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Cooper Clawson
Founder of Bounds Technologies
Hutchinson, Kansas
Overview
Cooper Clawson is a seasoned financial services professional currently serving as the Founder/CEO of Bounds Technologies and as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Innovation & Management at Bank of the Plains. With a background in finance and banking, Cooper has successfully led various organizations, including serving as an Angel Investor and advising companies in the food and beverage, AgTech, BioTech, and FinTech sectors.
Cooper has a diverse career that includes roles such as Senior Analyst at The Kraft Heinz Company and Senior Associate at Aqueduct Investment Partners, showcasing his expertise in finance, innovation, and investment strategy across different industries.
Work Experience
Founder / CEO
2023 - Current
SVP - Corporate Innovation & Management
2023
-Growth -Corp Dev -Fintech partnerships -Retail & Deposit Operations -Marketing
Board Member
2022
VP - Corporate Innovation & Management
2022 - 2023
Bank of the Plains offers personal and business banking, loans, and online banking solutions.
Angel Investor
2020
I invest in early-stage companies building in fintech and the food system (food and agriculture). 13 pre-seed, seed & series A companies. - New Culture - BiomeSense - Rain Cards - EarlyBird - LandTrust - HitchPin - MKIII - Attane Health - InnerPlant - ENTR -3 undisclosed
Associate
2021 - 2022
Investments Since Joining: -New Culture (seed, A) -BiomeSense (seed) -Cultured Decadence (seed) (acq'd) -Filtricine (seed) -Fount (seed) -Grovara (seed) -Jellatech (seed) -Torch Logistics (seed) -Weco Hospitality (seed, A) -Attane Health (seed) -4 Undisclosed Growth Equity Investments (Series B+) Bluestein Ventures is a family office with a dedicated venture capital and growth equity fund, focused on early-stage, high-growth food and retail ventures. We invest at pre-seed - series A across the value chain of B2C and B2B.
Analyst
2020 - 2021
Sr. Analyst - New Ventures Finance
2019 - 2020
-Joint Ventures -Evolv Group -Global Digital & Online Growth (GDOG)
Kraft Heinz is a multinational food and beverage company offering a diverse range of condiments, sauces, snacks, cheese, and frozen foods.
Raised $20,000,000.00.
Senior Associate
2018 - 2019
-Agriculture and food private equity
Advisor
2017 - 2018
-Conducted extensive market research and contributed to go-to-market strategy -Built operating and pro forma financial models for internal use and seed round fundraising budget -Resulted in successful seed round funding
HitchPin develops a digital agricultural application to connect farmers and ranchers for farming services.
Raised $10,099,997.00.
Investment Intern
2016 - 2017
Kansas State Foundation Non-profit educational corporation managing private gifts donated to the university.
AgKnowledge Consultant Intern
2016 - 2016
Pinion provides accounting and consulting services to the food and agriculture industries.
Summer Intern
2015 - 2015
Study Abroad at Purpan and Internship at E.A.R.L De La Ville Periac