Tom Biegala
InvestorPartner at Bison Ventures
Seattle, Washington
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergy
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
Education
- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMBA2009 — 2012
- Cornell UniversityBS, Materials Science2001 — 2005
Skills & more
StrategyBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalCorporate DevelopmentFinancial ModelingEngineeringSemiconductorsStart-upsCleantechMergers & AcquisitionsRenewable EnergyDue Diligence
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Materials ScienceValuationNanotechnologyEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyR&DDesign of ExperimentsSolar EnergyFrom Tom's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management521
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also attended Cornell University509
Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America
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Shared employers
Also worked at Northwestern University50
Ashley PimlottMBA Venture Fellow at Cade VenturesTed Ling HuFellow, Human Augmentation at Prime Movers LabRenana AshkenaziManaging Partner at Grove VenturesDan BrunnerAdvisor, Co-Founder and former CTO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Partner, Future Tech Partners at Overture ClimateJodi GoldsteinInnovation leader, board member, founder & investor, Co-Founder of Harvard Innovation Labs at XRCGrace WeinstockOperations and Impact at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL
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Also worked at Altira Group5
Also worked at Intel Corporation261
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also worked at Lux Research12
Peter HébertPartner and Co-Founder at Lux CapitalJosh WolfePartner and Co-Founder at Lux CapitalBibi MasaraOffice Manager at Lux CapitalRobert PaullCo-Founder and Venture Partner at Lux CapitalMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesChris HartshornAdvisor at Chrysalix
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Colleagues at Bison Ventures
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Ari Wright
Principal at Bison Ventures
Ben Hemani
Founding Partner at Bison Ventures
Breanna Burton
Vice President at Bison Ventures
Caleb Appleton
Partner at Bison Ventures
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