Srikant Vasan brings an unusual combination of hands-on scaling experience as a founder who built and exited two venture-backed companies (KBkids/eToys and StorePerform) and deep philanthropic investing background from his time as Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation and founding President of a nonprofit college designed to help low-income Americans earn degrees without debt. At Avesta Fund, he has built a curated network of 60+ global corporations called Avesta Nexus to connect early-stage climate startups with large enterprises for pilots and partnerships, while implementing structured decision-making processes like designated devil's advocate roles and halt mechanisms to reduce cognitive bias in seed-stage investing. Srikant Vasan brings an unusual combination of hands-on scaling experience as a founder who built and exited two venture-backed companies (KBkids/eToys and StorePerform) and deep philanthropic investing background from his time as Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation and founding President of a nonprofit college designed to help low-income Americans earn degrees without debt. At Avesta Fund, he has built a curated network of 60+ global corporations called Avesta Nexus to connect early-stage climate startups with large enterprises for pilots and partnerships, while implementing structured decision-making processes like designated devil's advocate roles and halt mechanisms to reduce cognitive bias in seed-stage investing.