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Tom Biegala
InvestorFounding Partner at Bison Ventures · Board director at Great Sky · Board director at Allonnia
Seattle, Washington
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Frontier technology investor and engineer with 20 years of experience across company lifecycles. Co-founded Bison Ventures after working on venture investments at Cascade Asset Management (which manages Gates Foundation and Gates family assets), and began his career as an engineer at Intel and solar photovoltaic university spinouts before moving into VC at Altira Group.
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergy
Board director at Great Sky
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Board director at Allonnia
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Experience
- Bison VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Northwestern UniversityAdjunct Professorcurrent2022 — present
- Cascade Asset Management CompanyVenture Capital Investor2013 — 2021
- Altira GroupVenture Capital Associate2011 — 2013
- EPIR Technologies (acq. by NASDAQ: DRS)Various Engineering Roles2008 — 2011
- Blue Square EnergyVarious Engineering Roles2006 — 2008
- Intel CorporationProcess Engineer2006
- Lux ResearchSummer Associate2005
Skills & more
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Materials ScienceValuationNanotechnologyEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyR&DDesign of ExperimentsSolar EnergyFrom Tom's professional profile.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tom Biegala?
- Frontier technology investor and engineer with 20 years of experience across company lifecycles. Co-founded Bison Ventures after working on venture investments at Cascade Asset Management (which manages Gates Foundation and Gates family assets), and began his career as an engineer at Intel and solar photovoltaic university spinouts before moving into VC at Altira Group.
- Where does Tom Biegala work?
- Tom Biegala is Founding Partner at Bison Ventures and Board director at Great Sky and Board director at Allonnia.
- What does Tom Biegala invest in?
- Tom Biegala invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy.
- What check size does Tom Biegala write?
- Tom Biegala typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Tom Biegala go to school?
- Tom Biegala studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA); Cornell University (BS, Materials Science).
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Also worked at Northwestern University141
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Also worked at Cascade Asset Management Company4
Also worked at Altira Group7
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