Phillip J. Pipkins is founding partner at Prospeq, LP. He has over 8 years of banking and product experience in his career as Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank. He specializes in early stage investing, lending and deal sourcing having grown his portfolio to include the fastest growing startups and investors in the southwest. As a technology leader, he has led the banks digital transformation and development of several enterprise fintech applications. He sits on the advisory board of ASU’s TEM school and Vencapital which is a VC accelerator focusing on underrepresented fund managers. Phillip graduated from ASU in 2012 and is based in Phoenix, AZ.