Bill Powell is an experienced investor and entrepreneur focused on early-stage startups. He is a Managing Director at Black Lab X based in Boulder, Colorado. BLX is a venture ecosystem dedicated to entrepreneurs addressing problems around “the human” using first principles thinking. Investment themes include vitality, consciousness, community, and the environment. Before joining BLX, he was a Managing Director with Stadia Ventures, a global sports tech accelerator & early-stage venture fund, where he remains on the board. Previously, he was Director of International Private Equity at AMG National Trust Bank with responsibility for management of international private equity and renewable energy funds. Prior to that he was active in several technology startups in Stockholm, Sweden. He began his career in 1993 at Deutsche Bank North America in New York City. Bill holds bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and French from Kenyon College; a MA in French from Middlebury College; and Intl. MBA and MS Finance degrees from the University of Denver. He has been an Executive in Residence for DU since 2019, and in 2020, he became an adjunct professor at the Daniels College of Business. When not busy with startups you can find him volunteering on nonprofit boards or hiking, fly-fishing & playing tennis with his family and friends.
