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Jason Mendelson (jasonmendelson@gmail.com, @jasonmendelson) is a former venture capitalist, co-founder of a technology company, lawyer, and a software engineer.

Jason is a founding partner of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado–based venture capital firm that focuses on making technology investments and identifying and supporting the next generation of venture fund managers.

In addition, Jason is a co-founder of the startup SRS Acquiom and was a managing director and general counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley LLP. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture.

Now Jason spends his time as an up-and-coming musician (under his stage name Jace Allen) and author. Jason also is involved in several criminal justice reform initiatives.

Jason is a co-founder of Breakthrough and is on the board of the Leeds Business School at University of Colorado. Jason holds a B.A. in Economics and a J.D., both from the University of Michigan.

Alex Paul (alex@wealthgatetrust.com) is a lawyer-entrepreneur reimagining wealth management and philanthropy for himself and others.

Alex founded Wealthgate Trust Company (a Nevada-registered trust company) and Wealthgate Family Office (a SEC-registered investment advisor in Boulder, Colorado) to provide bespoke trust administration and independent investment management solutions for ultra-high-net-worth families seeking to protect and sustain generational wealth so they may achieve their financial and philanthropic goals over decades and generations.

Inspired to redefine how philanthropy is implemented in family offices, Alex co-founded Giving Place, a technological solution that navigates the challenges of large-scale family philanthropy. Giving Place harnesses technology to generate transparency, efficiency, and measurable impact for philanthropic families.

Alex is also treasurer/director of LENA, an operating nonprofit that seeks to close the gap between haves and have nots by using technology to improve early childhood language development.

Having managed the Boulder, Colorado, office of Harrison & Held, he is now of counsel. His practice focused on estate planning, charitable giving, technology, and other business matters. He previously served as outside corporate counsel for Renaissance Learning, a public K-12 educational software company. Alex holds a B.A. from Lawrence University and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, and has served on the NU Law Board since 2004. After graduating from NU Law, he served as Judicial Clerk to Justice Jon P. Wilcox of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and entered private practice in Wisconsin before moving to Colorado in 2003.