Meet The Team

Get to know the people empowering innovation through funding.

‍ Leadership Team

Our team is made of students and alumni who draw from their diverse set of experiences and backgrounds

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Bright Yeti, NASA, Lockheed Martin

Katherine Allen

Flo-Recruit, Forty Acres Scholar

PwC, Forty Acres Scholar

Director of Operations

PetPair, Uber, Facebook

Director of Ventures

Flo Recruit, Argonaut, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs

Director of Marketing

Capital Factory, Beta Business, LEA

Director of Peoples

Circle Internet Financial, Capital Factory

Director of Technology

Capital One, Redfin, Point72, GroceryTV

BHP, Plan II, SIG

Eduardo Herrera

Public Health/Business Administration, BHA, WBA

Dallas Makerspace, Smart Materials Laboratory

Samhith Dharani

Bright Yeti, BSI financial, Ameritrade

Finance, Community Engagement Collective, WBA

Turing Scholar, Roblox, UTPC, UCF, Beekeeper

BHP & Finance, Neuberger Berman, Lawtrades, Texas Wranglers

Arjun Radhakrishnan

UBC, TUCG, The Tejas Club, Silver Spurs, BHP

BHP+Computer Science(CSB), Liberty Mutual, Product@TX, Kappa Phi Lambda, CSBA

Balakrishna Ravulapalli

CS + Business Honors, TUCG, BHP, CSBA

Mech Eng/CS, KCF Technologies, Medical Device Lab

‍Advisors of Genesis

Straty.com, FounderSoup, ExxonMobil

Polaris Partners, 3Com, Ethernet

The Thompson Group, Austin Chamber of Commerce

Sony Entertainment Television, Jungle Ventures

University Venture Fund, Rockies Venture, Centric Legal Services

Vela Wood, Blossom Street Ventures

G51 Capital, Texas Exes

‍Alumni of Genesis

Aanandh Chandrasekar

FATHOM5, Capital Factory

SG, SIG, BHP, Plan II

Fanatics Inc, BHP, Cockrell

PwC, Texas 4000, Sendero, Texas Health Catalyst

Google, Lendtable, Elec Eng

Capital Factory, SELL, Humanity Rising, BHP

Spark Cognition, BHP, Finance, Economics

Aravind Srinivasan

Harvey, Nuro, Elec Eng

Kin, Carta, Elec Eng

Reflex, Next Coast Ventures, MBA, Civ Eng

Crop Diagnostix, Harvard MBA, Mech Eng

Catherine Cheng

Apax, Evercore, Stanford MBA, BHP, Finance

Courtney O'Donnell, Ph.D.

Flo Recruit, Behavioral Neuroscience

Thompson Safety, Crown Castle, BHP, Finance, Plan II

Elizabeth Haynie

SigFig, Empower Wealth Advisors, Polit Comm

Microsoft, JLL Technologies, Dell

Rogue VC, Notley, Advertising

Rothschild & Co, Newstack, Finance

Oracle, Capital Factory, Polit Comm

Landing, Venture for America

JP Morgan, Noba

Venture Voice, Allthing

Lucious McDaniel IV

Nicky Cumberland

In Loving Memory

Moelis, Cerberus Capital Management

Elysium Partners, Soloman Partners

Revanth Poondru

Tritium Partners, Oliver Wyman & Strategy, BHP

Child Poverty Action Labs, McKinsey, BHP

Content Pump Productions

BCG, Neuroscience

Waterloo Consulting, Supply Chain

Vibhav Joopelli

Stratum Energy Romania, Subtext Solutions, MBA Stanford

To get involved, keep an eye out for our application openings at the start of each semester. We welcome all UT Austin students, from undergraduates to Masters/PhD candidates. If you have any questions, our leaders are available year-round!

Questions?

leadershipteam@genesis.com