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Chicago Illinois - Denver Colorado - Atlanta Georgia - Houston Texas - Los Angeles California - Madison New York, United States
Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Real Estate (& Construction)
Managing Partner, Co-Head of Growth Equity, Co-Portfolio Manager
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has engaged in alternative investing since its inception in 1984. The firm manages approximately $17.8 billion in alternative investments through partnerships, closed-end funds and offshore funds as of October 31, 2012. The firm engages in Energy Private Equity, Growth Equity and Mezzanine investing. Kayne Anderson has engaged in private energy investing since 1991. The firm manages a series of investment partnerships dedicated to private equity financings for high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. Energy Private Equity target investments are generally $20 million to $100 million, but the firm can arrange larger financings through its extensive network of co-investors. Through a number of funds, Kayne's Growth Private Equity Group has completed numerous deals over the past 15 years with both public and private companies in various forms, including secured debt, convertible preferred and direct equity investments. Kayne Anderson Mezzanine Credit Partners makes investments in middle market companies that have demonstrated an ability to generate stable and measurable cash flows. The firm invests in middle market companies ($100-$500M sales and $10-$50M of EBITDA), with a typical investment size of $10-35M.
San Francisco California - Menlo Park California - Atlanta Georgia, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech)
Managing Director and COO, Accel-KKR
Founded in 2000, Accel-KKR is a technology-focused private equity investment firm founded by venture firm Accel Partners and leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). With over $2.0 billion of capital under management, the firm's target investment size ranges from $10 to $100 million, although Accel-KKR has the ability to take larger or smaller stakes as appropriate. The firm targets investments in companies with annual revenues ranging from $10mm to $200mm. Accel-KKR focuses primarily on three types of transactions: buyouts of divisions, subsidiaries and business units from public companies; acquisitions and recapitalizations of closely-held private companies; and going-private transactions of small public companies. Although Accel-KKR pursues transactions across multiple segments, the firm is specifically active in a wide range of sub-segments, including enterprise and infrastructure software, vertical market application software, technical software, networking software, enterprise computing and data storage, storage networking, data communications, Internet services, business process outsourcing and professional IT services.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Material Science • Investment Management
Managing Director at EPIC Venture Fund
Managing Director at EPIC Venture Fund
Arlington Virginia - Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution)
Partner at LLR Partners
LLR Partners is a private equity firm managing over $2 billion. LLR Partners invests in Business Services, Consumer Services, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Security & Government, and IT Services & Software. The firm provides growth capital for the following situations: Growth, Acquisitions, Buyouts, and Recapitalizations. LLR Partners provides capital to companies that have revenues of $10 million to $150 million, seeking to invest between $15 million and $100 million of equity per transaction. LLR will invest in businesses throughout the country, but the firm's primary geographic focus is the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern United States. LLR is currently investing out of its $800 million 3rd fund.
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Material Science • Investment Management
Managing Director at EPIC Ventures
Managing Director at EPIC Ventures
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • A.I. (& Big Data) • Autonomous vehicles (& Cars)
Investor in tech growth companies; senior tech M&A advisor & trusted board member of several companies
Investor in tech growth companies; senior tech M&A advisor & trusted board member of several companies
Zürich - Kasnacht Switzerland - Vaduz Switzerland, Switzerland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Mobile
Owner, ARMADA Investment AG
Daniel Aegerter is the Founder and serves as Partner at Adurion. He established the company after the successful merger of his enterprise software company Tradex Technologies to Ariba for $5.6 billion dollars in March of 2000. Daniel's first business venture was Dynabit, which was founded in 1988 as an importer and distributor for high-end digital publishing peripherals. He had led the company through 12 years of steady growth and consistent profitability, growing its revenue from 0 to 30 million dollars. Tradex was spun off from DYNABIT in 1996, after Dynabit created its own digital market and decided to sell its software to other market makers. Daniel is credited as a visionary behind digital marketplaces, having recognized early on that the most powerful model to structure B2B Commerce over the internet is through digital marketplaces. He started his career at Swiss Bank Corporation as a management trainee and was involved in both commercial and investment banking. He serves on the Advisory Board of several private companies.
Atlanta Georgia, United States
IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Investment Management • Mobile
General Partner at Noro-Moseley Partners
Alan Taetle serves as General Partner at Noro-Moseley Partners. He joined NMP in 1998 and has focused his investment activities on software and information technology companies. He currently represents NMP on the boards of Clearleap, nCrowd, Salesfusion and Virtustream. Alan was previously a director or observer for several prior NMP investments, including Vocalocity (sold to Vonage Holdings Corp.), Acumen Brands (sold to General Atlantic), SecureWorks (sold to Dell), Adjoined Consulting (sold to Capgemini), OpenSite Technologies (sold to Siebel Systems), CipherTrust (sold to Secure Computing), and PRE Holdings (sold to InComm). Prior to joining NMP, Alan was the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for MindSpring (which merged with EarthLink in 2000). Alan joined MindSpring as its 13th employee in 1995, and oversaw the company's subscriber growth from 4,000 to over 325,000 in just three years. Prior to MindSpring, Alan served in various systems and product management roles with CogniTech Corporation, makers of contact management software; Itochu International, a Japanese trading company; and Electronic Data Systems, a systems integration consulting company. Alan is a previous board member of ChoicePoint, Inc., a NYSE company (acquired by Reed Elsevier in 2008) focused on providing information that helps companies make educated, intelligent choices to reduce risk and fraud. Alan currently serves as Chairman of Venture Atlanta and is the Immediate Past Chair of the Florida Venture Forum. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Georgia Tech College of Computing. He is also a charter member of TiE Atlanta. Alan serves on the Board of Directors of GivingPoint, a nationwide community-based youth development organization. Alan received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Krakow Poland - San Francisco California - California - U.S.A., United States
IT (& TMT) • Education • Gaming (& eSports) • Mobile Apps
CEO & Co-Founder at Silvair, Inc
Rafal Han is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Silvair. He also serves as a Business Advisor at Duckie Deck and Lingapp. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Hanbright. He has a Masters degree in Environmental Science from Jagiellonian University in 1999.
Cremorne Australia - ; Virginia ; Victoria Texas ; Amsterdam Netherlands; Melbourne Victoria Australia; Richmond Virginia United State, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Investment Management
Domenic is co-founder of Future Capital and CEO of ASX listed Crowd Mobile. Domenic was previously the co-founder and Group CEO of ASX-listed destra Corporation Ltd (ASX: DES), which was the largest independent media and entertainment company in Australia with revenues of over $100m. He stepped aside from destra in April 2008. With over 15 years experience in business and technology, Domenic has built a reputation as a leader in the Internet space by building one of Australiaâs largest independent digital music websites, MP3.com.au, and building from scratch, Australiaâs second largest virtual web hosting/domain companies which he sold for $25m. Domenic is past Chairman of the Internet Industry Association (IIA) and holds a Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation (MEI) from Swinburne University.
San Francisco California, Netherlands
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Productivity
Co-Founder and CEO at Apptitude
Co-Founder and CEO at Apptitude
New York, Netherlands
Other • IT (& TMT) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • Logistics (& Distribution) • Material Science
Co-founder / CCO at MatchingWINGS + Co-founder / Business Development at Purpose Investment
Co-founder / CCO at MatchingWINGS + Co-founder / Business Development at Purpose Investment
Subang Jaya - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobile
Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital, a Southeast Asia VC firm partnered with UNWTO
Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital, a Southeast Asia VC firm partnered with UNWTO
Pennsylvania - New York New York - San Francisco California - Philadelphia Pennsylvania - Ne, U.S.A.
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Sean Black is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Knock. He was an Advisor of Correlation Ventures and SeatGeek. He is the Investor and Advisor of Peach. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at SalesCrunch. Prior to this, he co-founded and served as VP, Sales at Trulia, where he was part of the founding team that built Trulia into what is now the second largest consumer real estate site in the US. Prior to Trulia, he served as Vice President, Sales at The Corcoran Group, the large real estate firm in New York. In 2000, he founded online auto insurance portal Everymile.com while in business school. In 1999, he sold his first business Europro, a $3.5M nutrition supplement company in Europe. Between 1997 and 1999, he developed new business and investment opportunities for the Franciscans at the Vatican in Rome. He received his MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship from Babson College. His business plan for Everymile was one of five out of 20 to be awarded office space in the Babson business hatchery. He received his Bachelors in Business from The Pennsylvania State University.
Austin Texas - Europe - Pennsylvania ; Lawrence Pennsylvania - U.S.A., U.S.A.
IT (& TMT) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
Joel Trammell serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Black Box. He is also the Founder & serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Khorus Software. He also has been a Managing Partner of Lone Rock Technology Group, a private equity firm, since 2011, and a Managing Partner of Lake Austin Advisors, a hedge fund, since 2013. He was a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of CacheIQ, Inc., a network computing company, from June 2010 until it was acquired by NetApp, Inc. in November 2012. Previously, he was a founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer of NetQoS, Inc., a network management software and services company, from June 2000 to November 2009. Trammell has significant experience in the technology and computer networking sphere and served as the chief executive officer for two (2) startup technology companies which grew to significant size prior to successful exit transactions. He brings to the Board broad experience in management, operations, strategic growth and sales. His service on the boards of other technology-based companies and his experience in the industry allows him to provide valuable insight to Black Box Board with respect to industry practices and the challenges and risks facing the Company. He also serves as Board Member at CM First Group, iGrafx and Packet Design.
Rhode Island - - U.S.A., United States
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Entertainment (& Sports) • Investment Management • Mobile • Online Social • Consumer
CEO of PSG
Mark Hastings is head of the U.S. Merchant Bank. The merchant bank is the private equity arm of Garvin Hill Captial Fund. The merchant bank's investment focus is closely aligned with Garvin Hill Capital Fund's investment banking industry groups including technology/media, healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrial.
Prior to joining Garvin Hill Captial Fund, Mark was a General Partner at BCI Partners, a private equity firm, with USD$800 million under management.
Prior to that Mark spent several years at Edison Ventures.
Present and prior investments include: Adaytum Software (acquired by Cognos), CashEdge, Corillian (Nasdaq: CORI), Data Labs (acquired by Lucent), Fuelquest, RenewData, Seisint (acquired by LexisNexis, member of Reed Elsevier Group plc), Telelogic (TLOG), Tylink (acquired by Sync Research), Viewlocity (acquired by Synquest), Verid, Visual Networks (Nasdaq: VNWK) and Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce).
Mark is a graduate of the Bachelor of Arts in Economics program at Colorado College and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Cambridge England United Kingdom - United Kingdom - U.K., United Kingdom
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Gaming (& eSports)
Advisor, Investor, Consultant and Mentor - Digital Entertainment and Technology
Rob Precious is the Founder at Incubyte. Precious previously held VP and Director roles at Geomerics and ARM respectively. He is an Angel Investor. He is now an Investor and Advisor to a number of exciting, technology start-ups providing gaming based technology solutions to wider enterprise. These include PlayCanvas, Wrnch, Fantasy Festival, Mantle Technologies and tpoint solutions. He is an Advisory Board Member for the seed fund and venture capital provider, Mercia Technologies plc and a Business Mentor and Advisor at MassChallenge where he originally met and mentored the 2015 London cohort Diamond Award winning team, Mantle Technologies.
Milan Italy - Italy, Italy
IT (& TMT) • Education • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Food & Beverage
CEO & Co-founder Impactscool, Social Entrepreneur spreading reflection on the Future and Ethics of Emerging Technologies
Cristina Pozzi is an angel investor. She was the Co-Founder of Wish Days and also served as its General Manager and Board Member.
Reading Uk England United Kingdom - United Kingdom - England United Kingdom - U.K., United Kingdom
IT (& TMT) • Insurance (& InsurTech)
#Digital #SAAS #Entrepreneur #Purpose #ESG #Investor #Scaleup #Growth #Chair #Coach
Leuw serves as the chairman uf Clearswift. Prior to joining the Clearswift Board, Martin served as Group CEO of IRIS from 2001-2011, leading its growth from revenues of 9m to over 120m p.a. During this period, IRIS grew from an enterprise value of 30m to over 500m to become one of the UK's largest private software houses, with market leading positions in a number of sectors and circa 60,000 business customers. Martin has a BSc (Hons) in Management Science from Manchester University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. He also serves as a Non-Executive Chairman at Leathwaite. Martin Leuw is the Founder of Growth4Good. He also serves as Chairman of the Board at Latimer Group. He is also an angel investor.