Partners & Sponsors

A Desert Angels Ecosystem Partner

Inventions for a Better World – Bringing together the University of Arizona community and local and regional ecosystems, we’re making a better world by moving inventions stemming from university research and technological innovation into the marketplace where they can create lasting social and economic impact.

A Highly Valued Desert Angels Sponsor. Startup EcoSystem™ DealIQ™ reduces early-stage investment failure and fatigue by converting best practices into data, and data into efficient, deeply insightful tools that facilitate quickly funding new ventures and safeguarding the outcomes for both founders and investors.

A Desert Angels Syndication Partner

A Desert Angels Ecosystem Partner

PathOptix provides leading device regulatory expertise. Visit Keith Whitley, PathOptix Founder, on LinkedIn today.

All startups in the UACI network go through a structured program that takes them through a continuum of education provided by mentors, advisors and community collaborators. UACI also provides access to service providers, industry cluster groups, interns and connections to potential customers and strategic partners.

Since 2013 UAVC has been making investments in disruptive technologies that are born in research laboratories overlooked by Silicon Valley, and we’ve found there is no shortage of product. Our history begins by successfully collaborating with the University of Arizona, where we have spun out fourteen businesses and successfully exited four. Collaborating with UArizona’s tech transfer office, we developed a model for identifying and investing in world-class scientific discoveries and brilliant technology breakthroughs. Our fund exists to ensure these breakthroughs reach the masses and have the greatest impact possible.

NGUYEN TARBET IP Law is a powerhouse in patent procurement. Further, we provide a full suite of IP services, such as patentability analysis, strategic planning, patent portfolio management, due diligence investigations, patent re-examinations, reissuance, legal opinions on patent validity/infringement/freedom to operate, trademark clearance analysis, trademark registration, and trademark opposition/cancellation petitions.

ATI is a long-time Desert Angels Syndication and Ecosystem Partner – ATI is an active Investors in high-quality, high-growth seed and early-stage information Technology and Life Science startups in Arizona, the Southwest and beyond.