Author Archives: Cornerstone Angels

Endotronix Announces First in Human Implantation

Cornerstone portfolio company, Endotronix, a medical technology company providing device and digital health solutions for heart failure management, announced on January 24th, 2018, a successful first-in-human implantation of the Cordella™ Pulmonary Artery (PA) Pressure Sensor and initiation of the SIRONA First-in-Human … Continue reading

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Robinhood Adds Cryptocurrency Trading

Cornerstone Angels portfolio company entering the cryptocurrency space by adding zero fee cryptocurrency trading and tracking to its commission fee stock trading platform. Five-year-old Robinhood has raised $176 million from top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index, and NEA that now … Continue reading

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Cornerstone’s Last Meeting of 2017, Along with Holiday Party

Cornerstone Angels is a private investment organization for qualified accredited investors, and has been active since 2006.  Cornerstone Angels has built up a portfolio in excess of 85 companies which have collectively raised more than $2.5 Billion in funding. The … Continue reading

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EatStreet Co-Founders Named to Forbes 30 Under 30

Forbes has named EatStreet co-founders Matt Howard and Alex Wyler to its prestigious 2018 30 Under 30, unveiled today. Howard, CEO, and Wyler, chief technology officer, were named to the consumer technology category, marking the first time Wisconsin tech startup … Continue reading

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SDBIC Assists Hurricane Victims – Understanding What to Do If Safety Deposit Boxes Damaged

SDBIC, a Cornerstone portfolio company,  announced today it established a toll-free number to provide advice and guidance to box holders whose property has been damaged or destroyed by flood waters. Homeowners coping with rebuilding or repairing their flooded homes must … Continue reading

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Cornerstone Portfolio Company Front Range Raises Capital & Expands

Front Range Biosciences, an agricultural biotech company that specializes in high-value crops such as cannabis, has raised $3 million in funding. The funding will go to scaling the company’s processes and an expansion into California and other states where cannabis use is … Continue reading

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Endotronix – Added $12MM Bank Loan to $32MM Series C Round

Endotronix, a Cornerstone portfolio company and maker of cloud-enabled tools that help patients with advanced heart failure, announced earlier in the year that it had raised $12 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The company raised a $32 million Series C round … Continue reading

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Cornerstone Portfolio Company Robinhood Raises $110MM @ $1.3B Valuation

Members of Cornerstone Angels have been early investors in Robinhood, and where the company has recently just raised $110MM in an investment led by DST Global at a $1.3B valuation. Robinhood has achieved amazing growth in the last few years since … Continue reading

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Portfolio Company Algal Scientific Acquired

Cornerstone’s portfolio company Algal Scientific has recently been acquired by a strategic investor in March 2017.  The company used a proprietary process and specially selected strains of algae to produce high value compounds used for animal and human health. Cornerstone had … Continue reading

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10.13.2016 – 3 Cornerstone Portfolio Companies Named on ChicagoInno’s 50 on Fire List

Intellihot, Fourkites and Page Vault, three of Cornerstone’s portfolio companies have been named on ChicagoInno’s 50 on fire list. Below is the link to the full list – http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/all-series/meet-the-150-finalists-for-2016s-50-on-fire/  

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