- Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravis (born January 6 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States) is an American business financier and investor, notable for co-founding and heading the leading private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). With an estimated current net worth of around $3 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 107th richest person in the world.
- jesse lawrence
- John Luongo
JOHN LUONGO | Venture Partner john@opuscapital.com John Luongo brings more than 30 years of chief executive and senior operating experience to Opus Capital. John was President, CEO and Chairman of Vantive Corporation, a Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners investment that went public prior to its acquisition by PeopleSoft (now Oracle Corporation). Previously, John was Senior Vice President of the International Division at Oracle, where he had worked since its early stages.
- Todd Goergen
Todd Goergen Managing Partner, Ropart Asset Management Funds Todd is founder and Managing Partner of the Ropart Asset Management Funds. He started his career in Mergers and Acquisitions at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette (1994 to 1999). After leaving DLJ, Todd became Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:BTH), a leading global designer and marketer of home decorative and fragranced products.
- Eric Tveter
Eric Tveter , Chairman of the Board Mr. Tveter brings to SightSpeed more than 24 years of experience in cable television, Internet ventures, and wireline and wireless telecommunications services ventures. Tveter was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer of Telewest Global, a major broadband communications and media group based in the UK. While at Telewest, Tveter spearheaded the company's turnaround prior to its recent merger with NTL.
- John Levy
Mr. Levy leads the firm's investments in the technology sector. He has worked at the intersection of technology and finance for more than 25 years and was a partner in the Shalom Equity Fund. Prior to Shalom, Mr. Levy served as founding CEO of ePlanet, a computer vision company sponsored by Interval Research and Intel Corp. Before that he was a general partner of Ariel Securities Corp., an NASD-licensed broker/dealer specializing in venture capital and media-based investments.
- Fred Wilson
- John Lambrech
John Lambrech joined Canaan in 1995 and has held a number of positions during his tenure with the firm. As Director of Finance, John is responsible for a full spectrum of the Canaan's finance, accounting and investor relations initiatives. In addition, John has co-led the development of several custom IT system solutions utilized for Limited Partner reporting and communications, investment benchmarking and financial and operational administration.
- Donna Usiskin
Donna has over 15 years experience in sales and marketing in the software industry. Donna was Vice President of Sales, North America, for Connextive, an integration software company providing Business Process Management solutions and exited Edison investment. Donna was Regional Sales Manager for Princeton Softech, an enterprise database management solutions company.
- Ross Goldstein
Ross H. Goldstein is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures based in New York City.
- Brett Hickey
Small business Private Equity investors who also provide investment banking advisory services. In addition to the typical technology, e-commerce and business services companies we invest in, we also provide financing to major film producers and studios. On the small business investing side or our business, we provide debt and equity capital to growing businesses seeking to build value through internal expansion, R&D and strategic acquisitions. We also have an affiliated broker/dealer . . .
- Adam R. Fisher
Adam Fisher General Partner Bessemer Adam Fisher joined Bessemer in 2007 as a Partner. Based in the Larchmont office, he focuses on the firm’s Israel-related investments in both the U.S. and Israel.
- Edward Ted Acworth
Dr. Edward Acworth Dr. Acworth is currently research director at the Cambridge-MIT Institute, a joint venture between MIT and Cambridge University. At CMI Dr. Acworth manages $90M of investments in the advanced technology research portfolio. Previously, Dr. Acworth co-founded Brontes Technologies a venture-backed MIT spinout to bring an FDA approved medical device to market. He contributed to hardware development, product development, market research and business planning.
- Skip Besthoff
Skip Besthoff Principal Rho Ventures Prior to joining Rho in 2000, Skip was with Alliance Consulting Group focusing primarily on growth strategy formulation and e-commerce. Previously, he spent five years with Andersen Consulting performing large-scale systems integration and process reengineering engagements. Skip received an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
- Lisa Anastos
- Orlando Mendoza
Orlando Mendoza Associate Lawrenceville, NJ orlando@edisonventure.com
- Thomas Sternweis
Thomas Sternweis Thomas Sternweis , Investment Analyst. In his role at Brookstone Partners, Mr. Sternweis is responsible for evaluating prospective investments and working closely with portfolio companies on strategic initiatives.
- Daniel Ilundain
Daniel Ilundain Mr. Ilundain joined Palladium in 2005 as a vice president. Prior to Palladium, he was an investment manager in BBVA Proyectos Empresariales, the private equity division of BBVA. Previously, he was an associate in the corporate finance and business development areas in the venture capital division of BBVA.
- Michael Adams
Michael Adams Lone Star Ventures top management is rounded out by Michael Adams as Managing Director. Michael has spent over 10 years in Russia and the CIS working in private equity and operating positions with Fortune 200 companies. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Russian Studies from Haverford College, an MBA in International Finance from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, and is a CFA Charterholder.
- Charlie Federman
- Lawrence Haddock
- Ann Leamon
Ann Leamon handles corporate communications for BVP. She joined the firm in 2001.
- Tiran Kiremidjian
Tiran Kiremidjian Chief Operations Officer Mr. Kiremidjian, Chief Operations Officer, joined Condo.com, (formerly US Condo Exchange), in 2006 and is responsible for the Company’s operations, financial planning and corporate development. Previously Mr. Kiremidjian was Vice President of Development at SignalOne Media Corporation where he developed corporate strategy and raised start-up capital for new media business initiatives in the Middle East.
- Alex Mashinsky
founded Venturifx, Arbinet-Thexchange, Elematics, Qwireless, Comgates, QLimo. Raised over $200m from leading VC & strategic investors. Investor in over 20 companies including goodcontacts, Aptas, Javelin, Migo. See www.mashinsky.com for more details
- Bill Bridgers
William D. Bridgers | E. Michael Forgash, Jr. | H. Donald Perkins, Jr. William D. Bridgers. Bill Bridgers is a Managing Partner and founding member of Zon Capital Partners. Bill's twenty plus years of business experience includes many years as a management consultant with a focus on telecommunications and large application development, before successfully transitioning to early stage private equity more than a decade ago.
- Alessandro Piol
- Hugh Cullman
Hugh Cullman , Business Development Principal, SAVP Prior to joining SAVP in early 2004, Hugh was a Managing Director at Spencer Trask Ventures, where he assisted in the formation of a special unit to handle institutional investments. Later, Hugh managed key relationships within the institutional investor unit, such as Intel Capital and Corning Innovation Ventures. Between 1988 and 2000, Hugh was a Vice President at Bankers Trust.
- Carl Branco
VENTURE ADVISOR; Business angel and venture advisor with experience in technology and operations within the financial sector, supporting established enterprises and technology startups on the definition and execution of critical stages of their business plan: due diligence, product and technology roadmap, risk and control analysis, business development, international expansion. Recent focus has been on enterprise-wide risk management, social media and interaction, and large scale web . . .
- Karim Herdsman PHR
Over 6 yrs of progressive Human Resources experience working in complex organization infrastructures. Function as an organizational development strategist and tactical expert in various Human Resources projects. Familiar with employment laws, regulatory agencies, and issues i.e. FMLA, OSHA, EEO, and ADA. Experience in utilizing interpersonal and communication skills to achieve cost reduction and sourcing objectives. Strong, positive, and energetic force in the implementation of strategy . . .
- Neal Lachman Neal At Nslhi.Com
MY NEW BLOG: www.investorworld.wordpress.com; UPDATE: FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2007; - We are dissolving 21 century Venture capital, LLC. Its successor (to be announced) will have a Private Equite structure and modus operandi. I am the designate-Chairman/CEO, taking charge mid-January 2007. The first fund will be the FTTH Revolution Fund, LP (Issuance Size: 100 investment units at $20M each: 2B). - We are also dissolving LBDC International Holdings, LLC. I will become the Chairman/COO of its . . .
- Sandy Grippo
Sandy serves as Chief Financial Officer at Bessemer Venture Partners. She has broad experience in both accounting and operations for private equity firms. Sandy joined BVP in 2002 from JP Morgan Partners, where she was a Vice President concentrating on partnership accounting, partnership taxes and fund operations.
- Dhiraj Vic Singh
D. Vic Singh vic@rre.com Mr. Singh is an associate with RRE Ventures. Before joining RRE, Mr. Singh worked for DFJ Gotham Ventures and Chart Venture Partners, where he was instrumental in deal origination and analysis while providing operational guidance to portfolio companies. Before moving into venture capital, Mr. Singh spent over six years in the technology arena as a consultant and manager.
- Brian Neider
Brian Neider is a Senior Analyst at Bessemer Venture Partners. Brian Neider is a Senior Analyst in the Larchmont office. Prior to joining BVP, he was a co-founder of MB Capital, which acquired and operated Acton Beverage Distribution, the sole distributor of Trump Ice bottled water in Florida, before profitably exiting the investment in 2005. Previously, Brian was an Analyst at Huron Consulting Group and a Summer Analyst in the Fixed Income department of UBS.
- steve anderson
- Boris Rapoport
- Venetia Kontogouris
- Alex Bangash
- Michael Karangelen
Private equity investor with deal experience in the media & communications, financial services, business services, retail and manufacturing sectors.
- Michael Ajouz
Michael B. Ajouz , Managing Director , joined New Mountain in 2000. He was previously associated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. from 1998 to 2000, where he conducted extensive analytical evaluations in over 20 industries. From 1996 to 1998 he was an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance Departments of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he evaluated and executed a number of strategic transactions.
- Martin Fichtner
Martin Fichtner is a Principal and founding member of Elevation Partners. Prior to Elevation, Martin was an Associate at Silver Lake Partners, where he participated as a member of several transaction teams in all aspects of the investment process, including the evaluation, execution, monitoring and harvesting of private equity investment opportunities.