7 Disruptive Technologies - Investment Focus - Angel and VC

The following 7 Disruptive Technologies will shape investments in the next 8 - 10 years.  If there are companies doing multiple technologies, they are a candidate to consider for investments at the angel and venture capital rounds of funding.  The sources include: McKinsey, Gartner, and Forrester.

1. Mobile and Cloud Internet - Mobile computing - Burstable hardware and software services to support mobile devices
2. Internet of Things and Sensors  - Wearable devices - Low cost sensors - Embedded appliance devices
3. Advanced Robotics and Autonomic Vehicles - Robotics with enhanced sensors - Augment humans
4. Next-Generation Genomics - Big data analytics and synthetic biology - Writing DNA
5. Energy Storage - The battery problem
6. 3D Printing - Advanced manufacturing - Printing of layers of materials on digital models
7. Advanced Oil and Gas Exploration/Renewable Energy - Extraction of unconventional oil and gas assets - Electricity from solar and wind - Driven by Federal tax credits

Technology, Design, and Education

This blog will be focused on topics in Technology, Design, and Education.  The technology topics will track cloud, SaaS, mobile and all of the touchpoints around those technologies.  Design will look into the fashion aspect of design.  Finally, education will cover the emerging trends in education.  I hope you enjoy the topics, comment on things, and open a global discussion.

The hope is that the topics shared will reveal key companies that can be angel investment candidates.  A scoring methodology will be reviewed and discussed.