HOTventures

HOTventures is the investment vehicle for Rick Gibson, who has had a 35-year career building businesses. He founded and co-founded several successful technology companies and has advised over (75) others. 2000, Rick has served as Managing Director of HOTventures, a 'mentor capital fund' for the Southwest U.S., which invests in and advises fast-growth companies, specializing in Information Technology, BioSciences, GreenTech and Media. The firm is also a limited partner in Solstice Capital and a shareholder of Idealab. Gibson is on the Executive Board and Screening Committee of the Desert Angels and on the board and a mentor for UA's Arizona Center for Innovation (AZCI). For several years, was Adjunct Instructor and then Practitioner Faculty for UA's Eller School Entrepreneurship Program, and also served on the MBA Advisory Council.