Salen Churi
General Partner at Trust Ventures
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Founder and General Partner
2017 - Current
The obvious is not the inevitable: many of our greatest societal challenges (e.g. affordable housing, clean energy, healthcare access) can be solved with technology, but that technology is often trapped in political stasis. Trust Ventures is a venture capital fund built to invest in those technologies and help break that stasis.
Trust Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on startups and provides knowledge and expertise in incumbent-heavy industries.
Board Member
2020
Law Professor / Director of the Innovation Clinic
2013 - 2018
Teaching and writing on the intersection points of innovation and regulation, and supporting a range of high-growth startups across different industries in overcoming complex policy, legal, and regulatory challenges.
Associate Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
2013 - 2015
Helping low-income entrepreneurs overcome regulatory hurdles, including helping legalize street vending in the city of Chicago.
Associate
2013 - 2013
Associate
2011 - 2013
Sidley is a law firm providing legal advising services for businesses.
Judge Sandra S. Beckwith
2009 - 2009
United States Courts is a non-profit organization that handles appellate courts judicial and non-judicial administrative affairs.