Electronics360’s George Leopold explores SKTA Innopartners and their unique business incubator model in this article:
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Tough job: SKTA Innopartners on rebuilding the semiconductor ecosystem
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014Predictions 2014: Angel Orrantia, of VC SKTA Innopartners, on the revitalized semiconductor ecosystem.
Sunday, January 19th, 2014
Next up in our series of 2014 forecasts we have the sage predictions of Angel Orrantia, Business Development Director at SKTA Innopartners LLC….
“Aside from some massive players, the rest of the chip industry has been forced to adopt capital light business models. Simultaneously, we’re seeing the mask costs making advanced nodes prohibitively expensive.
What’s Silicon Valley without the Silicon?
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Angel Orrantia
Business Development Director
SKTA Innopartners LLC
SKTA Innopartners director Angel Orrantia spoke with the San Jose Mercury’s Peter Delevett on why Silicon Valley’s VC community has to start investing again in hardware.
Sure, as Orrantia infers, hardware is tougher (and will probably take longer) to get an exit out of. But hardware is how electronics ultimately works with its human users. So funding the hardware ecosystem in, say semiconductors, is absolutely crucial to Silicon Valley’s continued role as the mecca for high tech innovation.
That’s why Orrantia says it’s time to put the silicon back in Silicon Valley.
Lee PR does work for SKTA Innopartners
How to become venturable
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Are you thinking of starting a hardware company? Although it takes a lot more for a hardware startup to become “venturable” than a software startup, viable funding can be found.
Ilgiz Akhmetshin, of SKTA Innopartners details several ways for hardware startups to raise additional funds in his blog: “How to Raise Seed Investments for a Hardware Startup.”
Lee PR does work for SKTA Innopartners.
Reinvigorating semiconductor startup funding
Monday, July 22nd, 2013For those in fabless semiconductor or IP startup mode (or even thinking about how to start up and get funding), take a look at Paul McLellan’s report on a couple of panel sessions at the annual GSA Entrepreneurship Conference, held last Thursday, July 18 at the Computer History Museum.
Of note is that the first session’s panelists brought a variety of funding models to the table – from a traditional VC to Intel Capital to a brand new incubator on the scene – SKTA Innopartners. In fact, any of you fabless guys really should talk to Angel Orrantia at SKTA. They are focused on fabless semiconductors and enterprise software.
Below is an excerpt from Paul’s write-up:
GSA Entrepreneurship: Getting Money In and Out
Paul McLellan
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Paul McLellan
Published on 07-18-2013 11:32 PM
This afternoon and evening I was at GSA’s entrepreneurship conference at the Computer History Museum. The first two panel sessions were essentially on getting money into companies to get them started (or growing them), and getting money out when you have built the business.
Budding Semiconductor Entrepreneurs….come attend the GSA Entrepreneurship Conference Thursday July 18
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
SKTA Innopartners is participating in the flagship panel at the annual GSA (Global Semiconductor Alliance) Entrepreneurship Conference tomorrow, July 18, 2013, from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Angel Orrantia, founding business development director of SKTA Innopartners, will serve as a panelist on the 4:00 p.m. panel, Fueling Success and Innovation, the first of four panels at the event. According to GSA, this panel “will look at existing and alternative semiconductor funding models that are fueling innovation, spurring investment, and mitigating risk.”
We have a winner of the hardware hackathon
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Liz here. I’ve just gotten word from Angel Orrantia of Innopartners, and we have a winner of the 2nd-ever hardware hackathon, mentioned in our earlier post today.
Drumroll please…..
