Salen Churi

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.

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

Judge Sandra S. Beckwith

2009 - 2009