Navigating Deep Tech Fundraising: Lessons from Atypical Ventures' Playbook
Join us for a fireside chat with Chris Wake, Founder of early-stage venture capital fund, Atypical Ventures.
Repeat founder and start-up leader - built and scaled operations at Spire (satellite-powered data), Clearbit (business intelligence), and Vercel (developer infra/ tooling). His experiences span machine learning and computer vision, developer tooling, cybersecurity, satellites, distributed systems, and web3, among others.
Chris founded Atypical Ventures in 2019 to invest capital and expertise in high EQ engineers building primitives with the potential to transform markets.
Atypical is a window into worlds most will never see. They invest in 'plausible science fiction'—technical solutions that feel like magic. They specialize in ideas too big to fit through the door and help founders turn breakthrough innovations into transformative, enduring businesses.
Key Networks: Creative Destruction Lab, Antler, Coolwater Capital, grIP Accelerator, Northwestern New York Alumni Association, Oxford Said Business School Alumni
Moderator and co-host: Aryuna Merdygeeva
Aryuna is a venture partner and a former co-founder of a venture-backed company. Currently, she helps builders (founders and fund managers) change the status quo by advising them on fundraising, sales, and personal development. Prior to that, she worked in corporate finance, managing 35 departments nationwide. After moving to the U.S., she supervised international teams in enterprise sales, working with Fortune 500 companies as clients. She is also a former founding partner of an impact-driven investor and founder community in New York.
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