Name: Tasso von Windheim
Title: Venture Fellow
Years at Venture Partners: <1
Q: Tell us a little about yourself! (Education, Where You’re From & How You to Got to CO, Interests, Hobbies, whatever!)
A: I was born in Guelph, Ontario and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. I studied material science engineering at NC State University where I co-founded Undercover Colors, a startup focused on developing technology to reduce the rate of drug-facilitated sexual assault. After my work with Undercover Colors, I joined Duke University and completed a PhD in electrical engineering. I came to Colorado looking for an opportunity to combine my technical skills with my experience and passion for technology commercialization, and have felt right at home working for Venture Partners.
Q: What is your role at Venture Partners? Tell us more about what you do.
A: I am a Venture Fellow, which means I work across the Venture Partners team helping with licensing and new venture development. I assist with licensing and marketing of CU Boulder technologies and work with new startups to help position themselves for seed investment.
Q: What is your favorite part about your job and what do you like most about working on the Venture Partners team?
A: My two favorite things about working for Venture Partners are the people and the technologies. It’s exciting to be working in an environment with so many people with complementary skill-sets, and seeing how that talent is used to commercialize impactful technologies.
Q: When you aren’t at work, where will we find you?
A: Hiking in the mountains with my dog Gryphon.
Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
A: Being bad at something is the first step to being good at it.
Have questions about Venture Partners? Email Tasso at Tasso.vonWindheim@colorado.edu.