Beta Business

We sat down with Claire Hansen, a venture capitalist focused on early funding stages who has worked in the Austin ecosystem since 2015. Claire serves as Principal at Firebrand Ventures, a Seed stage fund with General Partners based in Boulder and Kansas City. Claire's prior experience includes working with investors and startups at Capital Factory, Central Texas Angel Network, and the U.S. Army.

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We had the pleasure of sitting down with Tina Dai for this episode. Tina joined Silverton Partners in 2020 to invest in and support founders as they build the companies that will shape the future. At Silverton Partners, Tina board observes for Self Financial, Ontic, The Helper Bees, InsiteFlow, and RoundUp App. Previously, Tina held roles at First Round Capital, Intuit, and McKinsey & Company. Tina is passionate about elevating female investors and founders: she is the National Co-Lead for AllRaise’s Principal Cohort program to accelerate women’s careers in venture capital, is a founding member of the Beam Angel Network, and helps make angel investing more accessible with The Council. She is an active angel investor with a personal portfolio of 20+ startups.

Today's episode is for students, faculty, alumni, and anyone else starting a company within the proximity of a university campus. Grant and Nick both started their entrepreneurial journeys on campus and understand the great resources that can come from these communities.

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