Building a better world

Camden James Weis is an entrepreneur, technologist, investor, and advisor whose career has spanned technology incubation, frontier software, textiles, regenerative agriculture, and wellness. He is the Founder & Managing Partner of Camden James Ventures, a private venture holding company that builds and backs companies applying practical innovation to real-world problems. Camden’s work centers on spotting early inflection points and orchestrating the talent, capital, and strategy required to commercialize complex opportunities.

A North Carolina native, Camden launched his first venture in high school — an e-commerce apparel company that earned regional media coverage and sparked his early interest in entrepreneurship. While attending business school at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, he was on the founding team of tekMountain, the technology incubator that played a key role in Wilmington’s emergence as a globally recognized startup hub. tekMountain supported hundreds of coworkers and dozens of early-stage companies, helping lay the foundation for the region’s growing innovation economy. During this time, Camden also cofounded and scaled a custom-apparel platform with national production partners and a student sales force across more than 20 college campuses.

He went on to lead digital-transformation initiatives at DAS, an IBM Partner, overseeing modernization efforts across healthcare, education, finance, and public infrastructure — experience that shaped his systems-driven approach to solution architecture, capital alignment, and multi-stakeholder execution.

Since shifting full-time into venture building, Camden has advised and invested in companies including OpiAID (AI-driven substance-abuse treatment) and Skillmaker (AI + XR workforce development), underscoring his focus on applied innovation that strengthens human capability. He has been early to multiple innovation cycles — from coworking, to blockchain and open-source infrastructure, to modern AI and frontier software — and was also early in recognizing regenerative agriculture and wellness as foundational systems for long-term societal resilience.

Camden’s network spans founders, industry leaders, engineers, and operators across AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, next-generation infrastructure, agriculture, and health and wellness, providing unique access to multidisciplinary expertise and a highly sought-after ecosystem of collaborators.

Alongside his work in technology, Camden applies the same systems-focused mindset to regenerative agriculture and wellness. He is a Partner at Painted Quarters, a regenerative ranch in Florida focused on producing nutrient-dense animal products, and the Chairman of the Grazed Foundation, a nonprofit designing scalable models for land restoration and food security. These efforts reflect his belief that resilient societies depend not only on technological innovation but also on healthy ecosystems and human well-being.

Known for his behind-the-scenes role in driving high-stakes outcomes, Camden builds companies, platforms, and ecosystems that create enduring economic, technological, and ecological value — bridging the gap between where industries stand today and where they need to go next.