Meet Our Sponsors

  • Jon Kling

    Jon Kling is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Municipal Acquisitions and leads all of the firm’s investment and strategy initiatives. Mr. Kling has nearly 30 years of real estate, investment banking, and principal investment experience. Mr. Kling earned a B.A. from Tulane University and an M.S. in Real Estate with a concentration in Institutional Real Estate Portfolio Management from Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Dean’s Advisory Council, the Johns Hopkins Real Estate and Infrastructure Advisory Board, and the Corporate Advisory Council of Children’s National. He is active in numerous professional organizations, such as Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and has lectured on real estate finance at the graduate level.

  • Municipal Acquisitions

    Municipal Acquisitions is a private real estate investment firm based in Washington, DC. With over $450 million in our current portfolio, they are an established and reliable investor with a demonstrated record of successfully closing transactions that meet our programmatic parameters. To date, more than fifty of the world’s most respected insurance companies, pension and retirement funds, mutual funds, and family offices have co-invested in their transactions.

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  • Josh Ambrose

    Director of Student Ventures at The Johns Hopkins University

    Josh oversees all FFU initiatives facilitating JHU’s student hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. With a diverse background in higher-education administration, he works with the rest of the team to accelerate ventures that create change and expand opportunity in Baltimore…and beyond! He likes talking with ventures at every level of starting up and will work diligently to help make the connections to ensure the next level of success.

  • The Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship

    The Pava Center at Johns Hopkins empowers students, alumni, and community innovators to build impactful and sustainable ventures. Rooted in Baltimore with a global outlook, the center connects founders with the resources, mentorship, and funding needed to turn ideas into lasting change. Through co-working spaces, accelerators, and hands-on support, the center fosters a dynamic ecosystem where innovation thrives.

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HopStone Capital

HopStone Capital aims to provide Hopkins students with an immersive experience in the world of venture capital. Students conduct diligence and analysis on prospective deals, make investment decisions, and contribute materially to portfolio companies post-investment.

HopStone empowers early-stage and venture aspiring businesses within the Johns Hopkins community. In the form of non-dilutive grants, they offer valuable funding to founders diluting any of their equity. HopStone looks to assist founders post-investment through connections, workshops, and mentorship.