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Published Articles about Flywheel
Cleantech investment breaks all-time record
October 1, 2008 - Cleantech today posted yet another record-breaking investment quarter globally, with smart grid, thin film and algae biofuel technologies enjoying all-times highs in financing.
Los Alamos and Sandia Labs: R&D Treasures
September 11, 2008 - How the famous weapons labs, Los Alamos and Sandia, are aiding corporations and spinning off startups.
USA Today - Venture capitalists today look far and wide for start-ups
August 28, 2008 - While others toiled in the technology mecca of Silicon Valley, Trevor Loy — a former Intel manager and Stanford University-trained engineer — pursued the digital road not taken.
State's private equity program helps keep venture capital flowing
July 11, 2008 - The New Mexico Private Equity Investment Program has helped generate a huge increase in local venture capital commitments in the past two years.
Venture capitalists invest $31 million in first quarter
May 29, 2008 - The New Mexico Venture Capital Association reported $31.1 million in new investments in 10 local companies during the first quarter of 2008.
Flywheel's Trevor Loy named to national association board
May 8, 2008 - Trevor Loy, managing partner of Flywheel Ventures, is one of six new members of the National Venture Capital Association’s board of directors.
New Mexico Pulls in Venture Capital - The state is a hotbed for venture investing
April 16, 2008 - True, it’s no silicon valley. but New Mexico is becoming a venture capital hot spot.
Venture capital remains robust despite economic downturn
March 21, 2008 - The U.S. economic slump creates challenges for New Mexico startup firms, but venture capital investment in local companies is unlikely to slow anytime soon.
USA Today - Venture capital spreads the wealth around the country
March 11, 2008 - By Edward Iwata, USA TODAY - While fabled Silicon Valley still attracts the most venture capital in the USA, several other cities, states and regions boast the fastest growth rates for start-ups and venture dollars over the past decade.
Fund Fills the Gap in Seed-Stage Investment
Yogi Berra once famously said about his favorite restaurant: “It’s so crowded, no one goes there anymore.” The same could be said about seed-stage investing and today’s venture capital investors.
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Published Articles about Flywheel's Portfolio Companies
New Travel Site Seeks To Carve Niches
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... A boatload of venture capital has sailed into the online travel market recently, with ... Vista Ventures and Flywheel Ventures, with offices in New Mexico and San ...
Groople grabs $6 million in venture capital
Groople, a Centennial-based online group travel company, said it has secured an additional $6 million of financing and plans to add to its 47-employee work force. ArrowPath Venture Partners and FA Technology Ventures led the round, with existing investors Vista Ventures, Fatty Tuna and Flywheel Ventures also participating.
Groople Flies in New Funding
Word of mouth means a lot for Groople, so the online travel company plans to use the money from its $6-million funding round to increase its level of awareness, and improve its technology. ArrowPath Venture Partners and FA Technology Ventures led the round Thursday, Groople’s third and largest. Groople focuses on easing travel-based transactions for groups by providing one-stop shopping for hotel bookings, airfare, and other forms of transportation.
Developments To Watch
A new non-invasive device promises to check blood alcohol levels in 90 seconds, as opposed to 20 minutes for a typical breathalyzer test. The system, which looks like a drug-store blood pressure monitor, works by shining a harmless beam of infrared light on the skin of the forearm. Alcohol in the tissue absorbs light, so the amount that reflects back indicates how much alcohol is present.
Albuquerque technology company receives research grant
TruTouch Technologies Inc. in Albuquerque has been awarded $218,000 as part of a Small Business Innovation Research grant to assist in research involving the measurement of blood alcohol. The research, according to a news release, will focus on an “optical based technique,” measuring the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. The measurement replaces breath, blood or urine testing by measuring amounts through the skin.
Will all autos some day have breathalyzers?
By Tom Kimmell for USA TODAY
Could the day be coming when every driver is checked for drinking before starting a car?
Interview with Michael Stacy, CEO of Groople
Our interview this morning is with Michael Stacy, CEO of Groople, a Centennial, Colorado-based firm that is developing a new concept in the online travel ...
Safer Drinking Water In Works For US Marines
New Mexico Business Weekly - Albuquerque, NM, USA - In September 2005, new and existing investors, led by locally-based Entrada Ventures, took over ownership of MIOX for $16 million in debt and equity capital.
Groople Appoints Shannon Hyland as CFO
Denver - Groople, the online leader in group travel planning, tapped Shannon Hyland, former CFO of The Mark Travel Corporation, as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Online Travel Bookers Set To Make Mark With Groups
Group travel amounts to a $40 billion-a-year business in the United States and Europe, said Michael Stacy, chief executive of Groople, an online travel company
