Independent Audit Clears Elevate Ventures
The audit, conducted by FTI Consulting, found no evidence of illegal activity by Elevate Ventures, affirming their role as a high-performing partner in Indiana’s innovation economy.
Landon Young
Vice President of Pre-Seed
Landon Young is a trans-disciplinary entrepreneur, educator, and investor focused on high-impact technology innovation. Landon was named one of thirteen Kauffman Foundation Global Scholars in 2013, awarded the National Science Foundation Fellowship in 2011, is the Founding Curator of the World Economic Forum Global Shaper Hub in Kansas City, and 2018 MP1 Fellow.
My greatest joy at Elevate is to stand alongside determined and skilled entrepreneurs and together envision a future world that we would like to live in. Second to that is to walk and run alongside them to innovate and execute on that vision.
Landon holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University and completed his executive education at Harvard University. He was also an advisor for Stanford University’s international University Innovation Fellows Program, a design thinking and entrepreneurship program through the School. Landon is currently the Vice President of Pre-Seed at Elevate Ventures, the Midwest’s most active seed-stage fund. Landon is also an active advisor and board member for several venture-backed startup companies.
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