Growth Factory

Corey, along with 10 other Rocklin business owners have spent the past 9 months in the Build Up Rocklin program (run by the Growth Factory in partnership with the City of Rocklin), working hard to learn, grow and strengthen their businesses. We're proud to support the growth of our local economy and are excited to see how these businesses thrive! Corey Michael Jen Esparza Marcie Shelton Jill Gayaldo Aly Zimmermann Mark Haney

Are you a foodie interested in previewing up-and-coming restaurants? Join us on November 1st at Randy Peters Catering to experience the Roseville Rising Culinary Showcase and sample cuisine from emerging local food entrepreneurs. You’ll be able to connect with these restaurateurs and enjoy creative food and beverages. The event is open to the public. Culinary entrepreneurs are recent graduates of Roseville Rising for Food, which helps early-stage culinary entrepreneurs grow their businesses locally. Roseville Rising is a program of the Roseville Venture Lab, a public-private partnership between the City of Roseville and the @growthfactoryhq. Buy your tickets at: https://lu.ma/cnclnytv Mark Haney Rick Spencer Rana Ghadban Amy Schulz, PhD, MBA Jen Esparza Marcie Shelton Monique Brown Nikki Sims Cameron R. Law Laura Good Rich Foreman

Community - As we exhale after producing our 3rd annual GFX Venture Summit and reflect on this past week, we are filled with gratitude for the incredible partners, founders, builders, investors, and friends who work everyday to make this region the best that it can be. There are too many pictures, logos, names to list in a single post to effectively thank those who contributed to this year's summit -- with 40+ partners, 1500+ attendees over 3 days, 8 venues across the region, 60+ speakers, 40+ startup pitches -- longtime collaborators, brand new friends... Because each of you invest, because you collaborate, because you show up - because you build - this region's ecosystem is growing. We heard over and over again from our out of town guests how energized (and tbh, a little surprised) they were by the people, pitches, and energy of Sacramento region ecosystem. But we all know, as Derek Chase highlighted during his Backyard Award remarks, that worldclass companies are being built here. It can be done. It is being done (OnSight Technology). Let's keep doing it - together! I do want to call out our incredible event producers - Danielle Vaticano Roe, Danny Burke and the Legion Films team, Danielle Briggs who make magic happen. They are not only very talented and seemingly tireless resources, they are deeply valued partners and co-creators. Thank you, everyone! Jon Gregory Christopher Russell Franklin Burris, MPA Dale Carlsen Tasveer (Taz) Singh CPA Mark Haney Rick Spencer Monique Brown Nikki Sims Ashley L. Grech Andre Johnson, CFA, CTP Ashraf Hebela, CFA Jay Ezzell Paul Ratner Darrell Doan Wayne Wiley Michael Pestana Barry Broome Travis Sheridan Anette Smith Cameron R. Law Geoff H. Troels Adrian Laura Good Josh David Miller Jen Esparza Evan Schmidt Trish Kelly Amy Schulz, PhD, MBA May Chinavanichkit Marcie Shelton Craig Hettrich Beth Broome Gary Simon

Today was an incredible culmination of our 3-day GFX Venture Summit. Pitches, awards, networking, the keynote by Tyler Schultz...tell us what you loved best!

Let the fun begin! Over the next 3 days over 1500 entrepreneurs, investors, ecosystem builders, public & private sector leaders and students will connect through 8 different events and activations that are all a part of this year's GFX Venture Summit & Startup Showcase. If you haven't already got your tickets -- there's still time: https://lnkd.in/d4DWc5tE We kick off today with a welcome reception cohosted with Valley Vision, CA FWD, California Mobility Center California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, ZEV TOUR - Clean Fleet Experience featuring our Future of Food Recipe Challenge fueled by Raley's - continue tomorrow with innovation tours and happy hours and finish with our venture summit & startup showcase, culminating with the Backyard Awards Party presented by Stoel Rives LLP where we will have the chance to celebrate the leaders building in our region. We hope that our attendees have a chance to connect, learn, build and grow together! Bring your energy and get ready to answer the question: What are you working on? How can we help?? Key highlights to watch for include the Oct 10th opening keynote from SC Moatti on What Makes a Great AI product to our Oct 10th Funders and Founders Lunch presented by Five Star Bank - California featuring a keynote and discussion with Tyler Shultz, who will be sharing his incredible journey with us. Thank you to all of our sponsors and partners who have made this possible!! In addition to the above named - Backyard & Presenting partners include: J.P. Morgan Private Bank JPMorganChase Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Corporate Tax Incentives Natoma Wealth App Orchid Inc Sutter Health SMUD Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Western Placer Waste Management Authority Finally - to our MVPs -- Danielle Vaticano Roe Danielle Briggs Nikki Sims Legion Films Danny Burke Steve Turturici Cameron R. Law Mehrshad Mansouri who may have lost a little sleep putting this one together :-)... Here's to Friday! Monique Brown Rick Spencer Mark Haney

Snowie King, participating in Build Up Rocklin, a public/private partnership between Growth Factory and City of Rocklin, used their grant funding to test adding cotton candy to their menu. There is a learning curve to making this sweet treat but they have successfully created multiple all-natural flavors. The community came out to celebrate last week at THE CHALET EVENT CENTER to taste test and vote for their favorite flavors. We love watching businesses test and grow and we love how the community supports them!

What a great afternoon at The Urban Hive attending Human Machine Collaboration Institute AI ignite event. Thank you to Sadie St. Lawrence, J.P. Morgan and team for including us. We enjoyed connecting with new people and seeing old friends as collectively we consider how we might design and build our future with AI as an enabler.  

Officially less than a week left until GFX24 Venture Summit on October 10th at the Grounds in Roseville, Ca! Come join our innovative community of entrepreneurs, investors, industry thought leaders, policy experts and change makers to connect and amplify the momentum happening in our Backyard! Listen to Growth Factory's Monique Brown, and GF portfolio company, Plum Identity, founder Jon Coss discuss the importance of GFX24, and the events of venture summit here!

We are excited for the conversations that are shaping up at this year's GFX2024 Venture Summit and grateful for the engagement across our industry, investor and innovator communities. The climate & transportation discussion moderated by Anette Smith and featuring Peter Bell Sean Bigley Sean Luangrath Stacey K. and Scott Scholtz will dive into how industry is engaging with innovators to solve critical climate impacted infrastructure problems at scale and how venture investors are infusing capital alongside non-dilutive funding and project financing to fuel these efforts. Join us! Tickets available here: https://lnkd.in/d4DWc5tE Monique Brown Mark Haney Rick Spencer Nikki Sims Franklin Burris, MPA Emily Hoffman Cameron R. Law Amy Schulz, PhD, MBA Wayne Wiley Mehrshad Mansouri Bill Thomasmeyer

What a great day of grocery shopping for the finest local produce Raley's with our chefs in preparation for the Future of Food Recipe Challenge!! The Future of Food recipe challenge features talented up and coming chefs who are tasked with creating, preparing, and plating new culinary creations featuring innovative products from regional food startups (many in our portfolio) and fresh locally sourced ingredients from Raley’s.  Their target - a delicious, innovative, zero waste menu item that symbolizes the future of food!! The competition will be held on October 8th as a part of the Discover Sacramento Welcome Reception at the California Mobility Center. This reception is just one of many GFX Venture Summit activities this year and we are excited to co-host it in in partnership with CA FWD, Cal Asian Chamber, Valley Vision, the CMC, & ZEV Tours. Courtesy of SMUD Chefs will be able to prepare their menu items on induction stove tops - also representing the future of sustainble cooking. They will present food to a panel of award-winning Chef Judges who will select a winner based on taste, presentation, and criteria. Reception attendees will also be able to taste and vote! A HUGE thank you to Chelsea (Minor) Carbahal for taking such great care of us today and for being a steadfast champion of this region - to Celebrity Chefs patrick mulvaney Brad Cecchi for their partnership, support and creativity - to Steve Turturici and the Legion AVS team for capturing the story - to our innovators Checkerspot Optimized Foods Upcycled Foods, Inc. (UP, Inc.) California Cultured Inc. Oobli LandLover - to our chef competitiors, and to partners like AgStart Kara E. Leong and team at iCamp. Nikki Sims Monique Brown Mark Haney Danielle Vaticano Roe Danielle Briggs Rick Spencer