Investment Services is a business unit of SATAI formed to coordinate the local, regional and national investment community, in order to provide capital to a pool of investable client companies. SATAI manages its Investment Services unit through the South Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (STRCIC) for the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF).
The goal of Investment Services is to:
• Import Early-Stage capital to the San Antonio regional economy
• Stimulate technology-based private investment from existing regional resources
• Coordinate and support local sources of capital
Investment Services accomplishes this goal by operating the STRCIC and the South Texas Angel Network (STAN). STAN is a private investment group comprised of South Texas angel investors and high net-worth individuals. Investment services works directly with entrepreneurs and early stage companies to make qualified referrals to SATAI’s local, regional, national, and international network of venture capital funds and other private investors.
Funding Sources
SATAI provides advice and assistance on multiple funding sources. The following list is provided for your convenience:
Accion Texas
www.acciontexas.org
Angel Investors
http://www.satai.us/investment/investment_stan.html
http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org
Banks – traditional lenders & SBA loan Guarantees
http://www.sba.gov/
Certified Development Companies
http://www.nadco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
CPRIT
http://www.cprit.state.tx.us/
EDCO Ventures
http://edcoonline.org/
Incubators (Non Profit)
Roadrunner Incubator http://business.utsa.edu/cite/cite_rrincubator.aspx
UTSA Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) Incubator http://www.ics.utsa.edu/
T3DC – http://www.t3dc.org
Incubators (For Profit)
Idea Finishing School http://www.ideafinishingschool.com/
Microsoft BizSpark
Inquire with SATAI, a Network Partner, at marketing@satai.us
http://www.microsoft.com/BizSpark/
National Instruments Green Engineering Grant http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/10346
Contact SATAI about obtaining a sponsor
POCsparc
http://www.utsystem.edu/sttm/sparc.shtml
Private Foundations
http://foundationcenter.org/
SBIR / STTR
http://www.zyn.com/sbir/
Texas Emerging Technology Fund
http://strcic.com/
Texas Enterprise Fund http://governor.state.tx.us/ecodev/financial_resources/texas_enterprise_fund/
Texas Small Business Loan Fund
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1388
UT Ignition Fund
http://www.utsystem.edu/sttm/tif.shtml
Venture Capital
http://www.nvca.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&Itemid=173
