
Aug 22, 2019


Entrada Ventures Announces Investment in San Luis Obispo Fashion-Tech Start-up, Pashion Footwear.
San Luis Obispo, Calif — Entrada Ventures is pleased to announce investment in. San Luis Obispo Fashion-Tech Start-up, Pashion Footwear....
Aug 22, 2019


Entrada Ventures Announces Investment in Santa Barbara Security Technology Company, Anchore
Santa Barbara, Calif — Entrada Ventures is pleased to announce investment into Santa Barbara-based Anchore, Inc. About Anchore The...
Aug 22, 2019


Entrada Ventures Announces Investment in Santa Barbara-based Optical Engine Company, Quintessent
Santa Barbara, Calif — Entrada Ventures is pleased to announce its investment in Quintessent, a Santa Barbara-based company manufacturing...
Aug 22, 2019


Why Your Choice of Seed Investor Matters - Part II (Great Companies Are Built on Strong Foundations)
In this second part of Entrada’s view on "Why Your Seed Investor Matters More Than Ever” we talk about some of the primary things we work...
Aug 13, 2019


Why Your Choice of Seed Investor Matters - Part I
Here at Entrada Ventures, we’ve been hearing a lot of chatter amongst startup investors about Series A rounds moving further and further...
Aug 13, 2019


5 Ways Poker Legend Annie Duke’s Brilliant Book Will Help You (& Your Startup) Make Better Decisions
A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. When I saw World Series Poker Champion Annie Duke speak in 2017, I was inspired to...
Feb 6, 2019


SaaS Is Dead, Long Live Software
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. During the first half of the last century, numerous fortunes were made...
Jan 30, 2019


Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. I recently interviewed Bruce Heavin, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation at...
Jan 28, 2019


Smart Audio – A Lucrative Platform… If You Figure Out How To Leverage It
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. My adult daughter recently visited us for a few weeks and she brought along a...
Jan 28, 2019


The Best/Worst Movie Of All Time Is A Killer Guide To Startup Success (And Failure)
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Earlier this year, a decade and a half after the Citizen Kane of bad movies was...
Jan 26, 2019
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