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Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk is een adviesbureau voor marketing3.0 strategieën, concepten en toepassingen. Elke dag staat bij Kittyhawk in het teken van Make Change Happen.
Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk is een adviesbureau voor marketing3.0 strategieën, concepten en toepassingen. Elke dag staat bij Kittyhawk in het teken van Make Change Happen. Wij adviseren en begeleiden daarom merken en organisaties in de transformatie naar een social company door hen te verbinden met hun stakeholders.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2015
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Los Angeles
Corporate office
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Principals
Will Weisman
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is the KittyHawk Nasdaq Top 20 strategy?
It is a vintage-based private-market secondaries product created in partnership with Nasdaq and Nasdaq Private Market. The strategy is designed to provide systematic exposure to leading late-stage private companies. Kittyhawk developed it as a parallel track to its early-stage frontier funds, enabling the firm to operate across the innovation lifecycle.
How does Kittyhawk source its early-stage investments?
The firm operates primarily through trusted source relationships rather than open applications. Its founder, Will Weisman, draws on a network formed during his tenure as Executive Director of Singularity University. The firm states on its website that the best way to reach it is through a mutual friend or acquaintance.
What sectors does Kittyhawk target for seed investments?
Kittyhawk explicitly names healthcare and longevity, robotics and advanced materials, Web3, AI and quantum computing, energy, and aerospace. The firm describes its mandate as frontier or deep tech investing. It looks for companies with the potential for massive economic value and global positive impact.
Does Kittyhawk operate as a family office or a venture capital firm?
Kittyhawk describes itself as a multi-stage investment platform and a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, not a family office. All disclosed capital operates through institutional fund structures. No single-family wealth origin is publicly identified.
Who makes investment decisions at Kittyhawk?
Will Weisman founded the firm and is its public-facing lead; the website notes that the team consists of leaders from technology, industry, finance, and operations. No additional named investment partners or investment committee structure is publicly disclosed.
How is Kittyhawk related to Singularity University?
Kittyhawk was founded while Will Weisman served as Executive Director of Singularity University at the NASA Ames Research Park in Silicon Valley. The firm's origin at Singularity University shaped its focus on exponential technologies, though Kittyhawk is now a separate entity based in Los Angeles with no ongoing governance link disclosed.
Is Kittyhawk an active secondaries buyer in the late-stage private market?
Yes, through the KittyHawk Nasdaq Top 20 strategy the firm has a structured vehicle dedicated to acquiring secondaries positions in late-stage private companies. This is run in partnership with Nasdaq Private Market, giving the firm a distinct institutional access point for pre-IPO exposure.
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