Jun
30
6:00pm
Ask an Investor: Venture Funding Dos + Don'ts
By Outlander VC
Ask an investor: Venture Fundraising Dos + Don'ts
Join our panel of emerging managers from Mission One Capital, Looking Glass Capital, Behind Genius Ventures, and Context Ventures for their tips for raising capital from general vs. niche funds of all sizes.
Meet the panelists:
Tim Hsia is a graduate of West Point and was an infantry officer in the US Army. Tim is also a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School.
Tim is the founder of Context Ventures, a venture fund that invests in consumer startups and also in military veteran founders. He is also the CEO & Founder of Media Mobilize and the cofounder of Service to School. Service to School is a nonprofit whose mission is “To prepare transitioning servicemembers and veterans for their next chapter of leadership by helping them gain admission to the best college or graduate school possible.” He likes to run, learn history, and spend time with his family.
Kiel Berry is the Founder & Managing Partner of Mission One Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in frontier technologies solving for humankind’s sustainability on our planet.
Most notably, Kiel built the venture arm for Grammy-award-winning rock band Linkin Park, leading investments in companies such as Lyft, Robinhood, Impossible Foods, and others. He started his career at JPMorgan Investment Banking working in Mergers & Acquisitions in New York, Johannesburg, and London, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics. Kiel also studied at Harvard Business School and University College London, and went to high school in Paris, France at the American School of Paris.
He is a 2-time TEDx Keynote Speaker, has been a Mentor with Techstars & MIT Startup Accelerator, and was appointed to the Technology Advisory Boards for New York City and Delta Airlines. In his personal life, Kiel is a husband, dad, and vegan triathlete.
Paige Finn Doherty is a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and the author of Seed to Harvest, a children's book about venture. BGV is an early investor in early-stage future of work and future of play companies like Pallet, Beacons, Aidaly, and Aviron
Adam Besvinick is the founder of Looking Glass Capital. He has led investments in companies ranging from pre-product to Series C throughout his career and has worked closely with founders at each of those stages and beyond.
Prior to forming Looking Glass in 2019, Adam invested in Series A and later companies at Anchorage Capital Group and in seed stage companies at Deep Fork Capital. He has made seed investments in companies including Transfix, BigID, One Concern, Ease, Winnie, StatMuse, Oasis, Primer, and Rebel (acquired by Salesforce). He also has made early stage investments in NomNom (acquired by Mars), Plant Prefab, Inkbox (acquired by BIC), and Carrot.
Adam lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
Driven by a deep interest in emerging technology, Blaine Davis has always had an affinity for venture capital. Prior to Outlander VC, he worked for various funding entities, ranging from angel syndicates to multi-billion dollar growth equity firms and multi-national banks. In each role, Blaine's hands-on approach to scaling portfolio companies and aligning venture growth with the strategies of their investors and consumers developed his knack for creating and executing strategic and operational plans.
Blaine holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University—where he concentrated in Strategy, Finance, and Entrepreneurship—and an undergraduate degree from Lehigh University. While at Vanderbilt, Blaine consulted for multiple funds in the Nashville market and ran Vanderbilt's “Launching the Venture” program, mentoring numerous start-ups through their initial launch and subsequent rounds of financing.
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