Will Weisman

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

Board Member

2021

Board Observer

2021

Board Member

2021

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.

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.

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.