Kolaleh Eskandanian, Phd, Mba, Pmp

Citrine Angels is an angel investment organization composed of more than 80 women angel investors committed to empowering female founders and funders through investments, education and mentorship. Our focus is to provide the necessary resources, networks, and expertise to cultivate female angel investors into helping female-founded businesses grow and succeed. In an industry where capital disproportionately goes to men, Citrine Angels is the only angel investing organization in the mid-Atlantic region pledged solely to supporting female founders and funders. Since our founding in late 2019, our members - many of them first time angel investors - have invested more than $1.75M in female founded companies.

Welcome to the Maryland Tech Council. We are a collaborative community that is actively engaged in building strong technology and life science industries by supporting the efforts of our individual members. We are the largest technology trade association in the state of Maryland with over 700 members, and we provide value by giving them a forum to learn, share, and connect. The valuable resources we provide to our members help them reach their full potential as vital members of their communities. Members of the Maryland Tech Council are provided with educational programming taught by industry leaders with a focus on key topics, advocacy at the state and national levels, and a variety of opportunities to participate in both large and small events. Members also have access to our Cost Savings Program where they can choose from our list of reputable companies that provide discounts for business services. We offer an array of benefits that have been chosen to help your business grow. MTC is also able to serve the tech and biotech communities with assets like the Maryland Health Care Product Development Corporation (MHCPDC) and the MdBioLab program. MHCPDC’s goal is to stimulate growth of the biomedical industry in the state through "early stage"​ investment with promising Maryland biomedical and medical technology companies. The MdBioLab program supports a mobile bioscience laboratory that visits Maryland high schools to teach science literacy.

LeaderEQ is an on-demand Coaching-as-a-Service platform connecting high potential leaders with exceptional coaches. What makes a truly great leader? Equal parts courage, knowledge, flexibility, and humility are an excellent start. 
 Fact is, great leaders aren't born, they're coached. Only LeaderEQ guarantees a deeper level of compatibility for finding and engaging with the top executive coaches across dozens of industries. With an AI-powered matching platform, accessible anytime, LeaderEQ is disrupting old-school thinking with next-level understanding and technology. A far greater coaching experience starts here. LeaderEQ. Coaching greatness.

Founded in 2014, we’re America’s largest venture firm for individual investors and VC investing partner to over 11,000 individuals and institutions. Offerings include institutional-grade funds with large diversified portfolios and deal-by-deal investing through our Syndicates. Investment minimum is $10,000. • Top-20 VC Firm (Time Magazine ’25) • Top-Decile Investment Performance (Carta Benchmarks ‘25) • Top 20 VC Firm (CB Insights 24) • Top 50 Unicorn VC (Stanford GSB Research ‘25) • Top 3 Most Active US VC Firm (PitchBook ‘18 - ‘24) • Most Founder Friendly Investor List (Inc. Magazine ‘24) • Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Fast Company 22) • #1 Most Active Venture Firm in the US (PitchBook 22 & 23) • Top 20 Venture Firm (CB Insights 24) • Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Fast Company 22) • Portfolio of 1,600+ current and historical companies • 40+ full-time VC investors • Founders get access to our community of 850,000+ members and 6,000+ Experts. Offers of securities made only to eligible investors by formal offering documents describing risks, terms, and other important information that must be considered before investing. Example portfolio companies shown for illustrative purposes only, do not necessarily reflect investment outcomes that were or would be obtained by any AV fund or investor, and are not available to future investors, except potentially in follow-on investments. Venture capital investing involves substantial risk, including risk of loss of all capital invested. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The content on this account is intended solely for persons located in the U.S. and is not directed at, and must not be acted upon, by any person in the United Kingdom. UK residents seeking information about AV should refer only to communications issued by Alumni Ventures UK LLP, which provides information solely on a non-promotional basis and only distributes Financial Promotions to eligible recipients in accordance with UK law.

Citrine Angels is an angel investment organization composed of more than 80 women angel investors committed to empowering female founders and funders through investments, education and mentorship. Our focus is to provide the necessary resources, networks, and expertise to cultivate female angel investors into helping female-founded businesses grow and succeed. In an industry where capital disproportionately goes to men, Citrine Angels is the only angel investing organization in the mid-Atlantic region pledged solely to supporting female founders and funders. Since our founding in late 2019, our members - many of them first time angel investors - have invested more than $1.75M in female founded companies.

KPI, LLC is a strategic advisory firm dedicated to improving how medical devices move from concept to clinical impact. We work at the intersection of clinical need, regulatory strategy, evidence generation, and market access, helping innovators, institutions, and investors make better decisions at every critical inflection point. Our work is built around The KPI Continuum™, which is a proprietary framework that replaces traditional stage-gate thinking with a continuous, decision-driven view of the medical device lifecycle. The Continuum spans five interconnected elements: Clinical & Use-Case Intent, Evidence & Design Maturity, Regulatory & Access Pathway, Clinical Adoption & Market Entry, and Scale, Quality & Stewardship. We serve startups navigating their first regulatory submission, academic researchers translating discoveries into viable products, established companies rethinking their device portfolios, and investors evaluating clinical and commercial viability. Our engagement model is selective and senior-level. We partner only where our expertise creates meaningful impact on high-stakes decisions.

Welcome to the Maryland Tech Council. We are a collaborative community that is actively engaged in building strong technology and life science industries by supporting the efforts of our individual members. We are the largest technology trade association in the state of Maryland with over 700 members, and we provide value by giving them a forum to learn, share, and connect. The valuable resources we provide to our members help them reach their full potential as vital members of their communities. Members of the Maryland Tech Council are provided with educational programming taught by industry leaders with a focus on key topics, advocacy at the state and national levels, and a variety of opportunities to participate in both large and small events. Members also have access to our Cost Savings Program where they can choose from our list of reputable companies that provide discounts for business services. We offer an array of benefits that have been chosen to help your business grow. MTC is also able to serve the tech and biotech communities with assets like the Maryland Health Care Product Development Corporation (MHCPDC) and the MdBioLab program. MHCPDC’s goal is to stimulate growth of the biomedical industry in the state through "early stage"​ investment with promising Maryland biomedical and medical technology companies. The MdBioLab program supports a mobile bioscience laboratory that visits Maryland high schools to teach science literacy.

LeaderEQ is an on-demand Coaching-as-a-Service platform connecting high potential leaders with exceptional coaches. What makes a truly great leader? Equal parts courage, knowledge, flexibility, and humility are an excellent start. 
 Fact is, great leaders aren't born, they're coached. Only LeaderEQ guarantees a deeper level of compatibility for finding and engaging with the top executive coaches across dozens of industries. With an AI-powered matching platform, accessible anytime, LeaderEQ is disrupting old-school thinking with next-level understanding and technology. A far greater coaching experience starts here. LeaderEQ. Coaching greatness.