Kevin Colas

Managing Partner

2020 - Current

• Empire Angel Collective is a group of angels, executives of apparel, cosmetics and food & beverage brands, retailers, fintech, consulting and hedge funds I put together to co-invest in syndicated SPVs in pre-seed to C round opportunities we source, screen and due diligence together. We focus on B2B and B2B2C consumer to deep tech, software and brands for the new, large, and very distinctive generations of New Conscious Consumers driven by their core values of wellness, sustainability, lifestyle, community, inclusivity to discover & buy, eat & drink, dress & look, care & heal, move & ship, and play & exercise at home, at work and on the go. • Self-led and collectively invested since 2020 through tickets of $50 to $300K: pre-seed to B in Alleyoop, AmpUp, Ancilia Biosciences, Another Tomorrow, Arevo (write off), Buywith, Canix, Cambrean, Clevon, Crypto 1 Acquisition (write off), DAI Wear (write off), DrnxMyth, Eat Just, Epic Games, Fabacus, Forme Life (IPO), FiresideChat, Gatik, GreenPark Sports, Habitus Health, Heat.io, Humanoid Labs, Kura Technologies, Lingrove, Loci Footwear, MarketerHire, Metadata, Miros.ai, One Earth Rising, Oros Apparel, Queens Gaming Collective (acquired, XSet), Relish.Life, SciFi Foods, Simbe Robotics, Superplastic, Syrup Tech, Tidal Vision, Unless Collective. Follow on investments in AmpUp, Arevo, Epic Games, Oros Apparel, Buywith and MarketerHire. • Advisor of Adeptmind, AmpUp, Gozem and Simbe Robotics, mainly for fundraising and commercial business development. • Deal flow sourcing, screening and due diligence, memo writing, experts, founders and investors meetings, and negotiations. • Proactive hands-on support to portfolio companies in strategy advisory, commercial, hiring, and fundraising to drive growth.

Advisor

2023

Advisor & LP

2023

Portfolio Manager

1997

• Public assets: 2023: 24.5%, 2022: -19.3%, 2021: +30.1%, 2020: +13.2%, 2019: +26.1% 2018: +1.7% 2017: +10.3% 2016 +12.5%, 2015 +18.0%, 2014 +6.4%, 2013 +7.1%, 2012 +16.5%, 2011 -17.5%, 2010 +14.8%, 2009 +8.6%, 2008 -19.9%, 2007 +3.9%, 2006 +24.5%, 2005 +7.8%, 2004 +8.9%. Beating since 2004 a benchmark set at 1/3rd CAC 40, 1/3rd Euro Stoxx 50 and 1/3rd MSCI World EUR. • Private assets: invested in pre-seed to E in Airbnb, Alleyoop, AmpUp, Ancilia Biosciences, Buywith, Canix, Cambrean, Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp, Chime, DrnxMyth, Eat Just, Epic Games, FiresideChat, Forme Life, Gatik, Figma, GreenPark Sports, Humanoid Labs, Kura Technologies, Lingrove, Loci Footwear, MarketerHire, Metadata, Oros Apparel, Queens Gaming Collective, Relish.Life, Simbe Robotics, Superplastic, Syrup Tech, Tidal Vision, Unless Collective. • Portfolio construction focusing on long term asset and sector diversification of a global multi-asset/multi-currency portfolio of EUR 1.25M+ (started at EUR 132K) in direct cash equities, fixed income funds, commodities ETFs, and non-listed venture. • Proprietary stock screening of a rotational global selection of 176 best-in-sector stocks rated through a combination of fundamental, market and graphic indicators with quick target pricing and valuation model (DCF, multiples and DDM).

Vice Chair Board of Directors (former board Chair for 5 years)

2017

• Established in 1983, federal, regional, and local award-winning izzi EE is San Mateo County’s leading comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start program, providing a rich learning environment designed to address low-income children's health needs while stimulating their rapid educational and developmental growth for school readiness, and educating and supporting their families. With a budget of $18M, a diverse staff of more than 100 professionals, izzi EE services close to 800 children and families each year across 14 unique schools and complementary home-based services. • Led izzi EE’s Board of Directors restructuring and development, promoted the adoption and led the Board’s contribution in long range strategic planning and full rebranding processes, supported headquarters, classrooms and sites maintenance and expansions projects, promoted the hiring of a fundraising and grant-writing team for the development of individual donors, private charitable foundations and corporations, and the implementation of a sliding scale pricing structure opening the organization to private families to extend social and income diversity among kids and diversify its revenues sources.

Advisor

2021

Private Investor & Advisor

2021

Private Investor & Advisor

2020

Private Investor

2020

Advisor

2019