[Webinar] Meet the VC: Adam Struck | Struck Capital

August 10, 2022

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Adam Struck

Struck Capital

Meet the VC is a monthly panel event hosted by Escalon and its partners. This month, we had an engaging discussion with ​​Adam Struck of Struck Capital to discuss fundraising, investment thesis, the current investment climate with our partners Pacific Western Bank, Insperity and O’Melveny.

About Adam Struck

Adam is the Founder and Managing Partner at Struck. Before Struck Capital, he was a Co-Founder of Long Island Brand Beverages, a CPG company acquired by Cullen Investments and taken public on the NASDAQ.

Earlier in his career, Adam was an M&A/PE attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, one of the largest law firms in the world. He has also been recognized for his work by Forbe’s 30 Under 30 List for Venture Capital.

Adam graduated from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, and Georgetown Law, and originally hails from South Africa.

About Struck Capital

Struck Capital is an industry-agnostic Seed stage venture capital firm located in Santa Monica, California. The firm is focused on providing founder-first capital for innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Notable investments include Postmates (acquired by Uber), Latch (NASDAQ: LTCH), Mythical Games (valued at $1.25Bn), Apollo.io (valued at $900M), and Sendoso (valued at $650M).

Watch the replay of the event above, or here.

About Escalon

Escalon offers all the essential business services needed to maintain a company. A single, trusted resource for everything from part-time CFO services and HR, to accounting, tax, payroll, and insurance.

Experience the peace of mind of having all your company’s back-office needs running seamlessly in the background. Escalon is centered around the idea of making life easier for serial entrepreneurs and savvy CEO’s.

We’re with you at every stage. Our strategic advice and efficient services in finance & people-related matters enable us to escort early stage companies through transformation into large enterprises or successful exits.

Meet our partners

Pacific Western Bank

At Pacific Western Bank, relationship banking is not the exception, but the rule. For more than two decades, we have helped growing minded and established companies succeed by listening, asking thoughtful questions, and responding with tailored solutions.

Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $40 billion in assets headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with executive offices in Denver, Colorado.

The Bank has 69 full-service branches located in California, with one branch located in Durham, North Carolina, and one branch located in Denver, Colorado. The Bank provides community banking products including lending and comprehensive deposit and treasury management services to small and medium-sized businesses through our California-based branch offices and Denver, Colorado branch office. The Bank offers national lending products including asset-based, equipment, and real estate loans and treasury management services to established middle-market businesses on a national basis. The Bank also offers venture banking products including a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial and venture-backed businesses and their venture capital and private equity investors, with offices located in key innovation hubs across the United States.

https://www.pacwest.com/

Insperity

Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper. Offering the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace, Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need for sustained growth. With 2020 revenues of $4.3 billion and more than 80 offices throughout the U.S., Insperity is currently making a difference in thousands of businesses and communities nationwide.

 

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O'Melveny

O’Melveny, a global law firm with 18 offices, is home to a talented team of more than 750 lawyers who help our clients grow, protect their assets, and navigate the challenges of complex law and regulation. A combination of sophisticated legal and business counseling and impeccable service has made us counsel of choice to an ever-growing list of market leaders, creating opportunities for our people to engage in the most challenging and exciting work. Even better, while we set an incredibly high bar for ourselves, we love what we do and have fun along the way.

https://www.omm.com/