Cole Wollak

Partner

2016 - Current

Associate

2014 - 2016

The Geekdom Fund, which is an actively managed venture capital fund that invests in early stage tech startups in San Antonio, South Texas and beyond. We are based at the heart of the startup ecosystem in San Antonio: Geekdom. My work consists of deal generation, due diligence, general management of the fund's operations and updates to LPs.

Chief Technology Officer

2023 - 2024

Chief Technology Officer

2023 - 2024

Building the Fast Pass to Homeownership

Managing Director

2019 - 2021

RealCo is a long-term tech start-up accelerator that helps B2B software founders build real, fundable companies.

Director of Engineer

2013 - 2019

FlashScan3D is a startup company that is focused on developing 3D imaging devices. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, the company has quickly gained a reputation for innovation in the field of 3D imaging and its application to biometrics and forensic science applications. I have played a role in product management, product design, electrical engineering, software development and image processing at the company.

Adjunct Professor

2017 - 2017

Adjunct professor in the Entrepreneurship Department I teach the upper level Entrepreneurial Strategies and Planning course. This course has a focus on the steps beyond building out the the lean or business model canvas. There is a continued focus on the customer development process through in person customer interviews. The goal is to continue the validation of product market fit while looking further ahead toward next steps on the tactical side of building a sustainable business model.

I-Corps Entrepreneurial Lead

2015 - 2015

The primary goal of NSF I-Corps is to foster entrepreneurship that will lead to the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously by NSF-funded research. The NSF-funded research for which the investigation into commercial viability is the application of image processing and computer vision to digitized and stained biopsy slides for identification and classification. Currently the research has shown great results for H&E stained digitized histopathology slides for prostate cancer. The same algorithms applied to other stains and cancers have shown promising results as well. As the entrepreneurial lead I am responsible for leading the team during our investigation into the commercialization of the technology.

Adjunct Professor

2015 - 2015

Asked to come in as an adjunct professor to teach ENTR 3341. ENTR 3341 is an entrepreneurship class focused around teaching lean startup methodologies. The class followed Steve Blank's "The Startup Owner's Manual" and began by building a business model canvas. Through the class items on the business model canvas were validated or invalidated through customer interviews. Student companies ranged from early ideation stage to companies that already had customers buying product. Throughout the class I brought in alumni working on startups to share their founder's stories.

Organizer

2012 - 2014

I organized a monthly meetup that is a place for entrepreneurs, technologists, tech companies and tech startups to showcase the latest technology they are developing in San Antonio. I started and grew the group to 700+ members on meetup.com

Geekdom Community Fund Manager

2012 - 2014

I built the structure around the fund, it's mission, goals and processes. On an ongoing basis, I facilitated the board review meetings to analyze applicants each month, corresponding between the review board members and the companies under review. Additionally, I work with accepted companies to complete necessary paperwork and report to the LPs and GP of the fund.

Special Operations

2012 - 2013

Geekdom is a new kind of collaborative workspace where Entrepreneurs, Technologists, Developers, Makers, & Creatives help each other build businesses & other cool things together. Cole’s been here since day one and his role has evolved over time. Currently, he handles special operations, any projects that are out of the scope of day to day work.