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Landon Young

Pre-Seed @ Elevate Ventures

Greater Bloomington Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President, Pre-Seed

    2023

  • Executive Director of Entrepreneurial Programming

    2022 - 2023

  • Executive Director of University Initiatives

    2020 - 2022

    Oversee entrepreneurial programming in support of 35 higher education institutions. - 500+ participants in virtual pitch deck and innovation training - $3.94 million in 85 startup investments - $1 million in grants to higher education institutions

  • Director of University Initiatives & EIR

    2019 - 2020

  • Industry Advisory Council Member - CGT

    2023

2020

  • Investor, Owner

    2020

2017

  • Advisor

    2017

  • Founder

    2015

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2024 - 2024

  • Lecturer - Accelerator

    2024 - 2024

    The MITS Accelerator aims to become a driver of Ukraine's defense tech, to help young technology companies find the best partners and scale up, and to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine get the best defense technology products into use as soon as possible. MITS offers startups an investment of $200,000: $100,000 in direct investment in the company and $100,000 in unique expertise provided by the accelerator in cooperation with the private American university in Ukraine, American University Kyiv, as well as a post-acceleration program aimed at further assisting startups in attracting investment and scaling. MITS and American University Kyiv, powered by Arizona State University (No. 1 in innovation among American universities in the newly released annual "Best Colleges" 2024 rankings by U.S. News & World Report), have developed a unique business program to help startups reach the world level of defense tech products, gain new competencies and become market leaders.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2020

    Board member of venture-backed agricultural technology company. TerraManus has patented implements for increases water holding capacity and soil conservation in tillage-based specialty crop systems.

2014 - 2020

  • Advisor

    2014 - 2020

    Advisor to mobile payments startup utilizing Patent Pending technology to improve vendor cash flow and loyalty rewards. Patent Information: United States 62/313,851

2017 - 2019

  • Partner

    2017 - 2019

    Making generous investments in virtuous entrepreneurs.

2017 - 2019

  • Business Strategist

    2017 - 2019

    As a Business Strategist, Landon works with founders, board and C-level, and product owners to align their vision and mission with the implementation of new technology. Clients range from funded SaaS startups to multi-billion dollar foundations and Fortune 500 companies. Typical technology projects range from Internet of Things (IoT) to digital designs and web & mobile application. Other projects include machine learning and voice integration. Landon relies on his cross-disciplinary experience in science, engineering, and technology to apply design thinking and lean startup principles to align client vision with marketplace need. Landon is formally trained at Purdue University (B.S.,M.S.), Stanford's d.School, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.