Christopher Burns

Ligo Partners is a single family office based in Miami run by Alec Andronikov (Principal) and Cindy Mihalova (Chief Investment Officer). Ligo Partners co-invests with our discrete and invitation-only consortium of like-minded investors into disruptive tech-focused deal flow sourced directly from family offices and top venture capital firms worldwide. As of January 2023, Ligo Partners’ global platform co-invests with 2,455 domestic and international family offices and qualified investors with a combined net worth of $224 billion who are interested in non-traditional, market-uncorrelated technology investment opportunities that (a) are not easily found (think Uber at seed); and (b) have shown resilience to recent changes in the recent macroeconomic environment. Our investment team sources 90+ potential investments each month with an important selection criteria: the deal is led by a top venture capitalist or an investor in the Ligo family office community. Hence, 100% of our deal flow is warmly referred, often proprietary and mostly off-market. Our investment committee then selectively curates top 7 direct equity and venture debt investments showcased via a highly time-efficient 45 min curated deals monthly webinar.

Prometheus Venture Partners is a consulting, advisory and investment firm creating a new standard in Venture Capital. Founded by a team of highly-experienced investors, founders, advisors and business operators, we hold decades of experience on all sides of the venture capital, private equity, investment banking and strategy consulting industries with broad exposure across many major ecosystems around the world. Leveraging a deep global matrix of trusted partners, we specialize in working with technology-driven startups, growth stage companies and investors, supporting them in strategic roadmapping and implementation, financial modeling and diligence, investor presentation creation, valuation, legal advisory, capital raising, market-entry, and partnership development. We grow together to turn vision into value. www.prometheusvp.com Prometheus Venture Partners LLP is a UK Limited Liability Partnership with offices in London, UK and Austin, Texas, US.

Keiretsu Forum is the world’s largest and most active invitation-only angel investor network with over 3,000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters in 26 countries on four continents. Keiretsu Forum members invest into including technology, consumer products, internet, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential. Forum investments vary in response to the requesting company’s genuine needs, but are typically in the range of USD500,000 – USD6 million. "Great Association... Keiretsu Forum membership is comprised of serious investors, business leaders, venture capitalists, corporate/institutional investors and serial entrepreneurs. Membership is by invitation only. Keiretsu Forum enjoys synergies and close relationships with venture capital (VC) firms, universities, and investment banking institutions. These relationships facilitate the access to capital, talent, technology and resources needed to build a successful venture. ...with Quality Deal Flow"​ Our quality and diverse deal flow comes from our community of members, venture capitalists, sponsors, incubators and universities. Keiretsu Forum members invest in investment opportunities that focus on Emerging Technologies, Life Science/Healthcare/Bio-Tech, Real Estate, but include any segment with high growth opportunity. Presenting entrepreneurs have exposure to a global audience of investors, customers and other strategic resources.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

Coddle Creek Capital is an early-stage life science advisory firm and Venture Capital Fund based on the North Carolina Research Campus. We are early-stage, active investors in the life sciences sector, focusing on the sub-sectors of genomics, nutrition, immunology, oncology, microbiome, and neurology. Our active management process entails securing commercial management team, seeding the team, helping the team secure strategic investors and partners, and engaging in capital markets fundraising.