Paul Conley
Founder of General Inception
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder / CEO
2020 - Current
A venture igniter company dedicated to technical founders who need ignition capital ($50k - 1.5M), hands-on technology development and access to customers on the way to preparing for their first financing round.
General Inception is an institutional co-founder for science-based companies.
Venture Partner
2015
Early stage investor in B2B start-ups who are solving vertical industry problems that are not addressed by general purpose products. VVP invests at the intersection of new technologies and industry specific solutions, including (but not limited to) healthcare, education, insurance, aero/defense, retail, travel, real-estate, transportation, energy, etc.
Managing Director for Venture Studio Operations
2007
Paladin is a multi-stage private equity firm with a concentration on expansion and growth stage investments in companies whose products or services address the security and resilience of US critical infrastructure.
Board Member
2022
fmr Board Member (NASDAQ: TXG)
2012
Investor (co-founder)
2018
Delix Therapeutics focuses on harnessing the power of psychoplastogens novel neuroplasticity-promoting therapeutic.
Raised $119,145,000.00 from U.S. Department of Defense and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Board Member
2015
Menlo Micro is the developer of the Ideal Switch, an electromechanical switch technology used to switch AC/DC and RF.
Raised $227,500,000.00 from Piva Capital, Paladin Capital Group, PeopleFund, Lakewood & Company, Adage Capital Management, Future Shape, Fidelity, DBL Partners and Vertical Venture Partners.
Board Observer
2017
fmr Board Member (NASDAQ: TWST)
2013
Twist Bioscience is a biotechnology company that offers synthetic DNA solutions, gene synthesis, and variant libraries.
Raised $553,110,714.00 from Capital World Investors.
Investor (NASDAQ: CMPS)
2020