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
Former Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, NativeX (FKA W3i/Freeze); Angel Investor at 32 Degrees family office, and Founding Board Member of Singularity University Minneapolis- St. Paul Chapter
Rob Weber
Managing Partner & Co-Founder - Minnesota
Former Co-Founder & CEO, NativeX (FKA W3i/Freeze);
Board member at Minnestar, and Angel Investor at 32 Degrees family office
Pradip Madan
Managing Partner - Silicon Valley
Former SVP, Corporate Strategy & Development Synnex (SNX); President, Microland; MBA, Wharton
Michael Schulte
Senior Analyst
Former Associate at Soffer Charbonnet Law Group and Aristotle Fund; JD/MBA at University of St. Thomas
Josef Siebert
Senior Marketing Manager
Former Data Analyst and Content Strategist at Finally Growth Hacking, Analytics and Digital Innovation at Bay Area News Group; MSJ in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University
Emily Shirley
Venture Analyst
Former Strategic Account Intern at Cintrifuse, Co-founder first undergraduate Social Impact Fund in the nation; BS Finance and Entrepreneurship at Miami University
Melissa Weber
Marketing & Events Coordinator
President of Sartell Sapphires Board of Directors, Creative Team member and past Chair of CentraCare Health Foundation’s Holly Ball, BA in Communications Studies at St. Cloud State University
Advisors
Brian Schoenborn
Advisor
Attorney, Moss & Barnett
Founding Owner, Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
Sona Mehring
Advisor
Founder and former CEO CaringBridge
Board Member, Minnestar
Jeff Hinck
Advisor
General Partner, Rally Ventures
Formerly Board Member SportsEngine, Compellent
Alex Ryan
Advisor
Founder of Bitmatter
Co-Founder/CTO of Starting 11
Corey Koskie
Advisor
Entrepreneur, Planet Fitness franchisee
Former MLB: Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers
Brian Bispala
Advisor
Co-Founder Rambl
Director Foodsby
Co-Founder Code 42
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
Rick Ehrman
Advisor
VP & Head of Corp Dev Sports Engine
Formerly Univision Communications, NBCUniversal, GE
Robert Bodor
Advisor
Vice President & General Manager, Americas at Proto Labs
Previously Strategy & Business Development, Honeywell
Jackie Schneider
Advisor
CRO, Field Nation
Formerly Global Vice President of Sales at Proto Labs
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
Jared Oasheim
Advisor
CFO at CVRx
Formerly of Sports Engine, BioAmber Inc, Compellent Technologies
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
Bonnie Speer McGrath
Advisor
President, Speer McGrath & Co.
CHRO, Timmaron Group
Formerly President, TruScribe Software
Shawn Teal
Advisor
President, Forest Hill Capital
Mitch Coopet
Advisor
CTO, Branch
Co-Founder Code42
Shannon Wiger
Advisor
VP, Spring Hill Capital
Director of Business Development at Moss and Barnett
James DonFrancesco
Advisor
Chief Product Officer, The Micah Group
Formerly Accenture, Apple, Best Buy, Bremer Bank, Brooksource
Brad Lehrman
Advisor
Attorney, Soffer Law Group, PLLC
Jeffrey Robbins
Advisor
Attorney for Entrepreneurs and Angel and Venture Investors, Messerli & Kramer
Daine Billmark
Advisor
Wade Beavers
Advisor
President of Mobile at Newscycle Solutions
Jason Heath
Advisor
CFO, Drip + LeadPages
Formerly VP, Business Intelligence & Analytics at GoDaddy
Mike Bollinger
Advisor
Founder, Livefront
Co-Founder, TECHdotMN
Graeme Thickins
Advisor
Founder, GT&A Strategic Marketing; tech startup marketing consultant, advisor, mentor
Board member, MinneAnalytics
Mike Kelly
Advisor
CEO at Triurmac Capital LLC
President & CEO of Spot Stuff, Inc.
Formerly Chief Officer of Strategy & Business Development at Jostens
John Sheehan
Advisor
VP, Product Management at CA Technologies
Formerly Co-Founder Runscope & Developer Evangelism Twilio
Daren Cotter
Advisor
Founder & CEO at InboxDollars
Joe Francis
Advisor
President and CEO, Central McGowan
Bryan Virnig
Advisor
Director of Sales and Marketing at Virnig Manufacturing, Inc.
Jeff Liebl
Advisor
President and CEO, Atmosphere IoT Corp.
Formerly CMO Digi International, VP, Sales & Marketing Sport Engine, VP Sales eBureau
Dan Frankowski
Advisor
Data Science at Pinterest
Formerly Data Science at Code42 and
Software Engineer Google
Jack Dempsey
Advisor
Joe Sriver
Advisor
Casey Allen
Advisor
Founder & Tribe Leader, Enterprise Rising
Founder & Tribe Leader, Health Rising
Former Co-Founder and Partner, Skyway Fund
Nick Tietz
Advisor
Founder, ILT Studios
Former Director of New Business Development and Innovation, Life Time Fitness
Co-Founder, VariAware, LLC
Co-Founder, Vitals Aware Services
Aaron Kardell
Advisor
Founder & CEO, HomeSpotter
Formerly Founder & CEO Mobile Realty Apps and co-founder Deals.by
Casey Carl
Advisor
CEO and Founder of North Coast Ventures
Chairman of the Board of Directors, MATTER
Thompson Aderinkomi
Advisor
Co-Founder and CEO, Nice Healthcare
Co-Founder, Relate
Former Co-Founder and Board Member, Healthcare.mn
Bryan Laskin
Advisor
Founder, Operability, LLC
SVP of Innovation, Dental Care Alliance
Co-Founder, Talentship
Carson Kipfer
Advisor
Co-Founder and Principal Designer, SportsEngine
Co-Commissioner, US Pond Hockey Championships
Andy Johnson
Advisor
Former CEO, NativeX
Former President, Fingerhut Ecommerce division
Patrick Riley
Advisor
Film Producer, Patrick Riley Productions
Former CEO & Co-Founder, Modern Survey Inc.
Former CEO & Founder, Cyber Works Inc.
Michael (Rynchek) Lawrence
Advisor
Global Strategy Lead, Onduo
Startup Investor/Advisor
Former Founder & CEO, Spyder Trap
Former CTO, Bright Health
Amit Patel
Advisor
Co-Founder and CEO, Vios Medical
Brian Tockman
Advisor
Advisor to Consumer Growth and Omni-channel Retail Companies
Formerly Venture Investor at General Mills, Merchant at Target, and eCommerce Startup Leader
Steve Schmidt
Advisor
Founder and CEO of Abetech
Jason Kirton
Advisor
Director of Engineering, Dispatch
Former CTO of Outdoors Advisors and VP of Engineering at NativeX
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
Bradley Schaufenbuel
Advisor
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Paychex
Formerly CISO & VP, Paylocity
Jonathan Ozeran
Advisor
Director of Product, Tempus
Co-Founder, WUF
Formerly VP of Product, Zest Health and
VP of Product, Yello
Barney Stanner
Advisor
Co-Founder, JobsinSports.com
Aurora Sports Ventures
Nicholas Kartos
Advisor
Co-Founder/CEO GymDandy
Formerly Director of Media & Advertising, Sports Ngin and
Founder Wisconsin Sports Network
Ann Rupnow
Advisor
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Scott Resnick
Advisor
COO of Hardin Design & Development
EiR and former Executive Director, StartingBlock Madison
Greg Tehven
Advisor
Co-Founder, Emerging Prairie
Adjunct Professor, North Dakota State University’s College of Business
Curator of TEDxFargo and Host of 1 Million Cups Fargo
Bobby George
Advisor
CEO at Montessorium
Geoff Wood
Advisor
Founder, Gravitate Coworking
Co-Founder and Publisher, Clay & Milk
Executive Director, West Des Moines Business Incubator
Matt Blodgett
Advisor
Managing Director, Vector Capital
Enthusiastic Investor in MN Tech Companies
Formerly Proto Labs, Board Member and
NativeX, Board Observer
Kevin Raheja
Advisor
Director of Strategic Partnerships at HubSpot
Formerly Strategic Partnerships at Groupon and
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
Ben Edwards
Advisor
Head of Community at Misty Robotics
Formerly Co-Founder of SmartThings, Minnestar, Refactr
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