Cliff Holekamp

Cliff Holekamp is the Cofounder & Managing Director of Cultivation Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Cliff was the Founder and President of Foot Healers (sold to private equity in 2007). He was also the Professor of Practice and Academic Director for Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis where he was named one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurship Professors in the World and where he led the entrepreneurship program from its infancy to being ranked #1 in the world (Inc. Magazine, 2019 & 2020). His nonprofit board service includes at SC Launch at the South Carolina Research Authority, Venture for America, and the Saint Louis Zoo. Cliff holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees, and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis where he currently serves on the National Council for entrepreneurship