Christian T. Pankovcin

The Fordham Angel Fund is Fordham University's own pre-seed/steed stage investment fund, dedicated to the university's student entrepreneurs. Operating under the Fordham Foundry, the fund hopes to further the goal of promoting and supporting the growth of an entrepreneurial community at Fordham through providing guidance, mentorship, and access to funding. The fund aims to both educate and empower student entrepreneurs by providing guidance and exposure to the real-world practices of an investment committee made up of an experienced group of venture capital professionals. The fund is also supported by a committee of fellows composed of undergraduate and graduate students who take part in sourcing and due diligence, providing an educational opportunity for those interested in venture investing. While the fund is industry-agnostic, it requires businesses to adhere to ESG criteria in support of the values of the Fordham community. By providing capital to worthy businesses that demonstrate these values, the fund hopes to support businesses that will come to positively benefit society as a whole. Additional offerings include legal consultation with ELC, free intern for your startup, and mentoring.

The Fordham Angel Fund is Fordham University's own pre-seed/steed stage investment fund, dedicated to the university's student entrepreneurs. Operating under the Fordham Foundry, the fund hopes to further the goal of promoting and supporting the growth of an entrepreneurial community at Fordham through providing guidance, mentorship, and access to funding. The fund aims to both educate and empower student entrepreneurs by providing guidance and exposure to the real-world practices of an investment committee made up of an experienced group of venture capital professionals. The fund is also supported by a committee of fellows composed of undergraduate and graduate students who take part in sourcing and due diligence, providing an educational opportunity for those interested in venture investing. While the fund is industry-agnostic, it requires businesses to adhere to ESG criteria in support of the values of the Fordham community. By providing capital to worthy businesses that demonstrate these values, the fund hopes to support businesses that will come to positively benefit society as a whole. Additional offerings include legal consultation with ELC, free intern for your startup, and mentoring.

Amadeo Global is a New York-based investment firm that provides growth capital to founder-led businesses in the lower middle market. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs as they embark on transformational growth initiatives.

New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through successful exit. Our 120+ members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry backgrounds and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The mission of New York Angels is to foster an engaged and smart New York City angel investment environment in an effort to enhance the opportunities for entrepreneurs to be financed and succeed through exit. We provide opportunities for our members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies and accelerating them to market leadership. We lead and participate in investments ranging from $100,000–$2,000,000, and have a large network of angel groups and venture capital firms with whom we syndicate to do rounds up to $3 million. New York Angels has been the leading seed investment organization in NYC since 2004, with members investing over $112 million into more than 270 exciting startup companies. Through their participation in New York Angels, members were the first investors in such startups as Pinterest and Comixology, and portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Intel, CBS, Living Social and others.

The Fordham Angel Fund is Fordham University's own pre-seed/steed stage investment fund, dedicated to the university's student entrepreneurs. Operating under the Fordham Foundry, the fund hopes to further the goal of promoting and supporting the growth of an entrepreneurial community at Fordham through providing guidance, mentorship, and access to funding. The fund aims to both educate and empower student entrepreneurs by providing guidance and exposure to the real-world practices of an investment committee made up of an experienced group of venture capital professionals. The fund is also supported by a committee of fellows composed of undergraduate and graduate students who take part in sourcing and due diligence, providing an educational opportunity for those interested in venture investing. While the fund is industry-agnostic, it requires businesses to adhere to ESG criteria in support of the values of the Fordham community. By providing capital to worthy businesses that demonstrate these values, the fund hopes to support businesses that will come to positively benefit society as a whole. Additional offerings include legal consultation with ELC, free intern for your startup, and mentoring.

The Fordham Angel Fund is Fordham University's own pre-seed/steed stage investment fund, dedicated to the university's student entrepreneurs. Operating under the Fordham Foundry, the fund hopes to further the goal of promoting and supporting the growth of an entrepreneurial community at Fordham through providing guidance, mentorship, and access to funding. The fund aims to both educate and empower student entrepreneurs by providing guidance and exposure to the real-world practices of an investment committee made up of an experienced group of venture capital professionals. The fund is also supported by a committee of fellows composed of undergraduate and graduate students who take part in sourcing and due diligence, providing an educational opportunity for those interested in venture investing. While the fund is industry-agnostic, it requires businesses to adhere to ESG criteria in support of the values of the Fordham community. By providing capital to worthy businesses that demonstrate these values, the fund hopes to support businesses that will come to positively benefit society as a whole. Additional offerings include legal consultation with ELC, free intern for your startup, and mentoring.

Focus Opportunity Fund is a Palo Alto, California-based venture capital fund focused on mid-stage investments in private technology companies with top-tier venture capital funds. The Fund invests in technology companies in various sectors, including Big Data, Cloud, Financial Technology, Marketing Technology, Mobile, Cybersecurity, and Software-as-a-Service (SAAS). The investment team has decades of experience investing $1 billion in private technology companies. Focus Opportunity Funds current portfolio companies include Beckon, Dynamic Signal, Inspirato, Paydiant, RealtyShares, Sensity Systems, Shape Security, Sharethrough, and StorageCraft. Focus Opportunity Fund also selectively makes strategic investments in other venture capital funds, including Boulder Ventures, Founders Circle, Jackson Square Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Storm Ventures, TCV, and True Ventures.