When Founders, Funders, and Investors Align: Solving Public Problems at Scale

For early-stage entrepreneurs working on society’s most complex challenges, scale takes more than a strong product or compelling vision—it requires partners who understand systems, incentives, and the realities of the public sector.

Join Kumar Garg, President of Renaissance Philanthropy, in conversation with Tiffany Taylor, President of the ASU+GSV Summit, for a candid discussion on how successful founders and investors work alongside philanthropic partners to unlock scale. Together, they’ll explore how catalytic capital, public-private collaboration, and systems-level thinking can help entrepreneurs move faster, navigate public-sector complexity, and build solutions that deliver durable, real-world impact.

This conversation is part of the ASU+GSV Summit Startup Academy, presented by Cooley—a webinar series designed to support early-stage EdTech entrepreneurs across PreK to Gray. Startup Academy brings industry leaders into honest, practical conversations about what it really takes to build, fund, and scale impactful companies, with insights across growth, fundraising, product, and people.

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