Mission & History
Ignite Advisors was founded in 2008 by Eric Del Balso with the goal of making sure that the best innovative ideas, products and services realized their full potential.
Serving as an innovation catalyst, Ignite elevates entrepreneurs with high-potential business development opportunities, connecting great ideas with the scale and distribution of major industry players - and bringing the Fortune 500 set closer to the heart of innovation.
Ignite's focus rests primary in the areas of Disruptive Media and Branded Entertainment, with a special focus on accelerating the power of innovation to make our world a better place.
Ignite knows that investors and partners want to see rapid results - and this often becomes a stress to compromise the entrepreneurial vision if real proof points cannot be achieved. Milestones that might normally be delivered in the later stages of a company's growth are now seen as critical - and even essential - in the early stages of that company's life cycle, especially given current economic conditions.
It is Ignite's goal to help fix this stress and make sure that the best ideas stay the best ideas and reach their full potential in the marketplace, delivering bottomline results for both investors and partners.
To do this, Ignite Advisors has created the Ignite Network - a multi-disciplinary and multi-industry advisory panel that is united by the ability to deliver short, impactful bursts of value during those critical early stages of a startups development.