CERRITOS,CA-– TiE Southern California hosted 100+ entrepreneurs and active investors at the Sheraton Hotel here in its first monthly event of 2019. The event included an expert investor panel who actively invests in California’s startup community: The panel members included: Lucas J. Pols M.S., Principal at Quake Capital Partners; Mangesh Mahajan, Managing Partner; Watermark Venture Capital; Ajay Prasad,
TiE SoCal Angels Committee Member and TIE SoCal CM; Ramesh Patel, Partner at the Chugh Firm.
The panel discussed where to access deal flow, how to test a team for potential, and how to get funding.
The event started with Anshuman Sinha, Executive Director of TiE SoCal, he welcoming the panelists and the attendees. He then invited Smita Bagla, TiE SoCal President for 2019 to talk about the successes of 2018 and layout the plan for the new year.
Bagla, addressing the gathering said, “It is our mission to foster entrepreneurship and fund startups founded by our members. Last year we started TiE SoCal Angels to invest in our member-founded startups. We invested in OOtify, the AI powered health community, and this year we plan to do more.”
The panel discussed where to access deal flow, how to test a team for potential, and how to get funding.
The event started with Anshuman Sinha, Executive Director of TiE SoCal, he welcoming the panelists and the attendees. He then invited Smita Bagla, TiE SoCal President for 2019 to talk about the successes of 2018 and layout the plan for the new year.
Bagla, addressing the gathering said, “It is our mission to foster entrepreneurship and fund startups founded by our members. Last year we started TiE SoCal Angels to invest in our member-founded startups. We invested in OOtify, the AI powered health community, and this year we plan to do more.”