Coffee & Capital Connects Entrepreneurs with Investors

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coffee & Capital, a new program at the University City Science Center, will help entrepreneurs over a major start-up hurdle: connecting with investors. Entrepreneurs will have a chance to sit down with an investor over a cup of coffee and get their questions answered as the Coffee & Capital program debuts Wednesday, July 20 in the new Quorum space at the Science Center, 3711 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA. The monthly program, which is sponsored by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, will run from 8 - 9:30 a.m.

“With adequate funding entrepreneurs are able to concentrate on their businesses, grow quicker and create jobs – or in some cases fail faster.”

In the first session, angel investor Ellen Weber of Robin Hood Ventures will meet with a small group of entrepreneurs over coffee and a light breakfast for an informal Q&A session that will give unique insight into the process angels go through in selecting companies in which to invest as well as first-hand education on the best way to approach investors.

"Coffee & Capital meets a key objective of the Quorum initiative by addressing funding, a critical component to the growth and sustainability of startup companies," says Science Center President & CEO Stephen S. Tang, Ph.D., MBA. “With adequate funding entrepreneurs are able to concentrate on their businesses, grow quicker and create jobs – or in some cases fail faster.”

Launched in May 2011, Quorum is a strategic initiative of the University City Science Center that is designed to unite the region’s entrepreneurship and innovation communities through a central gathering space on the Science Center’s campus at 3711 Market Street and related programs that enable idea generators to meet, share and learn, promoting the success of companies, individuals and the Philadelphia region.

EDS: Please note that registration for the July 20 Coffee & Capital session has closed.

About The Science Center

The University City Science Center accelerates technology commercialization, regional economic development, and the market availability of life-enhancing scientific breakthroughs by bringing together innovations, scientists, entrepreneurs, funding, laboratory facilities, and business services. Established in 1963 and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, the Science Center was the first, and remains the largest, urban research park in the United States. Graduate organizations and current residents of the University City Science Center’s Port business incubators have created more than 15,000 jobs that remain in the Greater Philadelphia region today and contribute more than $9 billion to the regional economy annually. For more information: www.sciencecenter.org.