Tested. Proven. Seasoned.
Our team has a track record of success starting, operating, and exiting high value technology companies.
Dedicated Staff
Ryan Weber
Managing Partner & Co-Founder - Minnesota
Formerly Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer NativeX (FKA W3i/Freeze)
& Angel Investor at 32 Degrees
Rob Weber
Managing Partner & Co-Founder - Minnesota
Formerly Co-Founder & CEO NativeX (FKA W3i/Freeze),
Board at Minnestar, & Angel Investor at 32 Degrees
Pradip Madan
Managing Partner - Silicon Valley
Formerly SVP, Corporate Strategy & Development Synnex (SNX); President, Microland; MBA, Wharton.
Michael Schulte
Legal/Analyst
Associate at Soffer Charbonnet Law Group
Formerly Aristotle Fund, JD/MBA at University of St. Thomas
Josef Siebert
Marketing Manager
Formerly of Finally Growth Hacking, Bay Area News Group, MS Journalism at Medill School-Northwestern University
Key Advisors
Jared Oasheim
Head of Finance
Controller at CVRx
Formerly of Sports Engine, BioAmber Inc, Compellent Technologies
James DonFrancesco
Startup School Manager & Fund Tech Support
Formerly Accenture, Apple, Best Buy, Bremer Bank, Precognitive Research
Alex Ryan
Advisor
Founder of Bitmatter; Co-Founder/CTO of Starting 11
Brian Schoenborn
Advisor
Partner & Co-Chair of Sports & Entertainment Business, Stinson Leonard Street
Founding Owner, Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
Other Advisors
Minnesota
Sona Mehring
Advisor
Founder and former CEO CaringBridge
Board Member, Minnestar
Jeff Hinck
Advisor
General Partner, Rally Ventures
Formerly Board Member SportsEngine, Compellent
Corey Koskie
Advisor
Entrepreneur, Former MLB, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Planet Fitness franchisee
Brian Bispala
Advisor
Co-founder Rambl
Director Foodsby
Co-founder Code 42
Rick Ehrman
Advisor
VP & Head of Corp Dev Sports Engine
Formerly Univision Communications, NBCUniversal, GE
Shivani Khanna Stumpf
Advisor
CTO at Hoonuit (fka Atomic Learning)
Formerly Sr. Director of Product Management at SPS Commerce & Engineering/Product Manager at Sports Engine
Robert Bodor
Advisor
Vice President & General Manager, Americas at Proto Labs
Previously Strategy & Business Development, Honeywell
Don Krantz
Advisor
Board member at Proto Labs
Associate Digi Labs
Board Advisor for RSAM (Robotic, Sensors, & Advanced Manufacturing) area of MnDRIVE
Formerly Executive Vice President and Technology Officer at Proto Labs
Jackie Schneider
Advisor
CRO, Field Nation; Formerly Global Vice President of Sales at Proto Labs
Björn Stansvik
Advisor
CEO & Founder, MentorMate
Nicolas Thomley
Advisor
Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute, Co-Founder & CEO of Morning Sun Financial Services, Founder of Pinnacle Service
Shawn Teal
Advisor
President, Forest Hill Capital
Mitch Coopet
Advisor
CEO/Co-Founder, Rambl; Co-Founder Code42
Shannon Wiger
Advisor
VP, Spring Hill Capital; Director of Business Development at Moss and Barnett
Brad Lehrman
Advisor
Attorney, Soffer Law Group, PLLC
Jeffrey Robbins
Advisor
Attorney for Entrepreneurs and Angel and Venture Investors, Messerli & Kramer
Illinois
Candice Savino
Advisor
VP of Engineering at Trunk Club, Formerly Senior Director of Engineering, Groupon
Suk Shah
Advisor
CFO at Avant; Formerly CFO at HSBC
Julie Novack
Advisor
CEO/Co-Founder PartySlate
Bradley Schaufenbuel
Advisor
CISO & VP, Paylocity
Jonathan Ozeran
Advisor
Director of Product, Tempus & Co-Founder, WUF
Formerly VP of Product, Zest Health
VP of Product, Yello
Wisconsin
Nicholas Kartos
Advisor
Co-founder/CEO GymDandy
Formerly Director of Media & Advertising Sports Ngin, Founder Wisconsin Sports Network
North Dakota
Art Rosenberg
Advisor
President and Owner, Capital Commercial Realty Group, LLC
South Dakota
Bobby George
Advisor
CEO at Montessorium
California
Matt Blodgett
Advisor
Managing Director, Vector Capital
Enthusiastic Investor in MN Tech Companies; Proto Labs (Former Board Member) & NativeX (Former Board Observer)
Kevin Raheja
Advisor
Director of Strategic Partnerships at HubSpot
Formerly Strategic Partnerships at Groupon & Head of Business Development at LeadPages
Paul Longhenry
Advisor
SVP – Strategy, Corporate and Business Development at Tapjoy; Formerly Venture Capital Investment Director at D.E. Shaw Ventures
Washington
Ben Edwards
Advisor
Head of Community at Misty Robotics
Formerly Co-Founder of SmartThings, Minnestar, Refactr
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