Michael Gruber

BlockFills is a technology and crypto trading firm in the digital assets space. BlockFills has created a trading ecosystem that combines world-class liquidity and professional trading connectivity with secure settlements.

Plant growers are hamstrung by three major problems: expense, risk and safety, and a lack of innovation. The scientific tools of modern agriculture developed in the last 40 years have increased the profit, safety, and rate of innovation for the crops consumed daily worldwide. These tools include tissue culturing, genetic assays, and marker assisted breeding. Front Range Biosciences enables a grower to reduce crop loss due to pathogens, quickly sex a plant, and develop new strains of plants that have the most valuable commercial properties. We increase a grower's profit, reduce its risk, and give it new products. We have the right team of PhD bioscientists, MIT MBAs, DuPont plant experts, and seasoned biotechnology entrepreneurs. We have the right market, little professional competition, and the right product-market fit. Front Range Biosciences is a vertically integrated biotech company with a strong IP portfolio and licensing strategy. We are excited to usher a new era in modern plant breeding and growing.

Techstars Chicago is at the center of the Midwest startup community, one of the fastest growing ecosystems in the U.S. Follow @techstars for more.

Pura Industries is a state-of-the-art, fully integrated cannabis company founded to establish the standards for “artisan agriculture” and the purest, highest quality organic cannabis available anywhere. We are driven by an obsessive quest for purity, potency, and a commitment to consistently deliver ultra-pure, ultra-premium quality products and results throughout the business — from seed to sale Pura Industries operates in California, New Jersey, and New York.

BlockFills is a technology and crypto trading firm in the digital assets space. BlockFills has created a trading ecosystem that combines world-class liquidity and professional trading connectivity with secure settlements.

JLS is an NY-based venture capital fund formed to invest in the exciting intersection of science, technology and neurology, leveraging the enormous potential of plant-based and psychedelic medicines to heal illness and enhance wellness. They focus on the development of drugs for intractable mental and physical conditions and the enabling technology and tools that can accelerate and enhance the delivery of those therapies.

Plant growers are hamstrung by three major problems: expense, risk and safety, and a lack of innovation. The scientific tools of modern agriculture developed in the last 40 years have increased the profit, safety, and rate of innovation for the crops consumed daily worldwide. These tools include tissue culturing, genetic assays, and marker assisted breeding. Front Range Biosciences enables a grower to reduce crop loss due to pathogens, quickly sex a plant, and develop new strains of plants that have the most valuable commercial properties. We increase a grower's profit, reduce its risk, and give it new products. We have the right team of PhD bioscientists, MIT MBAs, DuPont plant experts, and seasoned biotechnology entrepreneurs. We have the right market, little professional competition, and the right product-market fit. Front Range Biosciences is a vertically integrated biotech company with a strong IP portfolio and licensing strategy. We are excited to usher a new era in modern plant breeding and growing.

Salveo Capital’s investment objective is to achieve long term capital appreciation by investing in high-growth companies servicing the cannabis space. The fund has brought together a highly experienced management team that has managed multiple private equity funds, and have built and managed early stage companies from early beginnings through exits. Salveo Capital is dedicated to shaping this burgeoning industry by providing funding and strong strategic support.