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Mark Strauss
Mark Strauss is the co-founder and CEO of WaveAerospace, a Stratford, Connecticut drone manufacturer building unmanned aircraft engineered to fly in the wind, rain and snow that ground everyone else. A Yale chemistry graduate, airplane racer and pilot who flew before he could legally drive, Strauss teamed with aerospace engineer Steve Bofill to design a new class of all-weather UAS - from the wind-beating Falcon II to the 300-mph Huntress turbojet - sold to police, emergency services, militaries and foreign governments including Ecuador. The company closed an oversubscribed Series A in 2023 at a $40 million pre-money valuation.
Will Stratton
Will Stratton is the Chief Business Officer and Head of Strategy and Planning at Autobahn Therapeutics, a San Diego biotech building brain-targeting small molecules for neuropsychiatric and neuroimmunologic disorders. A Yale chemist turned Wharton-trained dealmaker, he helped steer the company's oversubscribed $100 million Series C in 2024 and runs the corporate strategy behind a pipeline led by ABX-002, a thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for depression.