Philippe Sommer

Mass Medical Angels (MA2) was founded to answer the need for a dedicated life-science centric angel group in New England. The Boston area is a world-leading supercluster for medical innovation, but all early-stage companies in the field have tremendous difficulty with first round funding. Our goal is to provide money and mentoring to the life science community to achieve superior returns for our group, and more clinical innovation for the community. Our focus is on early stage life science companies looking to raise $250K to $3.0M. Depending on the amount of funding needed, we can fund all or a portion of the round, and will work closely with other angel groups or venture funds in the area to complete the round. We are looking for companies that are extremely capital efficient opportunities where our funds will lead to significant step-ups in valuation to avoid unfavorable future funding rounds.

The Tom Tom Foundation champions innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in tomorrow's hometowns, starting with our own hometown of Charlottesville, VA. Since its inception in 2012, Tom Tom’s program has showcased over 1,800 speakers and 400 bands to 245,000 program attendees and has channeled $3.2 million to new ventures and projects. The 10th Annual Tom Tom Festival will take place April 20-24, 2022. Learn more: www.tomtomfoundation.org.

CIC is a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) with a mission of strengthening our community by fueling the success of under-resourced entrepreneurs through education, mentoring, financing and networking. Based in Charlottesville, VA and serving central Virginia, our program is built on four pillars designed to help entrepreneurs start or expand their business: 1. An established and proven business-education program. 2. Extensive mentoring, peer discussions, and ongoing support 3. Startup financing or ongoing micro-lending to qualified graduates 4. Networking within and cross the community. CIC is host of the Central Virginia Small Business Devleopment Center.

Mass Medical Angels (MA2) was founded to answer the need for a dedicated life-science centric angel group in New England. The Boston area is a world-leading supercluster for medical innovation, but all early-stage companies in the field have tremendous difficulty with first round funding. Our goal is to provide money and mentoring to the life science community to achieve superior returns for our group, and more clinical innovation for the community. Our focus is on early stage life science companies looking to raise $250K to $3.0M. Depending on the amount of funding needed, we can fund all or a portion of the round, and will work closely with other angel groups or venture funds in the area to complete the round. We are looking for companies that are extremely capital efficient opportunities where our funds will lead to significant step-ups in valuation to avoid unfavorable future funding rounds.

Walnut Ventures is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and executives who invest in and mentor Boston-area seed and early stage companies with technology-based products.

The Tom Tom Foundation champions innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in tomorrow's hometowns, starting with our own hometown of Charlottesville, VA. Since its inception in 2012, Tom Tom’s program has showcased over 1,800 speakers and 400 bands to 245,000 program attendees and has channeled $3.2 million to new ventures and projects. The 10th Annual Tom Tom Festival will take place April 20-24, 2022. Learn more: www.tomtomfoundation.org.