Beck Venture Center Startup Forum: Investor Panel

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Beck Venture Center Startup Forum: Investor Panel
Join us for a panel with some of our favorite investors to answer questions about fundraising for founders! Hear from Cody Moore, Jim Thorson, and David Gold.
Cody Moore is Vice President at Caruso Ventures, where he partners with visionary CEOs to scale Colorado’s most innovative tech-enabled companies. With a background spanning venture capital, operational leadership, and M&A strategy, Cody is passionate about fostering relationships, building teams, and driving sustainable growth in competitive markets. He also serves as Treasurer for Endeavor Colorado, supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in achieving meaningful scale.
Jim Thorson is a Miner with decades of seasoning in oil & gas exploration. Apparently needing more risk in his professional life, for 12 years Jim has been investing in, mentoring, and advising seed-stage energy tech, hard tech, and energy hard tech firms, many of them here in Colorado. He also helps organize the Front Range Hard Tech meetup group.
David Gold is currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Denver Ventures Seed Fund. He has decades of experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and angel investor having invested in nearly 100 early stage technology companies. He has been founder and CEO of B2B SaaS and Blockchain businesses raising tens of millions in venture capital and navigating through successful exit events.
Startup Forum is Beck Venture Center’s biweekly speaker series connecting experts, investors, and startups for insights and networking—with free drinks and apps! Panel presentations run from 4:00–5:00 PM, followed by networking until 7:00 PM.

About Beck Venture Center's Startup Forum:
Startup Forum is a program series designed to empower entrepreneurs with essential knowledge and insights crucial for startup success. Each session within the series features a diverse lineup of industry experts and thought leaders who delve into a wide array of topics. These topics include Accounting Basics for Startups, Discovering a Winning B2B Value Proposition, venture capital insights, founder panels, and practical advice on capital fundraising, among many other topics. Through engaging speakers and interactive panels, Beck Venture Center’s Startup Forum provides invaluable guidance and networking opportunities aimed at equipping founders and entrepreneurs of Mines and the broader community with the tools and understanding needed to navigate the competitive startup landscape effectively.
The local startup community is the heartbeat of the Beck Venture Center, and we ensure plenty of time for networking at every startup forum event! Come network with us and enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks, including happy hour beverages, courtesy of the Beck Venture Center. We hope to see you there!