Venture capital · top-decile funds
Album VC · High Alpha
Sourcing, screening, and diligence in an early vintage whose investments included Podium, Andela, and Degreed — where the fund-side discipline of market analysis, deal filters, and honest pass-or-pursue calls was learned.
Pioneering venture studio
High Alpha Innovation · Alloy Partners
Dozens of advantaged B2B software startups designed, validated, and launched with corporate and university partners — sprint-based business design at the studio family that helped define the model.
Growth ventures · $1B valuations
Purple · Vivint Solar
Operating chapters inside two hyper-growth companies that reached billion-dollar valuations — new-product strategy through national rollout and IPO at Purple; startup operations at Vivint Solar.
Corporate innovation · Fortune 500 & 1000
Huntington · Elanco · Koch Industries
Publicly announced co-creations — Athian and the OneHealth Studio with Elanco, a banking venture studio with Huntington, PLOT with Koch Industries — plus corporate partners under NDA.
Research universities
UW–Madison · Purdue University
University venture building in partnership with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) — including its DIAL Ventures agrifood venture studio — building on entrepreneurial activity across campus and with industry partners to turn research into venture-ready companies.
Regional healthcare
UNC Health · IU Health
Venture building with academic health systems — new companies tackling some of the biggest issues facing healthcare: care pathways, well-being, and recovery services.