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 Flywheel Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on information technology and physical sciences ventures in the Southwest/Rockies region. The firm matches talented entrepreneurs with market opportunities where Flywheel’s capital, entrepreneurial experience and industry relationships help accelerate innovations into profitable companies. Flywheel’s goal is to be the premier early-stage technology venture capital firm in the Southwest/Rockies region and a catalyst for its emergence as a world-class technology center. Flywheel has offices in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Silicon Valley.  Access Venture Partners is a seed and early stage venture capital fund. The Fund invests between $250,000 and $2,000,000 in mid-continent technology companies with hyper-growth potential. We have offices in Austin, Denver and Silicon Valley, three of the most active technology markets in the country. Access Venture Partners is backed by large public pension plans, family offices, foundations, successful entrepreneurs and corporate executives.  Felicis Ventures Aydin Senkut is the Founder and President of Felicis Ventures. He's been an angel investor in promising start-ups since the end of 2005. Prior to starting Felicis Ventures, he was a Senior Manager at Google, responsible for strategic partner development and account management in Asia Pacific (including Japan). Aydin joined Google in 1999 as a Product Manager to launch Google's first 10 international sites, its first online search licensing products and its first Safe Search. He then became the first International Sales Manager at Google, responsible for world-wide licensing deals. Aydin received a BS in Business Administration with Honors from Boston University. He also earned an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the School of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. Ray Croghan Raymond D. Croghan is currently Managing Partner of Croghan Investments, LLC, an investment and consulting firm. He is also a Director of Crocs, Inc. Mr. Croghan previously served as CEO and President of ACI, which became the leading supplier of on-line Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) software to the world’s largest financial institutions. He also co-founded The TriZetto Group, a company which provides outsourced information services for the business of healthcare. The TriZetto GroupSM completed a successful Initial Public Offering in1999. Mr. Croghan received a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics in 1972 from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He now serves on Doane’s Board of Trustees. Timothy C. Draper Timothy C. Draper is an angel investor and the founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. As an advocate for entrepreneurs and free markets, Mr. Draper is regularly featured as a keynote speaker in entrepreneurial conferences throughout the world, has been recognized as a leader in his field through numerous awards and honors, and has frequent media appearances. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and his MBA from Harvard Business School. 
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