Thursday, November 14, 2024
11 a.m.
Jacob Schpok serves as Partner and Head of Platform at Elevate Ventures. He is a member of the Investment Committee and oversees the teams responsible for sourcing and sponsoring investment opportunities and ensuring portfolio companies realize strong exits. Before joining Elevate, Jacob co-founded two startups in the SaaS and logistics industries and worked in a senior leadership role for a telecommunications startup in Indianapolis. Jacob also has an extensive background in state government, where he served as the State Director of the Indiana Small Business Development Center and the Executive Director of the Indiana Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Jacob is a 2005 graduate of Ball State University’s Entrepreneurship program.
3:30 p.m.
Perspectives and Reflections from an Externship at Endress-Hauser