Defense Startups: New Paths to a Huge Customer
Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $20.00 - $30.00
Sponsor: Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum
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Southern California is home to large parts of the Defense, Space and Aerospace industries. It has seen startup companies like SpaceX and Relativity Space go from small startups to major Defense players. The landscape for building startup companies in the Defense market has changed for Investors, the Government buyers, and new pool of serial Defense entrepreneurs. Companies like Anduril and Palantir have shown startups with traditional equity funding paths can scale and sell products directly to DoD. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum speakers will look at the new landscape and the opportunities it has created for entrepreneurs. This program will provide researchers and entrepreneurs with insights for navigating among the Government and Prime Contractor gatekeepers in commercial efforts. Join us to hear advice from expert speakers from the Department of Defense, industry insiders and entrepreneurial startups. After the panel discussion there will be audience Q&A along with plenty of networking. Keynote Speaker: Christopher Zember, Ph.D. (Senior Advisor and Portfolio Manager Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy). Speakers: Nick Kim (Partner-Upfront Ventures), Andrew Singletary, Ph.D. (Co-Founder and CEO 3Laws Robotics. Producers: ?Lynn Foster (?Co-Founder & CEO - ?Z-Field Technologies LLC.) and ?Scott Sugino (?Corporate Partner - ?O’Melveny). Coffee and Networking begin at 8:00 am. Free Parking Underground: Right turn at signal on east side of Cahill (turn right at tennis courts); parking lot entrance 75 yards on right. Register at the above link.