Funding

Are you trying to get startup funding from angel investors? Check out this AZ Tech Beat guest blog by Fred von Graf, senior venture manager for ASU Venture Catalyst, to learn to tell the difference between legitimate angel investors and the pretenders.

ASU startups Arbsource and Solar Stream Innovations have been selected as finalists in the Energize 2013 Emerging Venture Competition.

ASU's Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative continues to draw record numbers of entrepreneurial students eager to find the funding, resources and support to launch their ventures. Nearly 350 applications were submitted for the 2013 Edson program, marking the fourth consecutive year that the program has seen an increase in applications. 

We all want money to start a business. We all need money to get it going. Many of us look to friends and family, angel investors or loans to get started, but what if you could get $150,000 to research and develop your business idea with just one grant application?

Innovation Challenge and Edson Initiative Winners – 2011

How they met:  Through Friends and Coworkers

The p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 recipients of p.a.v.e. seed grants for student-initiated arts-based ventures:

TIP OF THE WEEK: It's important to use your investors language when trying to garner funding. Putting in some time to research concepts and vocabulary that the ASU Innovation Challenge promotes and supports may go a long way in adding credibility to you proposal.

TIP OF THE WEEK: Social entrepreneurship is about identifying a problem, and creating a solution. In your Innovation Challenge proposal you are required to address one of the ASU Challenges; identify which challenge your proposing a solution towards, and stick to your guns!

Proposal Tip of the Week: How to come up with an idea

Submissions for the 2012 ASU Innovation Challenge are now open.

The ASU Innovation Challenge is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students from across the university to make a difference in our local and global communities through innovation. Applicants can Win up to $10,000 to make their ideas happen.