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THE SCALE FAMILY
team
Willy Schlacks is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder & President of
EquipmentShare (worth over $3B).
Willy has founded 5+ companies and has raised $500M+ from top VC firms. He was born and raised in Missouri.
William Schlacks
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Jabbok Schlacks is the Co-Founder & CEO of EquipmentShare (worth over $3B).
Jabbok has founded 4 companies and has raised over $500M from top VC firms. He was born & raised in Missouri.
JABBOK SCHLACKS
Co-Founder, Partner
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Will is a Venture Analyst at Scale and a finance student at Mizzou.
He is a MD with Mizzou's student-run venture fund, AACE. This past summer, Will spent time working for Atento Capital and a VC-backed startup.
He is based in Missouri.
will vanalstine
Venture Analyst
Brett Calhoun is the Managing Director & a Partner at Scale.
Brett has co-founded two fintech startups, early employee at VC-backed Paytient, and has investing experience with pre-seed to seed funds.
He is based in Missouri.
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Managing Director & Partner
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Katie Campbell is a content strategist for Scale & MD student at Mizzou.
She is a writer/editor for academic journals and a published author.
She was born & raised in Missouri, and currently based in Miami.
Katherine campbell
Head of Content
Ty Clarke serves as the MP at Closed Arc Capital and is a EIR at Scale.
Ty sold his first company at 16 years old and has cofounded two venture backed startups as a technical Chief Executive Officer.
He is also based in Missouri.
ty clarke
Entrepreneur In Residence
Our ADVISORS
Co-Founder & CEO
of Zapier ($5B+ valuation).
He is based in Missouri.
Wade foster
Advisor
Head of Partnership & Founding Member at MainStreet.
Dedicated to helping founders in the Midwest.
jackson moses
Advisor
Co-Founder of Calendar.com,
influencer, and Author.
He is based in Missouri.
john hall
Advisor
Jai Malik is the Founder & General Partner of Countdown Capital.
Previously, Jai was an early product hire at two deep tech VC-backed startups (Accrete & Forge.AI) as well as an investor at Rocana Ventures. He is based in Miami.
JAI MALIK
Co-Founder, Advisor
CEO & Co-Founder of
SUMMERSALT (Raised $40M+)
She is based in Missouri.
LORI COULTER
Advisor
Founder of Paytient (Series B stage)
He is based in Missouri.
Founder of Paytient (Series B+ Stage).
He is based in Missouri.