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Cornerstone Angels founder Michael Gruber shall speak on the Green Building Panel at the Energy Investment Forum in Austin, TX, with such conference taking place January 25-26. Gruber’s panel will discuss topics relating to green building materials, energy efficiency, and … Continue reading →

Cornerstone Angels Founder and Managing Director, Michael Gruber was a speaker at Efactor’s ‘Angel Investing: The Inside Scoop – Chicago’ held in downtown Chicago on December 15. Michael was among a group of Angel Investors and CEOs/Founders who spoke about Angel … Continue reading →

Cornerstone Angels Founder and Managing Director, Michael Gruber has been selected to be a Mentor at Founder Institute’s upcoming program in Chicago. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology … Continue reading →

Cornerstone portfolio company Fisker Automotive has been selected to be in the 2011 Global Cleantech 100 List. Based on Cleantech Group data and vetted by a panel of international experts, this list is based on the collective opinion of the … Continue reading →

Cornerstone Angels is co-hosting the 2011 Great Lakes Entrepreneurial Bash, a featured event of the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. We hope that you can join us in a celebration by and for company leaders where five amazing founders will … Continue reading →

Cornerstone Angels Founder and Managing Director, Michael Gruber, recently gave an interview to sramanamitra.com regarding – Seed Stage Capital from Angel Investors. Sramanamitra.com is a start-up/entrepreneurship blog founded by Sramana Mitra, a renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. This interview is … Continue reading →

Cornerstone has investments in Series C, and is pleased to announce that Advanced Diamond Technology just closed Series D Funding led by S-Group Capital Management. ADT develops products that are enabled by thin smooth diamond. ADT is a World Economic … Continue reading →

Cornerstone had originally made an investment in Turin Networks, which was subsequently merged with Force10 Networks, and with Dell just announcing its definitive purchase agreement of the company. Force10 Networks is the global technology leader that data center, service provider … Continue reading →

Amyris Inc. completed its IPO on September 28, 2010 at $16 a share, raising $85 million with underwriters Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Amyris listed its common stock on the Nasdaq under the symbol AMRS. With 40.4 million … Continue reading →

On December 2, 2010, it was announced that SmartCells, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire SmartCells. Under the terms of the agreement, Merck will acquire all outstanding stock of SmartCells, Inc. In return SmartCells shareholders … Continue reading →