Clay Gordon co-founded Stout Street Capital to bring seed funding to non-coastal markets like Phoenix, Kansas City, and Denver, while building the UNMET conference platform to systematically connect middle-of-the-country startups with 120-200+ venture funds. He runs a high-volume, small-check model with 36 investments in Fund I and 31 in Fund II using roughly $250K checks targeting only 2-3% ownership, focusing on post-revenue companies in niche vertical SaaS markets like software for florists, dental offices, and veterinarians. Clay Gordon co-founded Stout Street Capital to bring seed funding to non-coastal markets like Phoenix, Kansas City, and Denver, while building the UNMET conference platform to systematically connect middle-of-the-country startups with 120-200+ venture funds. He runs a high-volume, small-check model with 36 investments in Fund I and 31 in Fund II using roughly $250K checks targeting only 2-3% ownership, focusing on post-revenue companies in niche vertical SaaS markets like software for florists, dental offices, and veterinarians.