Chief Innovation Officer @caistartups | "Tinder for Startups" | "Shark Tank on Steroids" | Founder | 😇
Joined January 2016
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🚀 CAI Startups raise ~6× more than the average startup.
CAI Challenge Winners raise ~11x more!
It’s not luck; it’s skill leverage. 💡
#FHITC gives the smartest founders access to CAI's full, mini-MBA accelerator.
Join & compete to be Grand Champion: bit.ly/fhitc
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🚀 Meet top VCs, angels, founders & innovators!
Thu, Aug 28 @Connectpreneur's Virtual Rocket Pitch Power Networking
🕚 11 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
📍 Online via Zoom
🎟️ Register: virtualrocketpitch.com/
Thanks @tienwong for the invite!
#CONNECTpreneur #Startup #VC #AngelInvesting
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Cody Locke retweeted
14 May 2025
💥 15 @NIH -inspired startups. 1 fearless philanthropist. On 5/8/25, Sheri Sobrato lit up #NIH with legacy.
>440 CAI startups, >$2.1 billion in funding, >2100 direct jobs created, and counting. Granite met grace. 🎥
#Tech #Startups @POTUS @DOGE @elonmusk @US_EDA @Sobrato_org
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Cody Locke retweeted
26 Jan 2024
CAI has launched our 12th challenge, the Global Health #Innovation Challenge II, to advance innovations for the #FutureofHealth. Join us in breaking through barriers in #science to create jobs and improve health for all. @US_EDA #BuildToScale #startups #VC issuewire.com/the-center-for…
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28 Aug 2023
CAI is back on @X to recognize our Global Health Innovation Challenge winners! The #GHIC launched & scaled 100 startups, which directly created >170 jobs and raised >$14 million since joining us. Thank you @US_EDA #BuildToScale for the continued support! issuewire.com/the-center-for…
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Cody Locke retweeted
10 Oct 2022
On World Mental Health Day 2022, visit CAI’s new website, and enter the @US_EDA-funded Global Health Innovation Challenge 🌎 to advance breakthrough inventions that make the world healthier. centerforadvancinginnovation… @ChildrensNatl @siliconvalleycf @RosemarieTruman @quantalcontent
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Cody Locke retweeted
16 Sep 2022
To cap off #DCStartupWeek, CAI launched the Global Health Innovation Challenge with support from @ChildrensNatl, @siliconvalleycf & @US_EDA #BuildToScale for pandemic resiliency & children’s mental health globally with #startups. Join us! @IgniteSimpact issuewire.com/the-center-for… 👀
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26 Jul 2022
👏Cheers to @AkesaHealth, @diallapp, @groupkdx, @MindstandT, @TQIntelligence, @VitaScanMe, @HealthcareYoume & all other #InnovateChildrensHealth Challenge II winners! Many thanks to @CAIStartups sponsors, partners & Advocates for making it happen.🙏 Stay tuned for more good news.
26 Jul 2022
CAI is proud to announce Innovate Children's Health Challenge II (ICHC II) winners! These startups will boost global health and create sustainable jobs in our community. Read issuewire.com/the-center-for…. 👀 @ChildrensNatl @siliconvalleycf @US_EDA #BuildToScale @OneTen @IgniteSimpact
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Cody Locke retweeted
12 May 2022
CAI has selected Innovate Children’s Health Challenge II (ICHC II) semifinalists, working to improve pediatric mental health 🧠 and pandemic resiliency. Learn more from this PR: issuewire.com/the-center-for…. @ChildrensNatl @siliconvalleycf @US_EDA #BuildToScale @OneTen @IgniteSimpact
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Cody Locke retweeted
16 Feb 2022
👀Are you looking for people to support you or your business? On 2/18 at 3p ET, CAI's @RosemarieTruman will give a free webinar on her strategy for engaging stakeholders, which she developed for 50 Fortune 100 companies. Register at linkedin.com/events/68972803…. @ChildrensNatl @OneTen
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2 Nov 2021
Want to work with me? @CAIStartups is hiring a Program Manager for the @US_EDA #BuildToScale Global Health Innovation Challenge. DM me, or submit bit.ly/globalhealthic for more info. @ChildrensNatl @IgniteSimpact @siliconvalleycf #startups #VentureCapital #crowdfunding #biotech
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Cody Locke retweeted
30 Sep 2021
Thanks to everyone for joining SustainChain Day: Road to 2030 at the UN General Assembly! You can now watch the replay below. Today we also launched SustainChain, the world's largest sustainability action platform. Join the chain. Visit SustainChain.world now!
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30 Sep 2021
🥂 Cheers to the @CAIStartups & @ChildrensNatl team on a #BuildToScale Grant from @US_EDA! I'm honored to help address global health threats for *all* with you & our community. @RosemarieTruman @Eskandanian @IgniteSimpact @giovanni_jerome #startups #tech #innovation #coronavirus
30 Sep 2021
With an @US_EDA #BuildToScale Grant, CAI is launching the Global Health Innovation Challenge to develop the DMV workforce, advance breakthrough tech, & address health threats for all! Learn more at eda.gov/oie/buildtoscale/ven…, & get involved at bit.ly/globalhealthic. @ChildrensNatl
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28 Sep 2021
If you're passionate about making a positive impact on the world, then join us to celebrate our partner - @SustainChain_ - on SustainChain Day at the United Nations General Assembly. Register for the event at bit.ly/ignitesustainchainday, and become part of our community. #UN 🇺🇳 #SDGs
27 Sep 2021
Join us on SustainChain Day during the UN General Assembly! Hear from @AminaJMohammed, Jeffrey Sachs & leaders in regenerative agriculture, resilient infrastructure, plastic waste, circularity, ocean energy, vaccine equity & ESG investing. To register: bit.ly/3lJWklY
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Cody Locke retweeted
27 Aug 2021
An expert committee picked breakthrough #tech from @ChildrensNatl, #Stanford, #UCLA, #UCSD, #UCSF, @UUtah, @WARF_News, #UTSW et al. to advance in the Innovate Children's Health Challenge II! Submit bit.ly/innovate4kids 👈for details. #startups @siliconvalleycf @DigitalInfuzion
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Cody Locke retweeted
27 Aug 2021
Ignite Social Impact is honored to join the @ImpactAssets Custom Investments community w/ @RegenerationVC, @BeyondMeat, @ImpactAlpha & more. #DefineYourImpact by investing in #TechforGood: ignitesocialimpact.com. #tech #startups #SDGs #crowdfunding #IA50 @LeoDiCaprio @HonestSeth
27 Aug 2021
Announcing a donor recommended #impinv @IgniteSimpact through the ImpactAssets Custom Investments Program. We're proud to partner with our donors to invest in the social enterprises and funds they care most about. #SDGs #Crowdfunding
#DefineYourImpact | ow.ly/NJLs50FZ3rQ
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20 Aug 2021
Lightspeed's portfolio is astonishing. My other favorite, along with @VectorizedIO, isn't even on the list at lsvp.com/portfolio/ yet. @CAIStartups, we're cheering for Soda Health! #RollTide #NWArk @Lightspeedvp @semil @IgniteSimpact @lolitataub @WaltonFamilyFdn @findingnwa
20 Aug 2021
On #NationalRadioDay, learn about the future of streaming from Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, Alexander Gallego, on @RosemarieTruman's #DGUpodcast. He's Founder & CEO of @VectorizedIO & an inspiration to us. @Lightspeedvp @semil @GVteam @IgniteSimpact youtube.com/watch?v=xyN4vrLG…
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8 Jul 2021
Ignite Social Impact issuers are taking reservations for their #crowdfunding campaigns. Help to keep 🌎Earth🌍 green, & reserve your spot today. @IgniteSimpact @CAIStartups Four Seasons Total Landscaping fourseasonstotal.com #sustainability #startups #tech #impact #innovation
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