Val Babajov

Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities. "Keiretsu"​ definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.

SoftAvail, Inc. is a software R&D professional services company specializing in full application lifecycle management - prototyping, design, development, deployment, support & maintenance . We produce and deliver high-quality software development, including Unified Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Contact Center Software. SoftAvail has 15+ years of experience creating high-quality enterprise-grade custom software products for some of the world’s largest companies, like Vonage, Syniverse, Nexmo, AT&T, Verizon, VMware. Our team has experience in all aspects of product development across all major mobile platforms including: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm, BREW and J2ME. We also specialize in cross platform development for mobile applications and support of web services platforms. Specialties Messaging, IM, VOIP, Mobile video, New Media, Conferencing • Mobile Solutions Business Modeling, • Use Case Development, GUI, and Workflow Design, • Technical Architecture, Specification and Design, • Database Design, • Application Engineering, • Applications analytics • Server Applications • System Integration • Quality Assurance • Mobile Devices and Cross-Platform Porting, Digital Media / Entertainment • Multimedia Streaming, • Web Apps and Client-Server Technologies, • Telecommunications, Mobile Telephony, VoIP and Messaging, • Cloud mobility Technologies: • Platforms: Apple iOS, Blackberry SDK, Android SDK, Windows Mobile SDK, Palm WebOS, Symbian SDK, • Architectures: Native, Client Server, Server, Cloud Computing, • Telecommunications: SIP, XMPP, VoIP, • Programming: C, C++, Objective C, .NET, Java, J2ME, HTML, XHTML, XML, Java, JavaScriptASP .Net, Ajax, Silverlight, Flex, Air, Flash, Director, Perl, PHP. • mobile and telecom Our engineering team in Sofia, Bulgaria is currently expanding. We have a very well balanced team, which includes front end, networking and back-end engineers as well as QA experts and UI/UX design.

The Pasadena Angels Organization was founded in 2000 and is one of the longest-running angel investing groups in Southern California. We have invested over $95 million in 240 companies. Pasadena Angels funded companies have gone on to raise over $1 billion from additional funding sources such as venture capital and private equity. Recent notable exits for the Pasadena Angels are Mind Body Software (NASDAQ:MB) reaching $1 billion and Bluebeam Software, acquired by Nemetschek for $100 million. The Pasadena Angels has been consistently ranked as one of the top ten angel investing groups in the country according to Forbes, CB Insights, and Angel Resource Institute. A nonprofit entity, the Pasadena Angels offers early-stage start-ups capital investments; as well as mentoring from the expertise of more than 100 investor members with over 4,000 years of combined business expertise. Our $1.7 million PA Fund 2, formed in 2021 co-invests exclusively in deals subscribed by Pasadena Angels members. Our members invest individually and directly, without any legal pooling of financial resources. The Pasadena Angels, a nonprofit 501(c)6 organization, does not invest or act as an investment agent in any manner.

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.

Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity investors, venture capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu Forum members invest in high-quality, diverse investment opportunities. The community is strengthened through its involvement in social and charitable activities. "Keiretsu"​ definition Keiretsu is a Japanese term describing a group of affiliated corporations with broad power and reach. Keiretsu Forum is described as a conglomeration of individuals or small companies that are organized around private equity funding for mutual benefit. Keiretsu Forum believes that through a holistic approach that includes interlocking relationships with partners and key resources, they can offer an association that produces the highest quality deal-flow and investment opportunities.