Vijen Patel built Pressbox into the largest dry-cleaning network in the country before selling it to Procter & Gamble and running Tide Cleaners Urban as CEO, and he explains his investing focus through a stat he often repeats: that 19% of the U.S. economy gets about 55% of venture funding, leaving the other 81% overlooked. He also speaks Spanish, which lines up with the hands-on, labor-intensive businesses he ran, and outside of investing he serves on the U.S. Soccer Federation's Development Council and has done mental-health-focused advisory work with Peer Health Exchange in Chicago.