| Key | Value |
| Age | ~36 (BA 2011) |
| Alternative | Henry Kaestner introduction — Kaestner is Firman's co-founder at Kaleo Ventures. Any Kaestner relationship automatically bridges to Firman. |
| Attio | https://app.attio.com/day-7-public-benefit-corporation/person/2c79166d-fdc7-4b95-9cac-7d90eff88120 |
| Best Path | Direct outreach — Dallas local. Carter connects on LinkedIn with a personal note referencing shared geography, faith-driven investing, and the FDI community. Firman is highly accessible for a local fa |
| Capital Behavior | Deploys modest checks early; value is through fund deployment AND massive network access |
| Capital capacity | - Kaleo Ventures fund size: Undisclosed (likely $10-30M based on pre-seed/seed focus and 90+ company portfolio) |
| Certifications | Series 7, Series 66, Advanced Open Water Diver |
| Check Size | Likely $50K–$500K per company |
| Cluster | Funds-VC |
| Command Center | Active |
| Communication preferences | - Structured and professional (CFA/J.P. Morgan background) |
| Community and mentorship | Kaleo provides peer community and mentorship, not just capital |
| Company/Organization | Kaleo Ventures |
| Compiled | Session 1289 (2026-06-02) \ | Classification: Internal BD intelligence — public-source only |
| Completeness | 80% — professional journey richly sourced; faith integration deeply documented; personal details adequate; Africa thesis well-articulated |
| Composite Score | 85.0/100 |
| Confidence | HIGH (multiple institutional sources cross-verified; public profiles consistent) |
| Contact information | - Website: kaleo.vc |
| Coverage | 80 (upgraded from 5) \ | Session: S1328 \ | Date: 2026-06-14 |
| Dallas office | Exact address not public, but Dallas TX confirmed |
| Data Status | RICH (14,775 bytes across sources) |
| Decision-making style | Analytical Steward. Firman is a CFA with J.P. Morgan training — he thinks in frameworks, due diligence checklists, and risk-adjusted returns. But he ALSO thinks in Kingdom impact. Both lenses must be |
| Direct AI posture | Unknown — needs verification. Firman's published work and Kaleo's portfolio focus on African tech broadly (logistics, fintech, agriculture tech, enterprise applications) rather than AI specifically. H |
| Direct professional network | - Henry Kaestner — Co-founder of Kaleo; Co-founder of Faith Driven Investor/Entrepreneur; Co-founder of Sovereign's Capital ($780M+ AUM). THE key bridge relationship. |
| Direct? | No |
| Domain | Business & Enterprise |
| Dossier | planning/wave3-dossiers/andrew-firman.md |
| Ecosystem connections (through FDI/Kaleo) | - Faith Driven Investor community — 18K+ entrepreneurs globally |
| Education | BA Economics, Colorado State University (2011); CFA Charterholder (2017); Series 66, Series 7 |
| External sources (verified 2025-2026) | - kaleo.vc — official Kaleo Ventures website |
| Fact count | 18 sourced facts |
| Faith Driven Investor profile | faithdriveninvestor.org/andrew-firman/ |
| Faith Driven Investor/Entrepreneur events | Kaleo team attends FDE conferences annually. Carter could attend and meet Firman in person. |
| Faith profile | Andrew Firman is a deeply committed evangelical Christian whose faith is not merely personal but vocational. He writes for Radical.net (David Platt's ministry) on "How Our Vocation is Part of the Grea |
| Fallbacks | 1. Henry Kaestner introduction (co-founder of Kaleo; if Kaestner path opens first, reverse-bridge) |
| Family | Wife Anne, two daughters |
| First Call | Bill Hane |
| Full Name | Andrew Firman, CFA |
| Full name | Andrew Firman |
| Fund Size (Kaleo) | Undisclosed; likely $10–30M based on pre-seed/seed focus and 90+ company portfolio |
| Gatekeeper | Low — accessible, public-facing, Dallas-based. Direct approach appropriate. |
| Generated | 2026-06-15 |
| Geography | Africa-focused (Sub-Saharan); potential mismatch with Genesis US base |
| Global flourishing through empowerment | Kaleo funds African entrepreneurs — not charity, but dignity-preserving investment |
| Harvest | planning/harvest/genesis-outreach-andrew-firman.md |
| Henry Kaestner introduction | If Genesis establishes contact with Kaestner first (through FDI events, Sovereign's Capital, or The Gathering), Firman follows immediately. |
| How to Reach: Primary | In-person meeting in Dallas. Same city — 30-minute drive. Direct LinkedIn outreach with faith-forward language is appropriate; he's accessible and public-facing. |
| How to speak his language | - Lead with the faith-driven founding story (Carter's calling, Kingdom principles) |
| Hub | planning/command-center/27-andrew-firman.md |
| Indirect alignment | - Kaleo's thesis ("faith-aligned founders building technology") is EXACTLY what Genesis is |
| Internal Genesis sources | - war-room/WAR_ROOM_MASTER_DATA.json — Andrew Firman record (T3, alignment 82, funds-vc cluster) |
| Investment criteria (how he evaluates) | 1. Is this founder faith-aligned? (Non-negotiable filter) |
| Investment profile | - Stage: Pre-seed and Seed (earliest stage — Genesis's current position) |
| Key strategic value | 1. BRIDGE TO HENRY KAESTNER — Firman's co-founder is the single most connected person in Christian capital |
| Key theological conviction | Work and investing are part of the Great Commission. Capital deployment to faith-aligned founders is missions. This is not "faith-flavored finance" — it is finance AS faith expression. |
| Link | https://andrew-firman.myday7.com |
| LinkedIn | Andrew Firman, CFA |
| Location | Dallas, Texas (formerly Dubai, UAE for 4 years) |
| Marketplace as mission field | "Kaleo" means "called" in Greek — the firm name IS a theological statement |
| Meeting format | Professional and prepared. He will expect: |
| Mined by | C3 window, S1334 LAST RUN |
| Motivators | - Seeing faith-driven founders succeed and scale |
| One-line read | A CFA-credentialed faith-driven VC in Dallas who is ONE degree from the entire Faith Driven Investor ecosystem via his co-founder Henry Kaestner — the single most important human bridge node in Christ |
| Path Cost | 12.0 |
| Personal Net Worth | ~$2–5M (estimated; VC professional, not ultra-HNW) |
| Personalized site | https://andrew-firman.myday7.com |
| Phase 1 — Local warm introduction (this week) | - Carter connects on LinkedIn with a personal note: faith-driven founder in Dallas building sovereign AI for human flourishing |
| Phase 2 — In-person meeting (within 2 weeks) | - Meet in Dallas (coffee, Firman's office, or a mutual faith-business event) |
| Phase 3 — Network activation (within 30 days) | - Firman introduces to Henry Kaestner (if the meeting goes well, this is near-automatic) |
| Phase 4 — Formal raise (within 60 days) | - After Kaestner/FDI validation, approach Sovereign's Capital VC arm formally |
| Philanthropy | Expressed through his investing practice rather than traditional charitable giving. The firm itself is the philanthropic vehicle — deploying capital for both financial returns AND Kingdom impact. |
| Portfolio | 90+ early-stage tech companies (14+ directly via Kaleo per Tracxn) |
| Portfolio companies (representative) | - Chowdeck ($15M Series A, Aug 2025) — food delivery, Nigeria |
| Previous Roles | Principal, Sovereign's Capital; Director, Faith Driven Investor; Co-Founder, Melior Capital; Partner, Heirloom Investment Management; VP, J.P. Morgan; Investment Specialist, Global Investment Bank Lim |
| Primary | In-person meeting in Dallas. Same city — 30-minute drive. Direct LinkedIn outreach with faith-forward language is appropriate; he's accessible and public-facing. |
| Primary Role | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Kaleo Ventures (since 2022) |
| Primary paths (ranked by effectiveness) | 1. Direct outreach — Dallas local: Firman lives in Dallas. A direct LinkedIn message or email referencing Faith Driven Investor community membership would be natural. Frame: "Fellow Dallas-based, |
| Profile | war-room/profiles/andrew-firman.md |
| Radical.net/church network | Firman is connected to Radical (David Platt's ministry) — any shared church connections in Dallas could warm the path. |
| Rank | ~2003 (DATA-THIN tail) \ | Tier: Network → UPGRADE CANDIDATE (Top-300) \ | Domain: Faith Capital & Venture |