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Published Articles about Flywheel
VCs protest registering with SEC
July 17, 2009 - TheDeal.com - Trevor Loy, a board member of the National Venture Capital Association and the founder and general partner of Flywheel Ventures, testified in the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment against proposals to require venture capital firms—along with private equity firms and hedge funds—to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Regulatory Viewpoints: Private Equity Vs. Venture Capital
July 16, 2009 - Wall Street Journal - The private equity and venture capital industries may be as different as night and day, but on one thing they’re basically agreed: Neither poses a systemic risk to the financial system.
NVCA Board Member Trevor Loy testified before Senate Committee (Video)
July 15, 2009 - NVCA Board Member Trevor Loy testified before Senate Committee today that VC does not pose systemic financial risk and does not need to be regulated further.
Partner Kim Sanchez Rael discusses VC industry and economic stimulus on Fox Business News
July 10, 2009 - (Video) Flywheel Ventures Partner Kim Sanchez Rael and Rockport Capital General Partner Chuck McDermott on whether the stimulus package will help ignite some venture capitalism.
Wall Street Journal - Venture-Backed Start-Ups Seek Stimulus
July 6, 2009 - Pui-Wing Tam - Venture-capital investors see Washington’s economic stimulus program as a potential financial boost for the hard-hit technology firms and other start-ups they own. Of particular interest is more than $60 billion earmarked for four sectors widely invested in by venture-capital firms: environmentally clean technology, rural Internet broadband, cyber security and health-care information technology.
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Published Articles about Flywheel's Portfolio Companies
SkyFuel’s Mirror Film Lasts the Lifetime of Solar Power Plant
Arvada, Colorado – April 7, 2011: ReflecTech Mirror Film is used in place of fragile glass mirrors to lower the cost of SkyFuel’s parabolic trough concentrating solar collector.
Txteagle Has 2.1 Billion Phone Numbers and $8.5 Million Dollars
April 5, 2011 - Txteagle, which conducts surveys via text message in emerging markets, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding from Spark Capital and seed investors RBC Venture Partners, Flywheel Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures.
David Lam Joins MicroProbe's Board of Directors
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan., 31, 2011-MicroProbe, a leading supplier of wafer test technology to the global semiconductor industry, today welcomed Dr. David Lam to the Board of Directors of its parent company, Astria Semiconductor Holdings. Best known for founding semiconductor capital equipment giant, Lam Research, Dr. Lam now heads a Silicon Valley-based investment and advisory firm for high-tech companies. Lam rounds out a Board which also includes Trevor Loy of Flywheel Ventures, Gidu Shroff, formerly of Intel Corporation, David Millet of Gemini Investors, and MicroProbe CEO, Dr. Mike Slessor.
“David brings a unique combination of experience and creativity to MicroProbe,” said CEO, Dr. Mike Slessor. “A skilled technologist and business leader, he has delivered some of the industry’s most innovative products to market, and built great businesses around those products. His contribution will be invaluable as we continue on our growth trajectory.”
Lam said he was drawn to MicroProbe for its strong team and advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) probe card technology. He noted, “As SoC devices become more complex, test vendors are being challenged daily to lower costs and bring higher value to customers’ test operations. MicroProbe has remained consistently ahead of the curve, executing on a global strategy to provide products and support for the industry’s current and future test needs. I’m delighted to join the team.”
A distinguished semiconductor industry veteran, Lam introduced the first fully automated plasma etching system for semiconductor manufacturing in 1981. Under his guidance as CEO, the company in 1982 established a strong presence in Japan through a marketing partnership. Lam Research went public in 1984 and remains a perennial leader in semiconductor process equipment.
Today, Lam uses his experience and expertise to provide guidance to emerging technology enterprises in sectors that include semiconductor and semiconductor equipment, micro- and nano-device manufacturing, computer hardware and software, medical devices, and energy infrastructure. Among the companies he also serves as a Board member are Multibeam Corporation and Xradia Inc.
TheRetailPlanet counts down to global liftoff
Friday, December 10th - The Santa Fe startup, which operates a huge database on national retail locations through USRetailCenters.com, has been preparing for its international launch since early this year, when it received a $315,000 investment from the New Mexico Angels and Flywheel Ventures.
SkyFuel’s Parabolic Trough Garners Prize for Technology Innovation
Arvada, Colorado – November 23, 2010: SkyFuel took their place among the concentrating solar power (CSP) industry’s leaders last week when CSP Today named SkyTrough® the winner of the 2010 “CSP Commercialized Technology Innovation of the Year” award.
