Fundraising OH with PJ Gunsagar [Virtual]

​​Book a time slot with P.J. Gunsagar to address your Fundraising topics on Feb. 26 or Mar. 12 [in-person or virtual].

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​People have said about this session: "This was one of the most helpful sessions I have done at StartX" (S24)

​About PJ:
P.J. is an entrepreneur at heart. After starting his career in finance, working as an investment banker at UBS Warburg and early-stage investor at Intel Capital, he focused his career on building companies at the intersection of technology and media from the ground up. His current company, Spire Animation Studios, backed by Temasek, NEA, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Epic Games, is the fourth company co-founded by P.J. In total, P.J. has raised more than $100M in venture capital from top tier VCs across all four companies, of which two were acquired. P.J. is also a Limited Partner in three early stage VC firms.  

Prior to Spire, P.J. was Co-Founder and CEO at Kidaptive, an adaptive learning and educational content company focused on personalized learning. Kidaptive was part of StartX in 2012 and was acquired by McGraw Hill in 2021. The company is best known for its award-winning animated iPad app, Leo’s Pad, which entertained and educated millions of preschoolers around the world. Kidaptive also developed ALP, a platform for improving learning outcomes by providing highly scalable processing of complex data streams using proprietary machine-learning algorithms. Before Kidaptive, P.J. was Co-Founder & President of Prana Studios, a leading global 3D animation and visual effects studio with more than 1,000 employees. Prana’s filmography includes “Transformers,” “TRON Legacy,” “TinkerBell,” and Disney’s “Planes.” P.J. also cofounded Ettache, an online account aggregation company, which was acquired in 2001 by Adhesion Technologies.

P.J. grew up in Saratoga, California and today lives in Los Altos, California with his wife and two daughters, and dog Boomer. He is a die-hard Bengals fan who flies their flag proudly in front of his house.