WM

Winter Mead

Founder & CEO at Coolwater

United States

VC
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Equities
Start-ups
Fixed Income
Private Equity
Finance
Financial Modeling
Entrepreneurship
Investments
Due Diligence
Emerging Markets
Corporate Development
Hedge Funds
Alternative Investments
Strategy

Education

Lists including Winter

AT
AS
AT
AH

All Series A Investors

14752 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

Investments

Sydecar

Seed

Total Funding: $16M

Work Experience

CC
Coolwater Capital

2021

  • Founder & CEO

    2021

Mead and Mead LLC

2011

  • Co-Founder

    2011

    Food logistics and distribution company.

MI
Milken Institute

2023

  • Young Leaders Circle

    2023

Self-Employed

2018

  • Author

    2018

    Wrote How To Raise A Venture Capital Fund: The Essential Guide On Fundraising And Understanding Limited Partners and How To Set Up A Venture Capital Fund.

SU
Stanford University Graduate School of Business

2017 - 2023

  • Research And Teaching Assistant

    2017 - 2023

    STRAMGT 354: Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital.

SV
Sapphire Ventures, LLC

2014 - 2018

  • Principal

    2017 - 2018

  • Vice President

    2015 - 2017

  • Senior Associate

    2014 - 2015

HC
Hall Capital Partners

2011 - 2014

  • Investment Associate

    2012 - 2014

  • Investment Analyst

    2011 - 2012

Various Digital Media Tech Startups

2009 - 2011

  • Startups

    2009 - 2011

    Extension of graduate school dissertation on innovation processes in the film industry.