Today's 2!! Featured Guests for our Weekly Virtual Happy Hour, 2/7/2022, 5:30 PM ET
Defense VC and Startups
Join us today, 2/7/2022, for another virtual happy hour and interactive discussion around everything #natsec innovation. Our 2!! featured guests are Morgan Mahlock, Director of Product Strategy at Voltron Data and Chase Campbell, Partner, Ghost Capital.
RSVP by 5pm EST in order to receive the Zoom information for the event.
A Little Bit About Morgan…
Costanoa Ventures - Investing in mission-driven founders at pre-seed and seed
Model - Stars Management - Clients / work include: Nike, The North Face, Reebok, World Market, Chubbies, Old Navy, Zazzle, Google, Rothy's, CISCO, Fitbit campaign, Tonal, Eyeconic Eyewear, Hello Mello, Sunski, and many more
Piano Teacher (and company founder) - Beginner To Beethoven - Stuttgart, Germany. San Diego and Palo Alto, California
Research Assistant, Stanford University School of Medicine
A Little Bit About Chase…
Co-founded Ghost Capital in invest in American aerospace and defense companies. Previous roles in the Aerospace and Defense industry in corporate carve-out acquisitions, IP/personnel acquisitions, and other types of transactions, on both the buy and sell-side; led financial diligence and valuation responsibilities for Corp Dev team at $1.5B defense contractor; integral role in overall corporate strategy development for $1B+ portfolio, examining strategies for separate BUs and the organization as whole.
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Upcoming Virtual Happy Hours…
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FEB 14, Brian Bourgerie, Exploring the Innovation Ecosystem in Puerto Rico
FEB 21, Esther Dyson, Investor/Board Members with 23andMe, Luxoft, Meetup, Pressreader, Wellpass, and Yandex
FEB 28, Scoop News IT Mod Week, Guest TBD
MAR 7, Bourbon Tasting and Defense Innovation Happy Hour
MAR 14, Guest TBD
MAR 21, Domestic and International R&D with Dr. David Bray and Melissa Flagg
MAR 28, James Pitcher, Former AF Ventures Fellow, Harpoon
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Also, coming on March 12th in Austin, TX … join us or become a sponsor for a Defense Innovation VIP Party at SXSW (In-Person Event)
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