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Featured Venture Partners & Mentors

Joseph Liu

Joseph Liu holds a BS degree in Engineering for Sustainable Environment from National Taiwan University, an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Jurisprudence from St. Mary’s School of Law. He is currently pursuing a Biotechnology Certificate and a Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Harvard. 

He has an earlier career as a marketing manager with several leading tech enterprises such as Dell, AMD, IISI, IBM, to accumulate extensive experience in business development for technologies. Later he transitioned into a tech investor and tech startup acceleration, currently, he is a board member of Central Texas Angel Network, a member of Tech Coast Angels, and Chemical Angel Network, and the Managing Director/Venture Partner of Newchip Accelerator, a Venture Partner of Journey Venture Partner.

He is a speaker and a startup mentor, as well as a judge for several startup competitions such as SXSW. 

Hani Elshahawi

Hani is a thought leader in the energy industry, he has more than three decades of experience (18 years in Shell) in global operations, innovation, technology management, business consulting, and the full cycle of innovation from cradle to grave and from concept to commercialization in the energy industry with roles spanning technology, engineering, marketing, business, technology, and management. Before Shell, he had worked in another leading energy enterprise Schlumberger for 12+ years.

Ankit Shrivastava

With a rich and diverse 23-year tenure in consulting, Ankit has partnered with Fortune 500s, emerging enterprises, and ambitious startups. He has led teams to craft and execute transformative business strategies, optimize business processes, and drive sustainable growth. Through the journey, he has an invaluable vantage point to observe, analyze, and forecast market dynamics, and entered the Private Equity & Venture Capital world with Enventure. He is channeling his vast industry knowledge, strategic insights, and global network to unearth, nurture, and scale promising ventures and businesses.

John Costa

I have worked at the intersection of technology, digital media, and learning for my entire career. Over a 30+ year career, I have been an executive in charge of growing new business units from scratch and maximizing profitability of mature business units.

With the emergence of social networks, mobile devices, cloud computing, and big-data analytics, I have identified a market opportunity in just-in-time learning of corporate employees and customer education (enabling new technology adoption scaling up more efficient).

For startup mentoring, I can help with speaking skills for pitching. I am a chapter president of the professional speaking group Toastmaster.

Paul Holliman

Paul is an Anchor Mentor for Andreessen Horowitz, active mentor at 500 Global, Alchemist Accelerator, and other Silicon Valley accelerators. He has invested in 400+ deals, among them there are 30 unicorns. While head of worldwide strategic planning and operations for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, he was responsible for the global conversion from 35mm film to digital cinema, and played a key roll in the debut of IMAX®, Digital 3D, and ScreenX as theatrical distribution formats. He frequently lectures at universities on angel investing, cinema, and technology.

Randall Foster

Randall Foster’s 30-year career represents an intersection of technology innovation, product launch, and financial management. He is a versatile, accomplished entrepreneur, global business builder, operational executive, investment banker, and venture investor. Foster has founded, grown, advised, and invested in businesses spanning hardware, software, and services, introducing innovations to more than a dozen global markets, navigating growth and crisis cycles, and achieved profitable exits from his two founded ventures and six additional private companies.

Randall Foster completed a dual-degree program at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering (1991) and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business (1991), earning Cum Laude honors distinction in both degrees. He also completed the 2002 Wharton Executive Program in Product Development: Analysis, Strategy, and Launch. Since 2019, Foster and his consulting firm, Coefficient X, function as an independent advisor, active board member, and equity investor in early-stage companies and venture funds. He is also a fund director at Sound Media Ventures, a VC fund focused on media technologies. He is in his fifth year term as the Board Chairman of Conexx, the non-profit American Israel commercial alliance. Foster resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife of 27 years.

Avron Barr

I studied artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and instructional technology at Stanford. While a student, I edited a 3-volume book, The Handbook of AI, which became a book club selection. I co-founded a Silicon Valley start-up, Teknowledge, that was acquired in 1986 and I've spent my subsequent career helping innovators understand, explain, and market technologically-advanced software.

Tim Liu

I focus on helping startups as well as the corporate digital transformation(DX) from a government-level height, including connecting early startups with enterprises (for DX and AI pilots), investors, and resources/partners to go global. 

My previous startup experience is dedicated to AI medical devices fields (Psychiatry/General Surgery/Medical Images). Before my start-up adventure, I have 10 years of IT industry work experience and 3 years in the vehicle industry, I have been responsible for product & project manager, marketing, and sales product management. As a serial entrepreneur, in the past 5 years, I’ve seen startups and small businesses from multiple views. I’ve had good years and bad years: our team had delivered successful projects with more than 30 hospitals in Taiwan, however, we also experienced the hard decision to pivot even if we developed the product more than 1 year. 

Eigen Fu

Eigen has extensive experience and knowledge from semiconductor foundry, IC design, IP service, advanced 3D package, product testing, IC supply chain value integration to system-level product development and design. His background includes engineering degrees and work experience in Qualcomm, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, GlobalFoundries, and IC hardware accelerators. He mentors startups in IC design and backend innovations.

Will Simpson

Will Simpson has served as a senior executive in the technology and services sectors for the past 25 years and currently serves as  Founder and CEO of Ten Eleven Twelve, an Executive Consulting and Coaching organization based in Austin, Texas.

Will is a change agent and servant leader. His career is marked by a focus on growth and transformation. With an unwavering commitment to integrity, candor, and transparency he leverages the philosophies of Lean and Agile to guide executive teams and companies toward change, always keeping the customer first and the employees top of mind.

As an Austin native, Will loves to hike the local trails with his wife Caroline, play terrible rounds of golf and sneak down to the coast whenever he can for some redfish action.