Tim Connors brings a rare engineering background to venture investing, having designed Tandem's Everest servers, helped build C-Cube into a public company, and earned three patents, which shapes how he digs into the technical substance behind a company rather than just its market pitch. He also stands out for framing his role as coaching more than funding, saying 95 percent of his value comes from coaching founders early on, and for building his investment approach around his Catholic faith and Pope Benedict XVI's Caritas in Veritate, aiming to back companies that fix broken systems like food access or banking while staying true to what he calls his moral compass.