Invests in
Sectors:
Min Investment:
$1,000.00Max Investment:
$50,000.00Target Investment:
$25,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
- TM
- SC
Lists including John M.
Investments
Kwant.ai
Total Funding: $3.9M
Rolebot
Total Funding: $11M
Codiga
Total Funding: $4.1M
Elude
Total Funding: $8.1M
Density
Total Funding: $220M
dClimate
Total Funding: $4M
Rebellyous Foods
Total Funding: $34M
Salted
Total Funding: $20M
Diamond Age
Total Funding: $66M
Mighty Buildings
Total Funding: $180M
Work Experience
2023
Founding Member
2023
Illini Angels is a powerful cohort of investors that brings decades of experience in investing, innovating, building strong companies, establishing connections, and encouraging the highest-impact relationships. Every opportunity we create reflects the world-class technological leadership of the University of Illinois and its thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. As a Founding Member, I've committed to advising, supporting, and investing in the great ideas from the University of Illinois that drive global innovation. We are improving the world by supporting the companies that will make it happen. And in the process showing our Illini pride.
2018
Owner
2018
Owner of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge / Keweenaw Resort, LLC
2014
Co-founder, President
2014
Building products and services to help runners clean up trash: "cleaning the world one run at a time".
Founder and Director
1998
* In charge of technology development, overall company strategy, business development, and staffing. Founded the company in 1998.
2017 - 2022
Assistant Professor
2017 - 2022
2016 - 2017
Assistant Professor
2016 - 2017
Focus: entrepreneurial finance, technology entrepreneurship, sports entrepreneurship
2013 - 2017
Chapter Director
2013 - 2017
Started and ran the Kalamazoo chapter of Startup Grind, the first Startup Grind chapter in Michigan. Started the Fresno chapter in Fresno, California with 4 other team members.
2012 - 2015
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
2012 - 2015
Focus: entrepreneurial finance, technology entrepreneurship, sports entrepreneurship
2008 - 2012
Instructor / Research Assistant
2008 - 2012
Teaching entrepreneurial finance (created course), and performing research with co-authors on entrepreneurial finance (resourceful financing), opportunity discovery/creation, entrepreneurial orientation, and accounting (internal control weaknesses)
2004 - 2008
Owner and Director
2004 - 2008
CSA was a software development company that built software applications for storage purposes including backup, online storage, and storage aggregation. Sony, Onstream (subsidiary of Philips Electronics), and Iomega were all companies that were partners of CSA. I bought the company in 2004 and ran the day-to-day operations.