Venture Capitalist: family (friends) | exploration | structure (security) | money | teaching/learningBenjamin Funk, PhD, is the CIO of Sentinel Capital Management with over 20 years experience developing investment strategies. Ben has managed most established asset classes and components of growth centric portfolios for family offices and institutional investors around the world. Ben structures arrays of diversified holdings with elegance - both liquid and illiquid - with proprietary tools built on data science and proprietary technology.Dr. Funk is passionate. His curiosity and thirst for exploration is fundamental to his deployment of innovative investment strategies. Apt parsimony is utilised wherever and whenever possible to exponentially accelerate return cycles as technological shifts transform the global landscape. Leveraging expertise from hedge funds, Funk helps private equity investors better navigate these open and expanding markets to achieve their investment goals.Ben has a long and proud history of successfully accessing investments for investors with high risk-adjusted returns. He focuses like a laser beam with belief that the only "real price" is the price whereby arms length investors shake hands, transfer assets, for cash (KBC and KBY, wire transfer, cleared) and exchange ownership.Ben co-founded and build a start-up asset manager with rapid AUM Growth from $24 million to over $7 billion of assets in under 10 Years. He actively managed investment teams and operations spanning three continents and eight countries.Funk was named a "Rising Star” by Institutional Investor noting his use of innovative tools and portfolio reallocation skills for the advantage of a growing investor base. He has deep experience managing public and private market investments. He is a contributor to the financial press and has served as a Visiting Lecturer of Economics at DePaul University. Early in his career, Ben was at Morgan Stanley during the proliferation of TMT and the expansion of hedge funds after completing his EMBA. Funk arbited hand signals on the CBOT - a method now extinct he hasn't forgotten. Clerked on floor of the NYSE during his BA. Ben's first paid job was field work at the age of 12.Ben has a Doctorate and Master of Research from London Business School focused on Operations, Technology, and Finance; an EMBA from Stockholm University; and a BA from Purdue University. As Dr. Funk, he is cited in industry news and has published in rigorous academic journals. Ben has been a contributing Fellow of the Aspen Institute.