VU Venture Partners

Partner and serial entrepreneur with 40 years of experience founding, financing and accelerating companies, co-founder of A Round Capital Fund Group and Start2Group. Former senior partner at Deloitte Consulting Germany and Wharton graduate.

Partner with over 30 years of experience across direct business investments, real estate, financial markets and private wealth management spanning Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim.

David Lee oversees presence across Asia‑Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, uses structured online intake and direct messaging for founders, and engages with Asia CEO communities and regional events.

J. Skyler Fernandes founded Venture University, an unusual fund-backed apprenticeship accelerator for aspiring VCs and angels, and builds a public, teaching-oriented brand with popular pitch-deck courses and conference talks.

Partner at GRC Fund and co-founder/general partner at Formation 8, an early backer of unicorns like Oculus VR and Palantir. A biotechnologist with a Ph.D. in Genetics from UC Davis and adjunct professor at HKUST Business School.

Partner and SaaS product leader with ~30 years in supply chain and digital transformation, holding leadership roles at FedEx and founding PM Advisory. Also a startup mentor and investor.

Partner and entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience, founder of the Entreprenow social network and investment manager at A Round Capital Fund Group. A lecturer at TUM and CDTM with degrees from LMU.

Partner and serial entrepreneur with companies in construction, real estate and tourism, and a public sector leader who served as Governor of the Burgas Region and a Burgas city councilman.

Principal on the Asia-Pacific investment team and personal angel investor via Viage Ventures. Previously led China digital innovation at HP and held roles at Gartner, Lenovo and Alibaba.

Ricardo Roberts is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Launch NY with over 20 years of experience in digital media, advertising, and startups. He has held product leadership roles at Discovery Channel, Comcast, and A+E Networks, and has served as an advisor and angel investor supporting early-stage companies in consumer, fintech, and blockchain sectors. Roberts developed LCS Engine, an AI-powered platform for interactive financial education and trading strategy development, and has previously worked in investor relations and business development roles focused on founder support and capital access.

Principal leading investor relations and the main contact for syndicate investors and LPs, with over 20 years of financial services experience and a background as a fintech startup co-founder and COO.

Venture partner with 16+ years in global investment management, including roles at Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, and VC-in-residence at ThincLab, University of Adelaide. Focuses on frontier tech and impact investing.

Venture partner and data scientist with over a decade of experience in analytics and AI, previously Global Director of Data Science and Partnerships at Walee. A Kaggle Grandmaster, Fulbright Scholar and Eisenhower Fellow who has published extensively on AI and data science.

Bo Yang is a venture capital investor and technology executive with over 20 years of experience in AI, blockchain, fintech, and frontier technologies. He currently serves as Venture Fellow at VU Venture Partners and Board Advisor at AI 2030 Accelerator. Previously at IBM, he led cross-border business development across China and ASEAN, managing over $100 million in strategic enterprise deals in cloud computing, data analytics, and blockchain.

Chris Mullaly is an AI Finance Strategist at Turing focused on evaluating large language model outputs for financial reasoning and valuation tasks. He is an active angel investor through Quantum Angels, which invests in pre-seed and seed-stage AI and deep tech companies, and previously co-founded DigitalNexus, a digital infrastructure developer specializing in AI data centers, and Spirus Capital Partners, an M&A advisory firm that closed over $1 billion in transactions. His earlier career included roles at Barclays Investment Bank and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, where he worked on company evaluation and deal structuring across healthcare, real estate, and technology sectors.

Christine Concepción is a product-oriented operator with over 10 years of experience in AI, venture capital, and startup innovation. She currently leads AI product strategy at a stealth-mode company, focusing on generative AI tools and creator-centric platforms for enterprise and consumer markets. Concepción holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Media Studies with a minor in Economics from Columbia University, and has founded companies in EdTech, FinTech, and Gaming.

J.P. Keating is a General Partner and Founder at proChain Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in supply chain, logistics, mobility, physical AI, and industrial technologies. The firm focuses on companies developing infrastructure and technologies relevant to American strategic interests.

Jakub Jablonsky is Executive Chairman at Global Digital Group, which focuses on market entry, competitor acquisition, and exit strategies. He is involved with ClientUp, a leads exchange platform, and operates a private group for marketers. Jablonsky was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Martin Adu-Boahene is a Finance Manager for Cloud and AI Infrastructure Strategy and Investments at Microsoft, where he evaluates and executes transactions in AI infrastructure, enterprise software, cybersecurity, quantum, robotics, and climate tech. He works within Microsoft Corporate Development on technology M&A and strategic investments, and collaborates with the Impact Investments team on opportunities related to Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund. Adu-Boahene is multilingual and works with senior leadership across Microsoft's business lines on strategic initiatives.

Roxana delToro is an engineer and investor with a background in software development and client relationships, including work with Meta. Her interests span AI benchmarking, payments infrastructure in Latin America, the future of work, and applying technology to traditional industries.

Stefan Mitu is Vice President and Head of Finance at Meyers Manx, a portfolio company of Trousdale Ventures. He previously held the position of Assistant Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management, which specializes in alternative investments, and worked as an investor at VU Venture Partners, a generalist venture fund. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant at Ernst & Young LLP, where he focused on transaction advisory, financial transformation, and valuation work for Fortune 500 companies.

Tim Seears is a Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners focused on frontier technology sectors including AI, DeepTech, and SpaceTech. He brings experience as a founder, venture capital investor, and angel investor, with operational background in CEO, CPO, and CTO roles. He invests in early-stage companies across DeepTech, SpaceTech, AI, Robotics, and Energy sectors.

Partner and VU cohort alum who was a venture fellow at Jump Capital and co-founded the Chicago Booth Angel Network in Silicon Valley. Former investment banker at Morgan Stanley and FT Partners with degrees from Chicago Booth, Cornell and Jacobs University.

Head of admissions and HR for APAC, previously a contract manager and financial analyst at organizations including ICF International, Wiley Rein and Solena Fuels.

Operating partner and head of HR, founder and head of admissions at Venture University and founder of Finally Fund Admin. A venture-backed serial entrepreneur ranked a top female tech CEO by Women 2.0.

Investment committee and LPAC member with 20 years of engineering, marketing and entrepreneurship experience, including leading technical marketing for Cisco's high-end routing and optical product lines.

Antonio Lavia is a Country Manager at Charles and a former professional volleyball athlete. He is active on social media as a content creator.

Arpan Ajmera translated Venture University's investment apprenticeship into a full-time VC role and leverages hands-on operating experience as Chief of Staff at Endgame to inform go-to-market and operations-driven investment decisions.

Austin Ritter is an Associate at General Innovation Capital Partners, where he leads AI strategy and implementation. He has advised multiple investment firms on deploying production-grade AI systems for internal operations, investment workflows, and data infrastructure. A Duke University graduate with background as a founder and researcher, he focuses on applying advanced AI and automation technologies within venture capital and private equity operations.

Bernardt Vogel is a Seed Investor at VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage fund investing across Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, and PropTech sectors. With over seven years of venture capital experience, he manages deal flow, leads due diligence, and has sourced and evaluated thousands of startups while developing investment theses in Fintech, Crypto, and Web3. He also serves as a Venture Analyst at New World Angels, where he conducts financial analysis and market research to support investment decisions.

Bevon King is Chief Executive Officer at Bevsan Consulting, which specializes in structuring and closing complex capital transactions including receivership acquisitions, distressed asset repositioning, and multi-layer capital arrangements across real estate, equipment, and working capital. The firm serves manufacturing, healthcare, proptech, consumer, and fintech companies from seed through Series C stage, with deal sizes ranging from $1 million to $25 million and above, offering services in deal structuring, capital raises, due diligence, and asset-based lending. King is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Caleb Eliason is Head of Sales, Marketing & Business Development at C-Arm Now. He has over 15 years of experience in business development, go-to-market strategy, and partnership building across sectors including EdTech, venture capital, real estate development, and retail. His background includes roles at Goldman Sachs, BoomStartup (a top-ranked technology accelerator), and School Improvement Network, where he directed business development during a period of significant revenue growth.

Chloe Tomlinson is co-founder of Adesty, a recruitment platform connecting companies in high-turnover industries with talent from underrepresented backgrounds through matching technology and personalized coaching. She holds an MSc in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris and has prior experience in venture capital sourcing and evaluating early-stage startups.

Christopher Gaeta is the founder and chief executive officer of InSite Health, a healthcare technology company providing mental wellness programs to schools and patients through a proprietary digital platform. He has been recognized on Modern Healthcare's 2026 Innovators List and by Business Insider as a top Gen Z venture capitalist, and previously served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Collegiate Emergency Medical Services.

Deadra Williams is a Venture Associate at VU Venture Partners with experience in venture investing, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and multi-asset portfolio strategy. She develops financial models, evaluates investment opportunities, and designs capital structures across technology, PropTech, climate innovation, real estate, and AI infrastructure sectors, including real-world assets and technology-enabled platforms.

Kenneth Lee is a distributed systems architect and engineering leader with over 10 years of experience scaling data platforms and infrastructure. He has held leadership roles at Lyft, Chartboost, Trulia, Klout, and Carnivore, where he worked on high-throughput event pipelines, real-time analytics systems, and LLM-based applications. He is currently Founder and Principal Engineer at Big Fast Data, where he focuses on distributed systems architecture and AI-driven analytics platforms.

Lisa Musich is a real estate advisor at Compass in Palo Alto, California, holding California real estate license 02210590. She advises founders and growth-stage companies across fintech, food, and other sectors, and has invested in over 20 early-stage companies with two exits in 2021. Her background spans marketing, operations, and executive support, with a focus on strategy and execution across real estate transactions and business advisory.

Randall Finke is a technology professional with six years of experience in corporate development, including identifying, evaluating, and executing partnerships, venture investments, and acquisitions across cyber security, AI, enterprise SaaS, smart mobility, and insurtech. He has served as a board observer for two companies and has collaborated with startups, investors, and enterprises on business development, investment, and event initiatives.

Steven Doman is a General Partner at Partner Track and an early-stage investor with experience as both a GP and LP. He operates within the Partner Track VC network, which focuses on deal sourcing and access to early-stage opportunities.