ZINO Roundtable Forums: Connecting Ideas with Investors

Clay Young of Inovus Solar
wants to help us skip the power
bill by investing in solar power.

Seattle Sensor Systems,
represented by Tom Skillman has
created food safety testing kits.

We held ZINO's final Roundtable investment forum of 2011 at the impressive Russell Investments Center in its new(ish) Downtown Seattle home, overlooking Puget Sound. ZINO's investor and sponsor members watched pitches from five excellent companies, Inovus Solar, Browsium, G.R. Silicate Nano-Fiber and Carbonate, Lacuna Systems, and Seattle Sensor Systems Corp. I was lucky in that a few of the presenters contacted me after hearing good things about ZINO's angel investments. Another company came from my relationship with my former employer, UW's Center for Commercialization and I picked up another at Tacoma Angel Network's most recent investment meeting. A large part of my role as Dealflow Manager involves scouting out companies to showcase for ZINO's investors, and I'm always pleased to put up high quality deals as I did yesterday. 

Gary Schare's Browsium is
software that improves security
management of browsers and
LOB web apps.

Lacuna Systems is web
performance management
technologies for critical websites,
as presented by Tom Spoonemore.


ZINO's Roundtable Forums showcase three to five companies working in any space. The meetings are typically held over lunch and allow for a ten-minute pitch from each company. Roundtables are an outstanding way for entrepreneurs to network with accredited investors and get exposure for their companies. It's a convivial atmosphere with entrepreneurs and investors sharing lunch, ideas and connections. At ZINO we strive to create a fun, relaxed atmosphere that facilitates conversation and new partnerships between our membership groups.



Dr. Vijay Mathur explains G.R. Silicate
Nano-Fiber and Carbonate's economic,
environmental and energy solutions
using patented silicate nano-fibers
and carbon dioxide capture
technology.

We've just finalized ZINO's 2012 investment forum calendar.  Our
next Roundtable meeting will be Tuesday, January 24th at the Columbia Tower Club. I would love for you to join us!