Cy Megnin

Vice President of Software | Adjunct Professor | TEDx speaker | Ecosystem Builder

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2020
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2020
Advisor
Jul 2020
Flywheel Fund is a member-managed capital fund based in Bloomington, Indiana. We invest in early-stage and high-potential startups. Flywheel Fund is committed to investing a minimum of 13% of our fund to Black founders and teams. In-person office hours at The Mill: Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 We screen companies continuously to find the one that will be considered for investment every other month. The three main criteria we look for are:​ 1. Team 2. Market 3. Product Because we invest in early, team is extremely important. And in particular for software and technology, we’re looking for capital-efficient companies.
Angel Investor
Mar 2020
We invest to generate significant and long-lasting social and economic impact for IU, Indiana, and the World.
2019
Entrepreneur In Residence
Jun 2019
Elevate Ventures invests in high-potential cross-sector innovative companies with a minimum $500M TAM at the pre-seed, seed, and early stages. Over the last 10+ years, Elevate has invested capital in more than 500 Indiana-based startups and provided assistance to nearly 4,000 companies across 86 counties. We are the #1 Most Active Seed & Early-Stage Venture Capital Firm in the Great Lakes Region. The foundation is set for an even more impactful 10 years ahead with Indiana’s potential to become the Innovation Capital of the World®. To drive our state closer to this vision, Elevate focuses on three areas: • Community: Build Collaborative Communities • Capital: Invest in High-Potential Companies • Acceleration: Provide World-Class Programming Learn more at https://elevateventures.com
2016
CEO and co-founder
Feb 2016
PrepFlash uses cognitive computing software to automatically create study aids such as multiple-choice and True/False quizzes, and flashcards from PDF, Microsoft Word, web pages, raw text, images of text, and Khan Academy videos. With our mobile app, you can snap an image of a text book page and PrepFlash automatically creates flashcards and a quiz. Study faster, study smarter with PrepFlash.
early stageE-learning
2015
Microsoft Ventures - Enterprise Productivity cohort
Mar 2015
Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
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