Our Sponsors

Square 1 Bank

Square 1 Bank is a full service commercial bank dedicated to providing financial services to entrepreneurs and the venture capital firms who back them. From start-up and beyond, helping fellow entrepreneurs build successful companies is important to Square 1. We are passionate about what we do and this is reflected throughout the Square 1 experience. From the latest in technology based convenience to a banker you’ll know as a partner, you can expect your Square 1 relationship to be anticipatory, responsive and active. Square 1 Bank has offices coast to coast in ten locations: Austin, Boulder, Boston, Durham, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, McLean, New York, San Diego and Seattle.

Hutchison Law Group

Hutchison Law Group is a law firm focused on the special needs of businesses, and those who work with them. Founded in 1996, the firm represents many of the premier technology and life science companies in the Southeast. In addition, we represent clients large and small, across a range of other industries and advise individuals on business matters. We serve our clients’ business needs by providing strategic advice and counsel in the following areas: general corporate, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, securities law, intellectual property protection, employment law and tax.

Windstream Communications

At Windstream Hosted Solutions, we deliver a welcome level of proven reliability. Through our “hi touch” approach, we offer our clients a combination of business acumen and technical expertise that your business can never exhaust — IaaS, Colocation and Cloud. Our people are the best of the best, both behind the scenes and on the front lines. And they have one objective: to keep your business running, consistently and securely.

Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson

Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. is a corporate and commercial law firm committed to providing each client with comprehensive legal services of the highest quality. The firm has a wide-ranging business practice and serves as counsel to public and closely held enterprises operating in domestic and foreign markets, individuals, municipal, county and state agencies, public utilities, health care institutions, financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations, and investment funds of various types. The breadth of experience derived from these representations has equipped our firm to anticipate and respond to the rapid changes that define today’s business environment.