Portfolio

We have been investing since 2000 ( although some deals were done earlier prior to two groups merging to form the Sacramento Angels) and below you can see some of the companies our Members have invested in. All these companies presented to our Members prior to investment. The Year is the year we made our first investment; in many cases Members have invested in subsequent rounds.

• Present-2007
• 2006-2005
• 2004-1998
• They Tried…

Aperia	2011	Aperia Technologies (ATI) provide automatic tire inflation technology. The Halo Tire Inflator is a ring shaped device that utilizes a wheels rotational motion alone, to pump air and maintain optimal tire pressure. The product’s design enables the self-powered device to automatically re-inflate both tires of a dually set to maintain optimal inflation pressure. The core Halo pumping technology enables the ATI system to offset naturally occurring real-world leakage, including pressure losses from leaky valve stems, corroded bead seats, and normal air permeation through the tire wall. A single inflator serves both tires of a dual wheel set, mounting cleanly to the hub. The result is an off-the-shelf device capable of serving a variety of truck classes, as a dealer spec. or retrofit.
WellDog	2011	WellDog is improving exploration and production of oil, gas and alternative energy resources. Emerging Asian economies need energy and Asian energy exporters are struggling to meet demand. Coal based resources, including gas, are contributing but they need new technologies to meet demand responsibly and quickly, exactly the niche WellDog has found. They have built an integrated technical products and services company around the company’s unique, patented Raman spectrometer technology that enables in situ analysis of methane and other gases in coal seams. WellDog are headquartered in Laramie, Wyoming, with a subsidiary in Brisbane, Australia.
Vokle	2011	Vokle provides a web based, social media, live video talk show platform that enables anyone to build their audience via real time Q&A features. Millions of content creators, entertainers, authors, musicians, politicians, and self-help gurus are struggling to meet their online audience’s ever growing demand for personal interaction. Vokle allows anyone from a single individual to high profile influencers to monetize their social networks and audiences through free events, ticketed events and private labeling.
Glue Networks	2010	Glue Networks is launching the Glue Virtual Office™(GVO) – a simple and affordable service that extends corporate networks to remote offices and teleworkers, allowing delivery of the high-security, high-bandwidth, real-time applications required by today’s modern workforce.
Cloud Cruiser	2010	Cloud Cruiser’s unique solution addresses the growing pain of both cloud service providers and enterprises that are implementing virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure. Cloud Cruiser’s ability to enhance the adoption of cloud computing, coupled with the deep domain experience of the team, is the right combination to position the company as a potential leader in this market.
Critical Perfusion, Inc.	2009	Critical Perfusion Inc. is preparing to launch ISMO (Impedance Spectroscopy Monitor), a novel technology that will significantly ease critical assessment of critically-ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
Reframe It, Inc.	2009	Reframe It seeks to transform the nature of the public web by creating a virtual margin alongside any web page on which users can post comments to be shared with other users and read what others have written. It allows each user to benefit from the insights of other users who place specific online content in context and share their reactions in the form of online marginalia.
Vinperfect, Inc.	2009	VinPerfect offers a high-performance screw cap closure with a liner that allows winemakers to specify how much oxygen enters a wine bottle over time and, therefore, how their wine ages.
Enkata Technologies, Inc	2007	Enkata makes delivering a great customer experience at a low cost possible. Enkata is a critical component of how world class companies understand and address why customers contact them, why they re-contact them, how to increase customer engagement, and ultimately how to increase customer value. Enkata customers share one thing in common – a commitment to deliver a highly personalized customer interaction, right the first time. Enkata’s products are used by over 100,000 end users with over 1 billion transactions managed to date. Enkata customers include global industry leaders such as JP Morgan Chase, Bank of NY Mellon, and Independence Blue Cross.
Freepath	2007	Freepath’s easy-to-use playlist interface gives you on-demand access to your stuff in its original format. Navigate and edit in real time without the limitations and burden of converting files. Using a simple drag and drop, import or web link approach, you’ll be able to spend less time preparing and more time sharing. Freepath also improves the way you collaborate with others online. It’s compatible with the popular web meeting tools such as GoToMeeting, Webex, Live Meeting and Intercall.
NexGen Medical Systems	2007	NexGen Medical Systems, Inc. develops medical devices that enhance the safety and effectiveness of interventional procedures in patients with debilitating neurological and cardiovascular diseases. The Company is currently focused on commercializing an integrated medical device product line for removal of blood clots from head, neck, and peripheral vessels. The Company also has a pipeline of neurological access devices and technologies. NexGen commenced operations in 2005.
Visicon Technologies, Inc.	2007	Visicon’s machine vision based products and services are designed specifically to deliver the high throughput, high accuracy, measurement and defect detection systems that enable a business to reduce inspection costs, improve manufacturing processes and increase quality.

Alter G	2006	FDA cleared and built on NASA technology, AlterG is changing the way people recover and athletes train. Our unique technology allows you to run or walk at a fraction of your body weight, so you can dial in exactly where the pain stops and movement feels good again. Leading medical professionals are using our rehabilitation equipment to help their patients recover better and have a smooth return to activity. Top athletes and teams are using AlterG to recover and train smarter, reducing the frequency of training injuries by minimizing stress on their joints, while still building fitness.
Clario Medical Imaging	2006	Clario partners with hospitals, imaging centers and private practice radiology groups to improve radiologists’ efficiency through integration. Clario’s flagship product, zVision, provides a benchmark unified worklist, intelligent real-time monitoring of practice statistics, advanced search, communication tracking and integrated peer review.
Idapted, Inc.	2006	Idapted is the largest provider of live on-demand one-on-one language instruction. They scale one-on-one training.”We understand that the world is flat. That’s why we built a company that re-thinks online learning. We make it live, on-demand and globally scalable while delivering the best learning experience ever. Our proprietary e-learning technology along with our full-stack knowledge in content creation, instructor recruitment, training and management allows us to deliver a new generation of online learning products.”
Windspire, Inc. (formerly Mariah Power)	2006	Founded in 2005, Windspire Energy was established to develop innovative and proprietary new technology that introduces a new standard for style and function to the small wind industry. Founded on the passion and commitment of two inventors, the duo set to work on a new kind of wind turbine. Today, the company is continuing to evolve its product line, focusing on low-cost energy alternative solutions that are smart, noise-free and renewable. The company’s first product to market is the Windspire® wind turbine, was launched on June 2, 2008.
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.	2006	Marrone Bio Innovations discovers, develops, and markets environmentally responsible natural products that focus on unmet needs for weed, pest, and plant disease management.
Revionics, Inc.	2006	Revionics delivers innovative lifecycle price optimization solutions to retailers, including everyday, promotion, and markdown pricing.  The Revionics technology leverages an integrated forecast, enabling a coherent view of customer demand across all decision areas.  Their proprietary approach, Revenue Bionics™, applies advanced analytics and science to predict customer behavior, empowering retailers to achieve their financial objectives, improve customer loyalty, and make better, faster decisions. Their solutions are delivered on a modern, fully scalable, pay-as-you-go, software-as-a-service platform.  Over 20,000 retail locations across grocery, automotive, drug, building materials, convenience, general merchandise, and discount stores are priced using Revionics solutions.
Tempo Payments, Inc.	2005	Tempo is revolutionizing the debit card market by enabling organizations, both businesses and non-profits, to quickly and easily offer open loop, affinity debit cards to their customers and members. The cards are rewards-based, affinity partner-branded, and linked to the consumer’s existing checking account. Tempo provides its partners with a Web-based solution that makes it easy to launch and market their programs. The partners benefit by generating new revenue, and building loyalty through the delivery of enhanced cardholder value.
Kovars (Satori Academy)	2005	Through high quality martial arts instruction Kovars empower people of all ages to achieve their full potential. By emphasizing self-defense, health, fitness and life skills in a friendly, safe, positive environment, they inspire their students to become more confident, successful contributing members of their community.
Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.	2005	Prolacta is the pioneer in human milk-based nutritional products for critically ill and premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Prolacta believes that there is no adequate replacement for human breast milk and, as such, they believe infant nutritional products should be human milk-based. As a scientifically driven company committed to improving premature infant nutrition, they are using human milk to change the standard of care in the NICU.
Regenemed, Inc.	2005	RegeneMed accelerates the development of safer, more effective drugs by providing integrated high throughput platforms incorporating engineered human tissue-based assays. Our patented, proprietary, core technologies enable in vitro growth of engineered human tissues, including liver, GI tract, bone marrow, blood-brain barrier, cardiovascular and neuronal. The first and critical application of these tissue-based in vitro model systems is to replace cell-based assays and animal testing to debottleneck ADME/Tox evaluation, the leading cause of drug failures facing the pharmaceutical industry.
Uptake Medical Corp	2005	Uptake Medical is developing a novel therapy for the treatment of emphysema. Uptake Medical’s Bronchoscopic Thermal Vapor Ablation (BTVA) is ideally suited and designed for treating this disease in a safe and effective manner. This proprietary vapor technology allows for a less invasive, interventional approach to lung volume reduction.

American LegalNet	2004	American LegalNet, the premier provider of ‘Desktop to Courthouse’ workflow technologies, has been delivering innovative, high-quality legal products, content and services to enhance workflow efficiency, minimize risk and reduce cost for more than 12 years. American LegalNet provides an industry-leading suite of products: eDockets, Forms WorkFlow and eFiling Portal; and offers a robust menu of supporting professional services.
Digital Musicworks International	2004	The Digital Music Group was an easy and cost-effective way for independent artists and labels worldwide to distribute their music online. The company did an IPO in 2006 providing an exit opportunity for our invested members. The company merged into The Orchard in 2007.
Novostent Corp	2004	At NovoStent, we add a new dimension to biliary and peripheral vascular stenting. Our unique technology enables customization of both macro and micro stent structures to optimize clinical performance. Unlike ordinary stents that are limited to permutations of cell patterns, Hyperion™ Stents employ a helical macro structure to maximize flexibility, durability, and radial strength in addition to a micro cell structure which can be customized to achieve optimal lumen coverage and prolapse control. The result is performance without compromise.
Superimaging, Inc.	2004	SuperImaging creates nanotechnology films and special projectors. These films take displays where they have never been before, allowing one to create animated neon advertising and heads up displays on clear glass. This patent pending technology makes any ordinary pane of glass look like an electronic display panel, while not blocking the view through it. When compared to our competitors, our technology has better transparency, clarity, and unlimited viewing angles.
PatientSafe Solutions, Inc.	2003	PatientSafe Solutions drastically reduces the potential for error in the hospital. We have reduced serious five-rights related medication errors by 100% in all of our installed hospitals, preventing over 6 million (35 million total transactions since inception) erroneous medication administration transactions. With complete PatientSafe Solutions, we guarantee that our installed system pays for itself within 12 months.
Novabay Pharmacuticals, Inc.	2002	NovaBay Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing its proprietary Aganocide compounds, which are novel, synthetic anti-infective product candidates with equivalent activity to the active antimicrobial molecules generated within white blood cells. NovaBay’s Aganocide compounds are being developed to treat and prevent a wide range of infections without causing bacterial resistance. NovaBay has internal development programs aimed at addressing hospital and respiratory infections. The company had an IPO in 2008 which provided a good exit for Members who invested.
Customer Link Systems	2001	CustomerLink is the premier provider of customer development services for independent automotive service centers and tire dealers. CustomerLink’s proprietary database automatically triggers highly personalized, custom communication to vehicle owners on behalf of their shop. The system encourages vehicle owners to return to their independent service provider several times throughout the year for manufacturers’ recommended services, technician recommended services and seasonal maintenance. The system allows for customized coupons, promotions, customer satisfaction surveys, and customer appreciation correspondence. CustomerLink’s services assist automotive repair professionals to develop repeat, full-service customers resulting in more business from existing customers, high quality customer referrals, and the ability to optimize bay scheduling.
Mobius Technologies, Inc.	2001	Mobius is making recycling a reality by developing valuable technology and creatively bringing this technology to the global marketplace. We have focused our efforts to bring sustainable value to the plastic foam industry first. Towards this end, we have developed, manufactured, and commercialized a new way to recycle the foam used in the furniture and automobile industries. We have commercialized this technology in the United States and Europe and are currently expanding into South America, Australia and Asia. We are very proud to have partnered with The Dow Chemical Company to help globalize this form of recycling.
KhiMetrics	1998	The idea was to take revenue management – a relevant technology proven in other industries – and adapt it to retail. Through revenue management, retailers, too, would use consumer demand to develop pricing strategies that deliver sustained improvements in financial performance. Retail revenue management and KhiMetrics, an application software company, were born together with patents and proven methodologies. The company was purchased by SAP in 2005 and members who invested received a significant multiple on their very early investment.

Braincandy	2007	Braincandy was a children’s media company whose mission was to create educationally inventive, enriching, entertaining products that helped young children learn about themselves as they fully experienced the world around them.
KeyEye Communications	2003	KeyEye Communications was a fabless semiconductor company, providing connectivity solutions on structured copper twisted pair cables. It offered 10Gbps Ethernet transceivers that deliver 10GBASE-T connectivity over data center cable reaches.
Pria Diagnostics	2003	Pria Diagnostics specialized in low cost, high performance, fluorescent readers based on their NanoFL platform technology. The company formed partnerships with diagnostics companies and manufacturers, enabling them to improve their current test sensitivity, or to create diagnostics solutions for the point of care market.
Sierra Life Sciences, Inc.	2002	Sierra Sciences was developing drugs to reverse the effects of aging on skin and other tissues, based on major discoveries and 18 patent applications related to telomeres and telomerase, with both near-term non-FDA revenue opportunities and long-term billion-dollar markets for FDA-approved human drugs.
Realty Plus	2001	Realty Plus Online was one of the first Internet technology companies in online real estate transactions. Their goal was to automate the real estate transaction process, starting with the listing of the property for sale, through to the closing of the transaction. Their CloseYourDeal.com was the first secure Web site to automate the entire real estate transaction over the Internet.
Webview	2001	WEBVIEW had special expertise in the area of image-processing electronics for high-resolution visual data and systems integration.
Evit Labs	2000	Evit Labs was a pulmonary treatment company devloping aerosol drug delivery technology. The first approved product to utilize their unique aerosol technology was a nebulizer. It was claimed to: be five times faster, be portable, need no electricity, be quieter, be more convenient to use, deliver more medication, and be less expensive to manufacture.
Shari’s Berries	2000	Shari’s Berries was founded in 1989 when Shari Fitzpatrick decided to pursue her dream of creating the world’s greatest chocolate dipped strawberries. The company was sold in 2006 without any of our members gaining a return.
Precision Farming	1999	Precision Farming provided information technology solutions for high value specialty crops in the Western States.

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