Alaskans Investing in Alaskans


	Support local Alaskan entrepreneurs; learn the art of early-stage startup investing. Alaska’s next generation of entrepreneurs are stepping up to the plate, offering new local investors a huge opportunity.

	As part of this year’s Innovation Summit, you can take part in a a Angel Investing Bootcamp, learning the basics of investing with a cohort of like-minded Alaskans. You’ll find out what your options are, how to succeed and what to watch out for. Most importantly, you’ll leave with a new, supporting network, knowing how to take your first steps to becoming a start-up investor. Don’t miss out on being part of the local success stories; help our local economy thrive by investing in Alaskans.		Do you want to be part of local business success stories? Take part in our Angel Investing Bootcamp.

	Angel Investing Bootcamp		2 Sessions Introduction to Angel Investing Evaluating & the Structure of a Deal
	Join fellow investors and gain an inside look at what it means to be an Alaskan investing in Alaskans. Bootcamp Topics Want to invest in a startup but don’t know where to begin? What every angel investor should know before writing their first check. How to structure a deal. How to manage an angel portfolio.
	Bootcamp Instructor Mysty Rusk, Director at The Brink SBDC at University of San Diego Mysty Rusk is the Director of the USD’s Innovation Center, *The Brink SBDC*. Rusk is an expert in innovation commercialization and angel investing. She has been involved from idea to IPO on numerous startups. Rusk has seen new materials and products that revolutionize industries and disrupt the world’s problems. She has evidence that with automation and purposeful invention, we can do things, faster, better and cheaper at the same time. Before coming to USD, Rusk served as the Associate State Director for Innovation and Tech Commercialization with the Central Cal SBDC.

	Keynote Speaker Benton Moore, CEO of Sea Dragon Capital Benton Moore is a cleantech entrepreneur turned angel investor, climate ambassador, and startup raconteur. He currently serves as Fund Manager of the San Diego Angel Conference, Strategy Consultant to the Brink Innovation Center at University of San Diego, and CEO of Sea Dragon Capital, a fund for early-stage, scalable technologies. Benton embraces the chaos of startups and the rebels and renegades who innovate to forge positive change. Benton’s most recent cleantech startup was acquired by private equity firm Oaktree Capital. Benton earned his JD and MBA (New Venture Management) from University of San Diego as well as specialties in International Law from Trinity College, Dublin and Strategic Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Benton is active in the startup ecosystem via San Diego Venture Group (Connect), Tech Coast Angels, United Nations Global Compact, San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange, Angel Capital Association, TiE Global, Association of Corporate Counsel, MIT Enterprise Forum, and Southern California Energy Innovation Network. In an adventurous change-making career of over $100M in deals, Benton’s proudest accomplishment is coaching his daughter’s undefeated soccer team. Outside the office, Benton is usually hiking, mountain biking, or downhill skiing.
	Angel Investing Expert Kevin Croy, Managing Partner, 9Mile Labs Kevin is a managing partner of the pre-seed venture capital firm 9Mile Labs, a firm which has invested in 85+ early-stage technology startups. He serves as an advisory committee member at the 49th State Angel Fund, leads the 2019 cycle of the Alaska Angel Conference, and is a member of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Intellectual Property Advisory Committee (IPAC). Prior to co-founding 9Mile Labs he was a serial entrepreneur who had co-founded five startups, two of which (Lostpedia, Jupiter Hosting) were successfully acquired. Kevin is a technologist and enterprise architect with hands-on experience with a broad range of Internet technologies, data center infrastructure, and development tools. Kevin holds an MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.
	Angel Investing Expert Joe Morrison, Founder, 49th State Angel Fund In 2012 Joe Morrison launched the $12.7 million 49th State Angel Fund for the Municipality of Anchorage “49SAF” has created an over $50 million private sector financing impact, 140-plus jobs, returns of $1.68 million and funding opportunities for 31 companies. Passionate about the future of Alaska and impact investing, Joe grew up in Anchorage and holds an International MBA from Madrid’s IE Business School focused in venture. Half investor, half entrepreneurial ecosystem builder, Joe holds a wide range of experience across his nearly 18-years in finance including work in socially-responsible financial services, startups, consulting and higher education.
	Angel Investing Expert Will Fowler, Founder, Signal Rock Capital Will spent the first ten years of his career as a professional actor. Since shifting focus to the startup economy, he’s gained both operational and leadership experience working inside startups. His roles have included Business Development, Product Management, and most recently, Chief Operating Officer of an e-commerce startup. Will also works with the Idaho Small Business Development Center as the Associate State Director of Operations, creating new programs and partnerships that assist in the development of entrepreneurs and capital formation. Before founding Signal Rock Capital, Will spent spent six years working with Boise Angel Alliance and Loon Creek Capital, where he and his team raised five member managed funds, an Angel Investing Conference, and multiple syndicate funds and SPVs. He’s been an intern, screening committee chair, fund administrator, due diligence facilitator, SPV administrator, and investor in multiple funds. Will also serves as an Angel Capital Association (ACA) pitch coach for the National Conference, and is part of the ACA Membership Committee.
	Bootcamp Inspiration
	Alaska Angel Conference 2020 The Innovation Summit boot camp is designed in conjunction with the Alaska Angel Conference to increases the number of angel investors in the statewide startup ecosystem. The Alaska Angel Conference by pairs experienced angel investors with novice investors and leads them through a structured 10-week process of identifying, filtering, selecting, and managing a group angel investment. In the process, the conference helps nurture the companies and mentor the founders who apply for funding and award a $50K to $300K investment into one of the startups that apply.