Mike A. Horton

The Band of Angels is Silicon Valleys oldest seed funding organization. We are a formal group of more than 150 former and current high tech executives who are interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge, startup companies. Weve seeded over 277 companies in our history with 61 profitable M&A exits and 11 IPOs. Band members have founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and been senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit. The Band meets monthly to formally consider three startups selected from among the more than 50 that are screened each month by the Band Deal Selection Process. Entrepreneurs can expect a thorough examination and, occasionally, an investment from some of Silicon Valleys most accomplished entrepreneurs.

Sand Hill Angels is a group of Silicon Valley angel investors passionate about helping entrepreneurs get to the next level. What makes the group unique is the collective experience of its members building and scaling deep technology companies. The group has been around for close to two decades. Sand Hill Angels works openly and collaboratively with venture capital funds, other angel organizations, and the Bay Area ecosystem that fosters the growth of technology startups.

Founded in 1995, the company is a leading supplier of low-cost, smart-sensor technology to military programs and high-value, asset-tracking operations. Crossbow has shipped more than half a million sensors to customers including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, EADS and Israel Aerospace Industries, as well as a leading global-logistics and shipping companies. Crossbow is headquartered in Milpitas, California. By leveraging the latest advances in MEMS and fiber optic gyro (FOG) sensor technology, our inertial solutions provide outstanding performance and value. Crossbow’s product lines include GPS-aided inertial measurements units (IMU), attitude heading reference systems (AHRS), vertical gyroscopes, and digital inclinometer/tilt sensors. These products are fielded on multiple mission critical manned and unmanned airborne, marine and ground platforms such as the Hunter RQ-5 UAV, as well as the ITAS and LRAS targeting systems.