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    • Cohort 3
       
      Winter: Jan-Mar 2019

    • Cohort 3 includes 24 investors (selected out of 5,000+ applications, ~0.5% acceptance rate) that formed five deal sourcing teams: Consumer, Enterprise & AI, Fintech & Blockchain, Frontier Tech, and Healthcare.

      Cohort 3 Deal Sourcing Teams

      Consumer Team

      Allen Archuleta Jr

      • Serial Entrepreneur
      • Previous advisor to more than 100 startups
      • Business Journal Top 40 under 40 recipient
      • MBA &  B.A. Economics - California State University, Sacramento

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      Helene Servillon

      • Carried out various fundamental operational roles at startups in new emerging markets (cannabis, AI powered speech analytics, electric bikes) 
      • Previously Director of Partnerships at Orthogonal Thinker (Holding Co.). Head of Customer Success & Partner Marketing at VoiceBase. Commercial Sales Director at Pure Cycles. 
      • D1 volleyball player at Northeastern University. Studied Communications and Business 

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      Hoa (Danny) Duong​

      • Wealth Management @ Merrill Lynch
      • Legislative Work @ United States Senate
      • M&A Analyst @ EY
      • Bank of Investment & Development in Vietnam 
      • University of California, Davis

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      Samala​

      • Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Jump Canon, a venture firm offering early stage investment to spectacular, unconventional and unprecedented founders

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      Enterprise & AI Team

      Adam Baker

      • Experience in both Private Equity and Law
      • Finalist in the National Investment Banking Competition
      • Binghamton University, BS Business Administration, BA Political Science
      • Pursuing positions in Venture Capital firms that seek to address major enterprise problems and opportunities 

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      Conor Hayward

      • Former Analyst at an indoor vertical farming startup in Los Angeles called Local Urban Vegetables. 
      • Previous experience in Wealth Management, Equity Research, Commercial Real Estate, and International Business.
      • Studied Finance, Economics, and Computer Science at The George Washington University.
      • Enthusiastic about Enterprise Software, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation.

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      Daniel Eidell

       

      • Midwest Scout, StartU
      • MBA Candidate, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
      • Speciate AI, AI-driven enterprise solutions providing scalable customer insights
      •  Cornerstone Research, Management Consulting

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      Thomas Devon Pence

      • Previously an investment banking and consulting analyst
      • Graduated early from the University of Wisconsin with a BA in Economics w/ Certificates in Business & Sustainability
      • Interested in Enterprise, Green, Logistic and Industrial Technology

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      Grant Weichang Ge

      • Columbia University, Materials Science & Engineering
      • Previously Venture Capital intern at Qiming Venture Partners in China
      • Passionate about cross-border investments between U.S. and Asia
      • Co-chaired the 3rd Columbia University CSSA Startup Competition

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      Fintech & Blockchain Team

      Saeed Arafeh

      • Yale University - Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), Economics (B.A.)
      • Olayan Group (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - Investment Banking Summer Analyst
      • Passionate about renewable energy and the future of energy storage

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      J.P. Keating

      • Leading Startup Innovation and Diversity efforts at Allstate
      • Previously at Boeing, Anheuser-Busch, Ameren, and ConAgra
      • Angel Investor, Startup Advisor, Mentor, Adventurer

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      Peter Arethas

      • MBA: DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. Graduated "With Distinction". Top 10% of class. Degree in Financial Analysis.
      • B.S.: Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Degree in Business Economics.
      • President - American Trust Investment Services, broker-dealer founded in 1968
      • Vice President - JPMorgan Securities - Chase Private Client. Led team of Private Client Advisors in Chicago.

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      Corey Pigott

      • Formerly lead analyst and trader for Crypto.IQ, a cryptocurrency and blockchain investment research startup
      • Formerly senior associate at Interactive Financial Advisors, a boutique wealth management firm with $300 Million AUM
      • Angel Investor within the blockchain space having participated in a variety of ICOs and private sales since 2013. 

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      Jordan Jefferson

       

      • Hedge Fund trader at Voleon Group, a quantitative hedge fund founded by two machine learning scientists
      • Web developer at Yale Law School
      • Research Assistant at Yale School of Management
      • Yale University, BA in Economics

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      Ricardo Roberts Jr

      • Ten years experience in digital adtech
      • Columbia Business School grad
      • Financial services and startup background 

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      Frontier Tech Team

      Chris Draper

      • Executive with 15 years of experience as a founder, director, and investor in early stage startups
      • PhD and Licensed engineer, with expertise in operations and human factors in the integration of novel technology
      • University of California at Berkeley (B.S.), University of Glasgow (Ph.D.)

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      Felix Ruess

      • Previously Venture Capital Intern at Daimler AG and Porsche Digital 
      • As a former Sales Director, developed a strategic partnership with a Chinese supplier that allowed distribution of products into Germany 
      • MBA, University of San Francisco
      • Originally from Germany, previously resided in South Africa, Australia, and now the U.S

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      Grant Kendall-Bell​

      • Degree in Business, specialized in Entrepreneurial Finance and Investment at AU, LSE, CUHK
      • Senior Tech Sector Analyst at AU Student Managed Investment Fund
      • Business Development Research Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton
      • Regional Finalist in Venture Capital Investment Competition
      • Space industry enthusiast, aspiring subject matter expert in Space Tech investment

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      Michael Siegel

      • Previous member of VU Cohort 1, returning to Cohort 3 to work as an investment analyst at Venture University
      • Previously worked at VentureSouth, a network of 250+ angel investors based in Greenville, SC
      • Worked as an archaeologist at the Horvat Kur digsite in Israel

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      Joshua Pineault

      • Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Jump Canon, a venture firm offering early stage investment to spectacular, unconventional and unprecedented founders
      • Former healthcare entrepreneur at the intersection of software and cancer treatment
      • Past contributor to the White House Tech and Innovation Summit and a San Francisco 30 under 30 Next Generation Leader

      Healthcare Team

      Stefan Arteaga

      • Innovation & Entrepreneurship minded professional with experience in both nanotechnology and marketing 
      • Cross-cultural experience in Latin America and Europe.
      • IP Portfolio Manager, Capacitor Sciences
      • Production Chemist & Marketing, Polypure AS
      • University of Olso, MS, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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      Camella Wilson​

      • Boston Consulting Group - Consultant in Data Analysis and Project Management
      • PHd in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
      • Temple University, BS in Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude
      • Tenacity and drive - I don't give up easily and I always challenge myself to do and achieve more
      • Strong scientific background and ability to understand, interpret, and integrate information from a wide variety of resources
      • Comfortable with ambiguity; great at developing a structure to solve problems

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      Josh Rieders

      • Closed sales over 200 Million in financial products.
      • Raise funds and awareness for Vital Ground, whose mission is to restore Grizzly Bear populations by conserving wildlife habitat and connecting protected spaces.
      • Featured on the cover story for the New York Times for skiing at Snowbird

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      Shuhan Zhou

      • Leading operational reform at Northwestern Memorial Healthcare System
      • Previous experience ranging from litigation consulting, think tank to academic policy research; Prior social enterprise cofounder and multiple contributorship to journal-published research articles. Interested in Impact Investing
      • Honors degrees from UC Berkeley (Undergrad in Economics) and University of Chicago (Masters in Public Policy
      • Enjoys mixing cocktails, practicing yoga, listening to house music, and watching soccer (not all at the same time)

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      Zac Rowley

      • Angel investor
      • Health tech advisor to multiple companies 
      • Headhunted by Apple to manage Asia Pacific health and fitness research and development. 
      • Has been known to hold his breath for 5 min

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