Will Weisman
Managing Partner at KittyHawk
Will Weisman
Managing Partner at KittyHawk
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2015 - Current
KittyHawk Ventures is named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where the Wright Brothers flew the world's first airplane and launched a new era in human mobility. The firm was founded by Will Weisman in 2015 while he served as Executive Director at Singularity University, a think tank and educator founded by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis that has witnessed the birth of new technologies, new industries and new chapters in human achievement. KittyHawk Ventures focuses primarily on seed frontier tech. investments in the AI/ML, computing, longevity, networking/sensors, MedTech, FinTech, aerospace, ClimateTech, and Web3. The firm partners with exceptional companies and entrepreneurs in the Singularity University ecosystem and beyond to create opportunities that have the ability to change the world and move us all forward. Recent representative investments include: Colossal Bioscience, MycoMedica, Jetti Resources, Vytalize Health, Provenance Blockchain, Openwater, Vim, Ripcord, Outpost, Jiritsu, MAPS (Lykos), Amply Power, PingPod, Lonestar Data, and Xplore.
Board Member
2023
Beltways makes high-speed accelerating walkways for airports and beyond.
Board Member
2021
Sceye is a material science company that is leading the development of a new generation of high-altitude platform stations
Raised $50,000,000.00 from Mawarid Holding.
Board Observer
2021
Psychedelic Medicines
Raised $68,000,000.00 from True Ventures, Zen Chu, Obvious Ventures, KittyHawk and Artis Ventures (AV).
Board Member
2021
Vytalize Health provides ACO solutions to help doctors accelerate the transition to value-based care.
Raised $175,500,000.00 from Monroe Capital, North Coast Ventures and Enhanced Healthcare Partners.
Senior Advisor to Peter Diamandis
2021
Global Ambassador / Speaker
2020
Executive Director, Abundance360
2020 - 2021
Executive Director, Singularity University
2013 - 2020
At Singularity University the mission is to educate, inspire and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. The Company was co-founded by Ray Kurzweil (futurist, author, inventor) and Peter Diamandis, MD (Chairman and Founder of the X PRIZE, author, co-founder of Planetary Resources, Human Longevity Inc.). Over the course of his almost 7 years as Executive Director, Will helped lead the organization and created and ran the company's large programs including the Global Summit, Industry Summits (Exponential Medicine, Exponential Finance and Exponential Manufacturing) and the International Summits. He was responsible for all elements of these businesses. Singularity is a global benefit corp. with over 190 chapters in 159 countries, and 200k+ community members.
Singularity Group is an educational organization that provides research development and executive programs.
Mentor / Advisor - Space Accelerator
2019
The Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator, a new Los Angeles-based program, focuses on the next generation of space technology companies and related frontier technologies. Startup companies in commercial space or that are developing related technologies are encouraged to apply. The program consortium includes: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Technologies, SAIC, and Israel Aerospace Industries North America.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Investor / Entrepreneur / Operator
1992 - 2013
Venture Capital: Maveron - Principal Foundation Capital - Entrepreneur in Residence --> Venture Associate Operating: Intuit. Marketing Product Specialist Santa.com. Founder & CEO Phix. Founder & CEO
Founder, Executive Director, and Board Member
1995 - 1998
Founded a venture-backed restaurant chain called World Wrapps. Over a three-year period, helped invent and brand a new food product called the “wrap” and grow the company into a 30-unit business with over 600 employees. Company was sold in 2000.
World Wrapps is a restaurant and catering company that focuses on wraps.