Kickstand Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm offering a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 650 lawyers in 14 offices across the United States and in China, the firm serves great companies ranging in size from start-ups to FORTUNE 100. Many of the firm's clients are leaders in traditional industries and emerging technology markets.
Gold Sponsors
Stoel Rives focuses on industry know-how and practical experience, deals done and cases won. With more than 370 lawyers, 500 support professionals, and eight offices in five western states, they have the technical expertise, market savvy, and business and community connections to help your company succeed. Stoel Rives' clients reflect the business landscape of the West and include businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to internationally known public companies. Stoel Rives: Helping Your Company Dream Big.
TechConnect accelerates Idaho's innovation-based economy by connecting people, ideas and resources through activities in 4 areas: Building an entrepreneurial culture Promoting industry-university collaboration Facilitating commercialization Encouraging investment in infrastructure to support an innovation-based economy.
HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.
Silver Sponsors
Carlson Hall is a Boise-based business intermediary firm serving privately-held companies in the Intermountain West. We provide transaction advisory services that result in winning outcomes for all stakeholders. Carlson Hall brokers both business buy and sell transactions (mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, joint ventures, inside transfers, spinoff) and offers transition consulting to guide a company through change of ownership. We are deeply experienced in working with entrepreneurs from start-up to accelerated growth through exit stages, and have technical expertise in business valuations, strategic consulting to enhance value, targeting national strategic buyers and private equity groups, and negotiating effectively to close deals. Carlson Hall: Building Value for Private Companies.
Esther Simplot Foundation
Sponsors
The mission of the eight-state Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association is to be a leading venture capital association with a strategic intent of making the region one of the top markets for venture activity. More than 180 venture capital professionals from 43 firms are actively engaged in investing in the region, and in aggregate, represent more than $6.3 billion in capital.
At Highway 12 Ventures we have one goal, to partner with the most promising high-growth start-up companies in the Intermountain West states of Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado to build lasting, market leading companies. We understand the unique challenges of building a company in this region and work hard to bring valuable resources to its entrepreneurs. With over $100 million under management, we have the resources to help you properly finance your company.
Founded in 1977, Bank of the Cascades offers full-service community banking through 35 branches, including 11 in Central Oregon, three in the Salem/Keizer area, 6 in Southern Oregon, one office in Portland and 13 in Idaho.
Ellsworth Kincaid Construction, Inc. was founded in 1993 by Brian Ellsworth and Larry Kincaid. They remain principals of the firm today. EKC was created to combine the respective construction talents of the founders in the formation of a commercial General Contracting entity. From the beginning, Brian and Larry have diligently worked at being not the biggest, but rather “the best contractor in the Boise Valley”.
Volt Technical Resources specializes in providing workforce solutions in the IT, Engineering and Technical fields. The foundation of our solutions is our innovative "Workforce Design", the creative arrangement of top talent, best-in-class services, and proven technology. We have the ability, technology, and industry knowledge to scale our processes, providing client-centric solutions no matter how challenging the requirements. With so much riding on the quality of talent today, Volt Technical Resources delivers to help meet clients' most critical and time-sensitive workforce needs.
