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April 2013
SARTA Update
4/12 Deadline for Pomeroy Award Nominations
Nominations are open until April 12 for the 2013 Claire Pomeroy Award for Innovation in Medical Technology. If you’d like to nominate an innovator (including yourself), complete the nomination form and email it to awards@sarta.org. The winner will be announced at the 2013 Sacramento Med Tech Showcase on Tuesday, May 14. The Showcase will feature keynote speaker Eric Silfen, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Phillips Healthcare, a panel discussion on the future of med tech investing and a discussion by our region’s healthcare systems on the changing healthcare delivery marketplace. And new this year is an Entrepreneur’s Showcase. You don’t want to miss the region’s premiere med tech event! Visit our website for more information or to register.
Startup Weekend Sacramento
Is Happening April 5 - 7 @ Hacker Lab
Join us for a weekend and build your idea. You'll meet fellow entrepreneurs, developers, mentors, and investors. Good food and beverage will be served. Prizes will be awarded. All the cool people will be there. Use discount code "sacstartupdigest" for $20 off the $54 entry fee. Click here for more information on what to expect at a Startup Weekend.
CleanStart PowerUP coming to Folsom and Grass Valley
Register now for the next CleanStart PowerUP in your area, April 23 in Folsom and June 26 in Grass Valley. At PowerUP you will introduce yourself to the crowd, mix and mingle with investors, entrepreneurs, service providers, researchers and the clean tech community at large. Clean tech companies get a free video session for the new CleanStart Virtual Expo and a free exhibit table in or outside with the price of admission. T3 will be there to receive and recycle your used/expired printer and copier cartridges with 100% of the proceeds going back to SARTA -- bring yours!
Getting Our Ag Together --With Your Help!
SARTA, in partnership with UC Davis' GSM, has won a grant to support the growth of ag tech companies. We will be doing this work through SARTA’s AgStart program and UC Davis’ Sustainable Ag Tech Innovation Center. SARTA is conducting a study of the ag tech industry and is asking for your help, as an important community leader, in completing this 10 question survey. Thank you in advance; your input is valuable!
Cleantech Open is Right Around the Corner
The application deadline for the Cleantech Open earlybird rate is April 10th, so sign-up today for the low fee of $90 for professional teams and $40 for student teams. The final deadline is May 1st. To date, the Cleantech Open accelerator and competition has served 727 companies to launch; 40% got funding with $800 million raised. Apply for your chance to access world-class training, mentoring, funding, publicity and prizes. The categories this year include: Energy Generation; Energy Distribution & Storage, Energy Efficiency, Chemicals & Advanced Materials, Information & Communications Technology, Green Building, Transportation and new this year, Agriculture-Water-Waste.
Feature Company: StemExpress
StemExpress is a California company dedicated to growing the field of medical research and technology. They are your reliable source for blood products, tissue and human primary cells. They provide the Purity, Viability & Quality You Need ™. A global company based in California, StemExpress is composed of a highly qualified team of medical research professionals. With the increasing demand for rare materials and services in the research community, StemExpress is driven and determined by personal stories of success, adversity and triumph. Each team member is dedicated to providing the worldwide research community with the materials necessary to gain new insight, ask new questions and provide hope to the human experience. Their goal is to provide researchers with human blood, tissue products, primary cells and the clinical specimens they need to perform their research.
Member and Sponsor News
TECH MAGNET: Are building owners ready to view leases through a new lens?
When Hacker Lab outgrew 800 square feet on Franklin Boulevard last year, the founders needed more...
Comstock's Magazine, April 2013
Green Leadership Awards: Nonprofit: SARTA
When highlighting SARTA’s contributions to the local clean-technology community, most people would point to...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 28, 2013
Green Leadership Awards: Lifetime achievement: Gary Simon, CEO, CleanStart
Gary Simon admits he has utterly failed at retirement.
Sacramento Business Journal, March 28, 2013
Medical tech awards looking for nominees
The Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance's MedStart is seeking nominations...
The Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2013
Teams come up with facial, audio controllers at Intel's Perceptual Hack
Some 60 people — about a third of them from the Bay Area — participated in...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 26, 2013
Taking the lead in going and staying green
What does an electronics professor at American River College have in common with...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 22, 2013
DST Output adds positions to help with Charles Schwab contract
San Francisco-based brokerage Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. signed a...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 20, 2013
Aerojet invests in tech startup Unified Nexsys
Aerojet led an early stage investment into...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 19, 2013
SynapSense takes data center monitoring mobile
SynapSense Corp. introduced a mobile application for its...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 13, 2013
First HP CodeWars in Roseville brings 16 teams
Teams from 16 schools participated in the...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 12, 2013
Pandora co-founder: Consider risk of not doing something
Sacramento’s technology community is large, varied and growing, as evidenced by...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 8, 2013
Sacramento becomes growing player in technology field
When you think technological innovation, Silicon Valley most likely comes to mind.
News10 ABC, March 8, 2013
Cary Adams, CEO, MedForce Accelerator; chairman, SARTA MedStart
For 30 years Cary Adams was a lawyer representing...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 8, 2013
Pride adds manufacturing space to fulfill contract with Mighty Leaf Tea
Roseville’s Pride Industries Inc. has added manufacturing space for the first time in nearly...
Capital Public Radio Insight Interviews Pandora Radio Founder, Tim Westergren
Pandora founder Tim Westergren talks about...
Capital Public Radio, March 7, 2013
Davis adding chief innovation officer
The city of Davis is hiring a chief innovation officer...
Four new members join SARTA's board
Cathie Anderson: A UCD Aggie is sold on Drexel U.
SMUD, Millbrae firm team up for solar energy study
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Stem, a Millbrae-based energy technology company, today announced...
The Sacramento Bee, February 26, 2013
Regional News
Telefunken may be picking up plant in San Jose
Roseville-based Telefunken Semiconductors America appears to be doubling down on…
Sacramento Business Journal, March 26, 2013
Bamboo Creative's reading, publishing app Snippet goes live
Snippet, the publishing platform app that we told you was on its way, has launched.
Sacramento Business Journal, March 25, 2013
‘Next Economy’ moves from plan to action
Sacramento civic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a blueprint that aims to...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 22, 2013
5th Planet Games keeps up in volatile online game marketplace
Roseville’s 5th Planet Games Inc. has been on the move since it launched its...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 22, 2013
Entrepreneur finds niche with online compliance training firm emtrain
By her early 30s, Janine Yancey had practiced labor and employment law for...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 22, 2013
Roseville's Cloud Cruiser to open office in Europe
Roseville-based cloud computing management company Cloud Cruiser is opening a...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 21, 2013
Gold Standard Diagnostics is distributing analyzer in 18 countries
Davis-based Gold Standard Diagnostics Corp. says it has distribution partnerships in...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 19, 2013
Sacramento leads the state in clean tech job growth
The Sacramento area has contributed to significant growth in California's clean energy sector, according to...
The Sacramento Bee, March 19, 2013
Innovate North State launches angels network, co-investment fund
Chico-based Innovate North State launched its…
Sacramento Business Journal, March 19, 2013
Blue Diamond opens Almond Innovation Center to develop new products
Hip workspaces help large companies find tech talent, keep them happy
The yellow sticky note on the door inside midtown Sacramento’s Hacker Lab simply says...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 15, 2013
Matsui pushes clean energy financing for small businesses
Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui introduced legislation to help...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 13, 2013
Auburn's Riskalyze named among most innovative companies
Auburn startup Riskalyze Inc. was named as one of the world's most...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 12, 2013
Nurturing Sacramento's growth as 'Emerald Valley' for green tech, ag
Asking the rhetorical question, “what defines us,” Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson pointed to...
Sacramento Business Journal, March 1, 2013
Top of the List: Medical-device manufacturers
Each week, we show you the top five companies from our Lists printed in our Friday paper.
Sacramento Business Journal, February 28, 2013
Folsom tech firm wins $2.5M contract to update state system
Visionary Integration Professionals, a Folsom-based information technology and managed services firm, said...
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