San Bernardino County and Top 10 IE Investors

This week we started with The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s (SBCTA) approval of an underground rail project. Elon Musk’s boring company is slated to build tunnels for this project.  

This week we also covered the top 10 startup investors of the Inland Empire. This research was based on CrunchBase Data and compiled by Blended Impact, a venture capital (VC) firm with offices in Los Angeles, CA & Riverside, CA. Among these investors and accelerators there are some big name companies like 500 Startups, Tech Stars, and crowdfunding equity platform StartEngine.

Also part of this list was Tech Coast Angels that has an Inland Empire chapter that conducts local meetups. It covers the area east of Los Angeles including Riverside and San Bernardino. 

A $50M Fund and Business Grants

We covered UCR’s launch of a $50M Beyond Brilliant student fund. The UCR initiative that aims to raise $50M in next five years will support students — especially those from low-income families.

We also shared how Erik Anderson, through Anderson Community Partners provided the seed funding for this fund.

As for grants, we shared the Founder’s First CDC’s program of awarding a total of $100,000 in free grants for 30 diverse-led businesses in Southern California. Their aim is to help companies achieve $10M in revenues and beyond.

Finding Green Incentives

We put a spotlight on a simple yet innovative startup called IncentiFind which lets building owners and real estate development companies to find incentives tied to making buildings energy efficient.

IncentiFind lists 46K incentives by Fed, State, and City governments that anyone into home remodeling, building energy management, and real estate development can avail.

Finally, we covered a major breakthrough that happening in the San Bernardino County. The county is set to have its utility scale solar power project called Dagget Solar Power. This solar photovoltaic electricity generation and energy storage facility will produce up to 650 megawatts (MW) of power and include up to 450 MW of battery storage capacity on approximately 3,500 acres of land.

Events

• Entrepreneurship Crash Course – Riverside – Mon Nov 15. Accessible here
• FACE 2 FACE – in-person – Robot Meeting! – Sat Nov 20

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