Lindsay Karas Stencel is a Senior Partner at Thompson Hine LLP in the New Ventures group in where she focuses on assisting venture capital firms with formation and investments and increasing capital access for entrepreneurs throughout Upstate NY and the Midwest. Representing venture firms and startups nationwide, she also chairs the firm’s Fund Formation practice group, where she oversees private fund formation for clients in 49 states. Lindsay is also a 6-time general partner of venture funds in Ohio and New York, investing more than $100m over 20 years, having exited multiple billion dollar companies. She also serves as an adjunct law professor teaching Venture Capital and Dealmaking at THE Ohio State University School of Law.
