Our Participation in the Community

We are also highly active with major entities within our communities who collectively provide the business infrastructure that fosters innovation, technology advancement and successful emerging businesses. These include active relationships with universities & research institutions, government agencies and economic development institutions and other community leaders throughout the region related to our mission. Examples of Boards on which our Members serve include University of Nevada College of Engineering and College of Business Administration, Desert Research Institute, Research Ventures, Inc., U.C. Davis External Research Advisory Board, Sierra Nevada College, Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Golden Capital Network and NIREC, Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization.

Sierra Angels is a sponsor of numerous educational and networking functions to facilitate technology-based and entrepreneurial-driven economic expansion in the region. These include: Silver & Gold Entrepreneur and VC Conferences, Silver & Gold Venture Club (co-founder), The Power of Angel Investing seminars-a Kauffman Foundation program, Nevada Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition, and the Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy (GTEA) workshop (a UC Davis-developed program designed to provide leading researchers across the nation the knowledge to commercialize their green-tech scientific discoveries.)

To see a full list of organizations we collaborate with, please visit our “Collaboration” page.