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 Malcolm Thorne 4490 Ventures
Venture Partner 4490Ventures.com
Venture Capital Company focused on Series A investments in
mwthorne@yahoo.com
software companies.
linkedin.com/in/malcolm-thorne-36734a3/
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Kirk Holland Access Venture Partners

Managing Director accessvp.com
Colorado based venture capital fi rm focused on early and growth
kirk@accessvp.com
stage technology company investments.

Brian Wallace
Managing Director

brian@accessvp.com

Brian Goldsmith Bain Capital Ventures

Senior Principal
bgoldsmith@baincapital.com
linkedin.com/in/goldsmithbrian/
baincapitalventures.com
We partner with disruptive B2B founders to accelerate their ideas
to market. As data and the cloud transform entire industries, we
bring 30+ years of experience and access to an unmatchable
global network to help our companies grow. We’re focused on
high-growth enterprise software opportunities across functions
and industries, including Infrastructure Software, SaaS and Data
Services, Marketing Tech, FinTech and Healthcare. We invest in
great founders, with investments ranging from $1 million of seed
capital through $100 million of growth equity.

Joanna Arras Baird Capital

Principal bairdcapital.com
Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital fund of
jarras@rwbaird.com
Baird Capital, makes investments in early- and expansion-stage
@joannaarras
companies in the Technology, Business Services and Healthcare
linkedin.com/in/joanna-arras-01558b4/
sectors. We provide capital for new services, products, geographic
expansion and acquisitions.

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 John Raeder
Managing Director & Head of
Software Investments
raeder@bowrivercapital.com
linkedin.com/in/john-raeder-a0369b3
Jay Hirsh
Managing Partner
Jay@breaktrailventures.com
linkedin.com/in/jayhirsh/
Tanner Cerand
VP of Investment Research
tanner@buildgroup.com
linkedin.com/in/tanner-cerand/
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Bow River Capital
bowrivercapital.com
Founded in 2003, Bow River Capital is a private equity fi rm
based in Denver, Colorado. The leadership at Bow River Capital’s
$150M Software Growth Equity Fund I have years of successful
Software/SaaS operating experience as Founders, CEO’s CFO’s, of
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Colorado-based market leaders; investing their own capital with
a long term vision of building a world class platform committed
to the lower middle market in the Rocky Mountain Region. It’s
simple. After investing, the team works closely with executive
management, using the Bow River Performance Playbook to
expand their total addressable, accelerate go-to-market strategies,
and effect transformational change leading to a massive increase
in enterprise value. We offer our management leaders the
opportunity for a meaningful stake going forward thereby ensuring
motivation and rewarding success. We also require our investment
team members to be heavily invested in the fi rm s funds, further
solidifying our commitment to our investors and our managers.
Break Trail Ventures
Breaktrailventures.com
Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in
Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO.
BuildGroup
buildgroup.com
BuildGroup is a company that selectively invests in modern
business models (platforms, networks, and AI). We back founders
who are ambitious enough to want to make a dent in the universe
and humble enough to realize they can’t do it alone. By providing
permanent capital from aligned investors and avoiding forced
exits, BuildGroup frees entrepreneurs to focus on serving
customers instead of raising the next round. We believe that great
businesses are built, not bought, and that’s why our team works
side-by-side with founders to create conditions for long-term
growth. BuildGroup was founded in Austin, Texas by a team of
proven builders who love nothing more than helping build and grow
extraordinary companies.
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 David Paul Canal Partners
Principal canalpartners.com
Canal Partners is a venture capital fi rm that provides professional
david@canalpartners.com
investor services and capital to B2B software and internet
linkedin.com/in/david-paul-9b91633b
technology companies with market-proven products and services.
Canal Partners aims to form a true partnership with each of its
portfolio companies, providing not just the capital but the strategic
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guidance that enables scalable, early stage companies to reach the

next level of growth. With a focus on software-as-a-service (SaaS)
startups in the Phoenix, San Diego, Denver and Atlanta markets,
Canal Partners has enabled more than a dozen companies to
achieve signifi cant market share in their respective industries,
develop into thriving organizations, and realize successful exits.

Todd Clapp Catalyst Investors

Partner catalyst.com
Catalyst Investors is a growth equity venture capital fi rm investing
todd@catalyst.com
in technology-enabled businesses. Founded in 1999 and currently
investing out of our $377 million fourth fund, we employ a
proactive, research-based approach to investing.

Christopher Hill Comcast Ventures

Principal comcastventures.com
Comcast Ventures partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs
chris_hill@comcast.com
building transformative consumer and enterprise companies.
@chillclimber

Martha Tracey Crawley Ventures

Vice President
marthat@crawleypetroleum.com
linkedin.com/company/crawley-ventures/
crawleyventures.com
Crawley Ventures is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crawley
Petroleum, formed to make non-petroleum investments including
direct investments in private companies and investments in
venture funds and hedge funds. Crawley Ventures invests
in early and expansion stage companies seeking capital to
fund opportunities with signifi cant growth potential. Portfolio
companies are in a broad range of industries including enterprise
software ( B@B focus), manufacturing, and cyber security
technologies.

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 Colin Barclay Delta-v Capital
Principal deltavcapital.com
Delta-v Capital is a leading growth equity fi rm that acquires
colin@deltavcapital.com
minority positions in private growth-stage technology companies.
Founded in 2009 with a focus on providing secondary liquidity, the
fi rm has expanded its scope to provide primary growth capital to

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leading companies. In 2017, Delta-v closed its most recent fund
totaling $271 million; collectively, the fi rm manages approximately
$500 million in assets. Delta-v maintains offi ces in Boulder, CO and
Dallas, TX.

Guy Horowitz DTCP

Partner
Guy.horowitz@us.telekom-capital.com
dtcp.co
DTCP is an investment management group with c. $1.6 billion
assets under management and advisory from Deutsche Telekom
and other institutional investors, and a portfolio of over 60
companies. The group is dedicated to providing venture and
growth capital, special situation investments, and advisory
services to the technology, media and telecommunication sectors.
It operates and invests in Europe, the US and Israel. To learn
more about DTCP, visit https://www.telekom-capital.com or @
TelekomCapital on Twitter.

Benjamin Cobb Eastside Partners

Partner
bc@eastsidepartners.com
linkedin.com/in/benjamincobb/
eastsidepartners.com
Eastside Partners makes $4-10m growth-stage investments in
Vertical SaaS, Healthcare and Tech-Enabled Services companies.
We’re currently investing out of our fi fth fund and have led >$250
million in equity investments in 70+ companies since 1998.
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 Doba Parushev Edison Partners
Vice President edisonpartners.com
For more than 30 years, Edison Partners has been helping CEOs
dparushev@edisonpartners.com
and their executive teams grow and scale successful companies.
@parushev
Through a unique combination of growth capital and the Edison Edge
linkedin.com/in/parushev
platform, consisting of operating centers of excellence, the Edison
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Director Network, and executive education programs, Edison employs

an integrated approach to accelerating growth and creating value for
businesses. A team of experts in fi nancial technology, healthcare IT
and enterprise solution sectors, Edison targets high-growth companies
with $5 to $25 million in revenue; investments also include buyouts,
recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases. Edison’s
active portfolio has created aggregated market value exceeding $10
billion. Edison Partners is based in Princeton, NJ and manages more
than $1.4 billion in assets throughout the United States.

Chris Calder EPIC Ventures

Director epicvc.com

EPIC Ventures is an early stage venture capital fi rm based in Salt Lake

chris@epicvc.com
City. We invest in passionate founders building scalable businesses in
emerging startup ecosystems like the Mountain States.

Dan Kerr Flyover Capital

Principal fl yovercapital.com
Flyover Capital’s purpose is to create the next generation of tech
dkerr@fl yovercapital.com
success stories outside the traditional tech hubs. We invest in
@dankerr_KC
underserved and under-capitalized markets at the late-seed and Series
linkedin.com/in/dankerrkansas/
A stages in rounds of $1-5 million. Our focus is on B2B technology that
seeks to transform the heartland’s industries.

Abhay Puskoor FTV Capital

Principal ftvcapital.com
FTV Capital is a growth equity investment fi rm that has raised over
apuskoor@ftvcapital.com
$2.7 billion to invest in high-growth companies. FTV’s team leverages
linkedin.com/in/abhaypuskoor/
its domain expertise and proven track record in each of these sectors
to help management teams accelerate growth. FTV also provides
companies with access to its Global Partner Network, a group of the
world’s leading fi nancial services enterprises and executives who have
helped FTV portfolio companies for nearly two decades. Founded in
1998, FTV Capital has invested in 107 portfolio companies and has
offi ces in San Francisco and New York. In 2018, FTV Capital was ranked
#5 on Institutional Investor’s Fintech Finance 40. For more information,
visit ftvcapital.com.
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 Pete Franconi Fulcrum Equity Partners
Vice President fulcrumep.com
Our business is based on execution and growth, which means
pf@fulcrumep.com
combining our operating experience with innovative entrepreneurs
driven to build valuable companies. We invest where we have
operational expertise: Healthcare Services, SaaS and Technology-

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enabled Services, including Healthcare IT. We’re looking for
companies with $3-$50 million in revenue, raising $3-$20 million with
strong revenue growth and seasoned management teams. We are
actively seeking new companies for our $204 million equity fund.

Brian Burns Grayhawk Capital

Partner grayhawkcapital.us
Grayhawk Capital is a traditional venture capital management
bburns@grayhawkcapital.us
fi rm based in Scottsdale, Arizona managing our newly formed
4th VC Fund, Grayhawk Venture Fund III (GVFIII). Grayhawk is
managed by 3 partners all with 25+ years managing venture capital
investments. GVFIII is targeting $75 million and the focus will
remain similar to the previous $70 million GVFII. GVFIII, like GVFII
and GVFI, seeks syndication and partnership opportunities with
other VC fi rms.

Brentt Baltimore Greycroft

Investor
brentt@greycroft.com
linkedin.com/in/brenttbaltimore/
Greycroft.com
Our portfolio companies benefi t from active, hands-on assistance
from the partners. Greycroft’s partners work as a team, which
means our CEOs have access to the collective rolodex and
expertise of the entire partnership. We leverage an extensive
network of media and technology connections to help you gain
visibility, build strategic partnerships, and successfully exit. The
best way to get to know us is to speak with entrepreneurs who
have chosen us as their partner.
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 Lawson DeVries Grotech Ventures
General Partner grotech.com
Who We Are: We have built a reputation for being a collaborative, long-
ldevries@grotech.com
term partner for entrepreneurs. We not only add value through years
of experience, but we also work hard to align our goals with those of
our entrepreneurs. Investment Criteria: We initially invest between
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$500,000 and $5 million in early stage, high growth technology

companies, reserving signifi cant capital for subsequent investments
to support companies through early and growth stages. Our Strategy:
We seek creative and driven entrepreneurs building high-potential
technology companies in sectors we know well in order to maximize
our ability to accelerate the growth of your business. We look to
partner with entrepreneurs who have fresh ideas, breakthrough
innovations and unconventional approaches that will yield explosive
growth. We believe that our ability to meaningfully contribute to a
business s development is just as important as the capital we invest.
As such, we seek investment opportunities that offer us the chance
to leverage the experience, insight and network we have built since
our inception in 1984. Our approach is personal and long-term, not
institutional.

Scott Hilleboe H.I.G. Growth Partners

Managing Director higgrowth.com

H.I.G. Growth Partners is the dedicated growth capital investment

SHilleboe@higcapital.com
affi liate of H.I.G. Capital, a leading global private equity investment
fi rm with over $30 billion of equity capital under management.* We
seek to make both majority and minority investments in strong,
growth oriented businesses located throughout North America,
Europe and Latin America. We will invest up to $75 million in equity in
a given company and target investments in profi table growth oriented
businesses with between $10 million and $100 million in revenues.
We consider investments across all industries, but focus on certain
high-growth sectors where H.I.G. has extensive in-house expertise
such as technology, internet and media, healthcare, consumer
products and technology-enabled fi nancial and business services.
As the growth equity investment group within the H.I.G. platform, we
are uniquely positioned to add signifi cant value to our businesses
by leveraging over 350 of H.I.G.’s investment professionals and
more than 300 investments across a wide range of industries and
transactional dynamics. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private
equity, growth equity, real estate, debt/credit and public equities.
H.I.G. has U.S. offi ces in Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas,
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta as well as international
affi liate offi ces in London, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan,
Paris, Bogot , Rio de Janeiro and S o Paulo.
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 Tom Roberts Harbert Growth Partners IV LP
General Partner harbert.net
Emerging growth stage investor investing out of fourth fund,
troberts@harbert.net
HGP IV. Invest $5-8 million initially in high growth potential
@tomroberts3
companies that have achieved product/market fi t and initial
linkedin.com/in/tomroberts2/
traction of generally $5mm in ARR at the time of our initial

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investment. Generally partner with other high quality venture
investors. Sectors of interest include enterprise SaaS, tech-enabled
services, healthcare tech and services, as well as disruptive
consumer platforms and marketplaces. Other HGP IV portfolio
companies include Cloud Elements (Denver), Ceterus (Charleston),
Envera Healthcare (Richmond), MapAnything (Charlotte), Shipt
(sold to Target for $550MM), Sidecar (Philadelphia), Springbot
(Atlanta), StellaConnect (NYC), Temperpack (Richmond) and Voci
(Pittsburgh).

Aymerik Renard Hardware Club Ventures

General Partner hardwareclub.co

Hardware Club is an early stage cross-border venture capital

aymerik@hardwareclub.co
fund investing in hardware from component to full-stack startups
@aymerik
spanning consumer and enterprise tech, manufacturing robotics,
linkedin.com/in/aymerik/
warehouse automation, aerospace, ground mobility, medical
devices, precision agriculture, food tech, and cleantech. We help
hardware startups scale globally through access to strategic
partnerships and resources involving design, manufacturing, and
distribution.

John Cambier IDEA Fund Partners

Managing Partner
jcambier@ideafundpartners.com
linkedin.com/in/john-cambier
ideafundpartners.com
IDEA Fund Partners is one of the Southeast’s leading seed and
early stage venture capital fi rms. Since 2007 we have backed
40 companies and co-invested with over 60 other venture fi rms
that have collectively raised over $500M, levering our investment
dollars over 20:1.

Rebecca Liu Insight Partners

Senior Associate
RLiu@insightpartners.com
linkedin.com/in/rebecca-liu-89bb6974/
insightpartners.com
Insight is an NYC-based venture capital and private equity fi rm
with >$23B under management, investing out of our 10th fund
of $6.3B. Since our founding in 1995, we have invested in >300
software/internet business and have exited >100 of them. We are
active in the mountain region having led investments in Qualtrics,
Pluralsight, Divvy, and many more.
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 AJ Dye Iron Gate Capital
Partner irongatecapital.com
Iron Gate Capital, LLC is a private equity fi rm created by proven
aj@irongatecapital.com
operating executives to invest their capital in compelling growth
opportunities. Iron Gate Capital was formed in 2005 to meet
the needs of a group of individual investors that sought access
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to a professional managed source of compelling private equity

investments. Today, IGC is surrounded by an impressive group of
private investors that include current or retired CEOs/Presidents of
highly successful companies across a range of industries.

Tyler Duke JMI Equity

Vice President jmi.com
MAXIMIZING MOMENTUM, MINIMIZING RISK. With over $4
tduke@jmi.com
billion of committed capital raised since inception, JMI has the
collective experience to help growth businesses become industry
leaders. Since our founding in 1992, through multiple technology
and economic cycles, we have focused on backing outstanding
software companies via capital investments, strategic advice,
team-building, and proven value creation strategies. We help
companies with solid market and product fundamentals create
signifi cant shareholder value.

Michael Pantilione LLR Partners

Vice President
mpantilione@llrpartners.com
linkedin.com/in/mpantilione/
llrpartners.com
LLR Partners is a lower middle market private equity fi rm
committed to creating long-term value by growing our portfolio
companies. We invest in a targeted set of industries, including
Education, FinTech, Healthcare, Software and Security, with a focus
on technology and services businesses. Founded in 1999 and
with more than $3 billion raised across fi ve funds, LLR is a fl exible
provider of capital for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts.
Inspired by our commitment to creating value, LLR harnesses
expertise from our team and network to codify why growth
happens through GrowthBits content and our Collaborate series
of events. Meet the team, get to know our companies and learn
invaluable growth insights at llrpartners.com.

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 Josh Christensen
Principal
josh@mercatopartners.com
linkedin.com/in/joshjdmba/
Mercato Partners
mercatopartners.com
Mercato Partners is a Salt Lake City growth investment fi rm. The
fi rm formed in 2007 with the mission of working with founders and
entrepreneurs as an institutional capital partner, providing liquidity
for investments to grow businesses faster than they could grow

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on their own. Mercato’s range of capital invested is fl exible and
generally falls between $10 million and $20 million; this amount
typically fi ts best for companies with $6 million to $50 million in
revenue and an annual revenue growth rate of 50% or more. We are
actively investing in Southern California, Utah, Colorado, Texas, and
the Pacifi c Northwest.

Blair Garrou Mercury Fund

Managing Partner mercuryfund.com
Mercury Fund is an early-stage venture capital fi rm. With over $275
blair@mercuryfund.com
million under management, Mercury focuses on entrepreneurs
@bgarrou
and technology innovation originating in the U.S. Mid-continent.
Our investment themes target SaaS, Cloud, and Data Science/AI
platforms that make the industrial ecosystems of Middle America
more competitive and effi cient.

John Ale Noro-Moseley Partners

Principal noro-moseley.com

Noro-Moseley Partners invests in early growth information

jale@noro-moseley.com
technology and healthcare businesses with rapidly scaling
linkedin.com/in/john-ale-a942a813/
revenue, a capital-effi cient model and a clear pathway to
profi tability. Founded in 1983 and based in Atlanta, NMP has built
a strong network of successful entrepreneurs, strategic partners,
management talent and value-added co-investors to support our
portfolio companies. Noro-Moseley Partners is a group of focused
and proven investors backing high-growth businesses and leading
entrepreneurs. In addition to capital, the fi rm’s goal is to help
strong leaders succeed through team building, growth acceleration
and domain expertise at key junctures during company growth
stages.
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 Nicholas Schoewe OCA Ventures
Partner ocaventures.com
OCA Ventures is an early stage (Seed, Series A, and Series B)
Kelley@OCAVentures.com
venture capital fi rm focused on equity investments in companies
with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology and highly-
scalable services businesses. OCA invests in many industries,
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with a preference for technology, fi nancial services, education and

healthcare technology. Founded in 1999, the fi rm is investing out of
its fourth fund in companies spread throughout the United States.

Brent Hill Origin Ventures

Partner originventures.com
Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fi rm with offi ces
brent@originventures.com
in Chicago and Salt Lake City. The 20-year old fi rm is currently
brent_hill
making seed and Series A investments in SaaS, marketplace and
linkedin.com/in/brentjhill
consumer businesses out of its $80M fourth fund.

John Mayfi eld Peak Ventures

Partner peakventures.vc
Investments into early-stage software companies with a focus on
john@peakventures.vc
SaaS and Marketplaces.

Ben Lambert Pelion Venture Partners

Principal pelionvp.com
Pelion is an early stage venture capital fi rm bent on exceeding
blambert@pelionvp.com
the expectations of unapologetic entrepreneurs who shoot for
the moon. A pursuit made possible by decades of experience,
unwavering know-how and (most importantly) gritty, over-the-
top determination. We work closely with visionary entrepreneurs
to build innovative and disruptive businesses. Our team’s deep
technology, investing and operational expertise make Pelion a
trusted and valuable partner to support businesses as they move
progressively through each stage of development

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 Weston Gaddy
Managing Partner
weston@radiancapital.com
Rob Painter
Managing Director
ripainter@razorsvc.com
linkedin.com/in/ripainter/
Graham Ober
Vice President
Graham.ober@revolution.com
linkedin.com/in/grahamober/
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Radian Capital
RadianCapital.com
Radian Capital is a $150 million growth equity fund focused
on software and technology-enabled services based in New
York. Radian partners with strong management teams and
systematically accelerates growth by assisting adoption of next
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generation sales and marketing, data science, and operational best
practices. Radian partners have previously invested in numerous
fast-growing SaaS companies including Emailage, TCGplayer,
Vantage Point Logistics, Orchestra Software, Britecore, and
Blueday.
Razor’s Edge Ventures
razorsvc.com
Razor’s Edge seeks to fi nd, fund and foster technology companies
that solve signifi cant challenges in national security and high-
growth commercial markets. We are interested in global enterprise
technology sectors such as cyber security, data science and
data infrastructure, emerging device and sensor technologies,
new space technologies including earth observation, and critical
resources and services. We are always interested in other
advanced technologies that solve large, diffi cult problems in
national security and commercial enterprise markets. We work
tirelessly to identify disruptive technologies and capabilities that
can solve critical mission needs and deliver them to government
and commercial customers who need them.In addition to providing
capital that can accelerate the pace of innovation, Razor’s Edge
offers portfolio companies direct and practical operational support
informed by our decades of collective experience in the national
security sector.
Revolution Ventures
revolution.com
Revolution Ventures focuses on early-stage venture capital
investments in technology-enabled businesses with the potential
to disrupt major industries.
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 David Hall Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed
Partner
Fund
revolution.com/entity/rotr
david.hall@revolution.com
@dhall3 Rise of the Rest is a nationwide effort powered by Revolution to
linkedin.com/in/david-hall-102195/ invest in and work closely with entrepreneurs in emerging startup
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ecosystems. Since 2014, Steve Case and the Revolution team

have logged more than 10,000 miles touring entrepreneurial
communities by bus in 38 cities. In 2017, Case and JD Vance
announced the $150 million Revolution Rise of the Rest Seed
Fund, backed by a group of iconic entrepreneurs, executives and
investors that believe the next great startup investments are
located outside of coastal cities. The Fund invests catalytic capital,
often alongside regional investors, to the most promising early
stage investments in Rise of the Rest cities. Through our bus tours
and summits, we look to create a more connected community of
entrepreneurs and investors in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

Adam Midkiff River Cities Capital Funds

Vice President rccf.com
River Cities Capital Funds is one of the most active and
amidkiff@rccf.com
experienced growth equity funds in healthcare and information
technology (IT). With $750 million raised to date and more than
100 investments made, we have established ourselves as a
preferred partner among the entrepreneurial and private equity
communities. The fi rm is currently seeking new investments for its
sixth fund.

Jonathan Drillings Riverside Acceleration Capital

Partner riverside.ac
Riverside Acceleration Capital is a growth capital fund within
jdrillings@riverside.ac
the larger Riverside Company family (9B Assets, 11 offi ces,
100+ investments). They partner with capital effi cient B2B SaaS
companies at the early end of the growth spectrum (2M-13M
ARR) and provide fl exible, non-dilutive, capital along with strategic
resources to help their investments reach critical milestones. (We
also frequently participate in follow-on equity rounds as well).

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 Mike McClure Sageview Capital
Principal sageviewcapital.com
Sageview Capital provides equity growth capital and operational
mike@sageviewcapital.com
support to ambitious teams and leading companies across North
America. We’re primarily focused on the technology and tech-
enabled services sectors, and we typically invest $20-75m into

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category leading companies with $15m+ revenue and strong
current and projected growth. Visit www.sageviewcapital.com to
learn more.

Tom Smith Savano Capital Partners

Managing Partner
tom@savanocapital.com
linkedin.com/in/thomas-smith-4a13917/
savanocapital.com
Our purpose is to help leading, late-stage private companies craft
solutions to address the growing market need for interim liquidity
for their existing shareholders. We focus on providing liquidity to
company founders, angels, active or departed employees and early
investors. Our transactions often include primary capital to support
portfolio company growth initiatives.

Jody Shepherd Service Provider Capital

Co-Founder & Managing serviceprovidercapital.com
Director
Jody is a co-founder and Managing Director of Service Provider
Capital, a venture capital fi rm with funds focused on the Rocky
jody@serviceprovidercapital.com
Mountains, Midwest and Southeast. Jody also serves as Managing
Director, Technology - Venture Banking Group at Signature Bank,
and is acting co-chair for the Colorado Venture Summit.

Brandon Tidwell Signal Peak Ventures

Managing Director spv.com
Signal Peak is a private equity and venture capital fi rm with more
brandon@spv.com
than $500 million of committed capital under management. The
@rbtid
fund invests in information technology companies and looks for
linkedin/in/brandontidwell
entrepreneurial teams with the potential to transform markets
and create lasting value. Specifi c areas of focus include Internet,
SaaS, enterprise software, communications, security, and mobile
computing—all markets in which the fi rm has deep expertise.
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 Mike Dodd Silverton Partners
Partner silvertonpartners.com
We believe the early stage is the most exciting time to get involved
mike@silvertonpartners.com
in a company as an active investor and so we focus on Seed-
@MichaelJDoddJr
Series A rounds of fi nancing. We like to write the fi rst institutional
linkedin.com/in/mikedodd1
check into a company with a typical initial investment of $500,000
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to $4 million. We maintain reserves for each company and our

expectation is that this commitment will increase over time. All
of us on the Silverton investment team come from operating
backgrounds and like to roll up our sleeves to help our portfolio
companies. Our team has broad experience in leading high-
growth companies in sectors ranging from consumer products to
enterprise software, and we are sector-agnostic in what we will
consider. If we can’t add value beyond our cash, we won’t invest.

Matt Marsh Sorenson Capital

Managing Director sorensoncapital.com
Sorenson Capital is a U.S.-based, growth-focused investment fi rm.
mmarsh@sorensoncap.com
We invest in you because we understand that great companies
are built by the vision and creativity of the people behind them. We
offer fl exible growth fi nancing for minority or majority positions.
After investing, we believe in building strong partnerships rooted
in collaboration and trust. Founded in 2003, our fi rm currently has
more than $1 billion in capital under management. Comprised
of seasoned entrepreneurs, industry executives, and investment
veterans, Sorenson Capital is prepared to meet the complex growth
needs of your business. Our core team consists of both a founding
and veteran partner of Bain Capital as well as executives from
Bain & Company, BCG, Citigroup, Intel Capital, L.E.K., McKinsey &
Company, and UBS, among others.

Hunter WitheringtonSSM Partners

Partner ssmpartners.com
SSM Partners is a growth equity fi rm focused on investing in high-
hunter@ssmpartners.com
growth software, services, and healthcare companies. SSM has
linkedin.com/in/hunterwitherington/
partnered with talented entrepreneurs and management teams for
more than 25 years to help them grow and scale their businesses.
We typically invest $5-20 million per company, and our capital is
used to invest in sales and marketing, to invest in product and
development, to make small acquisitions, and/or to provide partial
liquidity to founders/early investors. Starting with a relationship
built on trust, SSM offers its entrepreneur-partners a thorough
understanding of the growth company life-cycle and a collaborative
approach to building great businesses.
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 Kevin Barber Sun Mountain Capital
Managing Director sunmountaincapital.com
Sun Mountain Capital is an alternative investment manager with
kevin@sunmountaincapital.com
approximately $700 mil of AUM across direct investment, fund of
fund and private credit strategies.

VC Attendees
Amir Goldman Susquehanna Growth Equity
Managing Director sgep.com
Susquehanna Growth Equity was founded in 2006 to create
amir.goldman@sgep.com
a different kind of growth equity investor: a fi rm that itself is
linkedin.com/in/amirgoldman
funded by entrepreneurs who understand the ups-and-downs of
operating a business; a fi rm that has no fi xed time horizons and
is not subject to the vagaries of the private equity fundraising
cycle; a fi rm that can be fl exible in the types of deals it does,
the securities it holds, and the risks it takes; and a fi rm which
will help strategically without forcing its operational playbook
on the operators we are backing. All of our capital comes from
Susquehanna International Group (SIG), one the world’s largest
privately-held fi nancial services fi rms. Founded in 1987, SIG has
grown to over 1,800 employees across the globe, while continuing
to be owned and operated by its founders. We are proud to be a
part of one of the biggest bootstrapped, entrepreneurial success
stories in history.

Evan Grisham The Stephens Group, LLC

Vice President stephensgroup.com

The Stephens Family has partnered with entrepreneurs and

egrisham@stephensgroup.com
management teams for nearly 90 years, building exceptional
linkedin.com/in/evan-grisham-63705b1b/
businesses with long-term, sustainable value. We continue to build
on that heritage and legacy. While our team and capabilities have
grown signifi cantly over the years, we have not fundamentally
changed. We are unwavering in our commitment to the very same
principles and standards on which Witt Stephens, Sr. founded W.R.
Stephens Investment Company in 1933.
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 Kiki Broe Three Leaf Ventures
Managing Partner threeleafvent.wpengine.com
Three Leaf Ventures is a Denver-based venture capital fi rm
cbroe@threeleafventures.com
focused on investing in disruptive healthcare companies. Three
Leaf was founded as the venture investment affi liate of, and is
entirely backed by, the Broe Group.
VC Attendees

Braden Snyder Updata Partners

Vice President updata.com
We partner with bootstrapped and lightly capitalized B2B software
bsnyder@updata.com
companies, writing checks between $10-$50M into companies
linkedin.com/in/braden-snyder-aa187345/
approaching and exceeding $5M ARR. Our summary investment
spec is below: Software & software-enabled businesses. $10M
- $25M investment amount (up to $50M with LP co-invest). $5M
- $50M revenue. 25% - 100%+ growth. Bootstrapped or lightly
capitalized. Non-Bay Area.

Jim Ferry Volition Capital

Senior Associate
jim@volitioncapital.com
linkedin.com/in/jim-ferry-91b33375/
volitioncapital.com/vc2
Volition invests in software, internet, and tech-enabled service
companies in North America with revenue $5M+ that have
exhibited strong top-line growth, capital effi ciency, and are looking
for capital to expedite the growth of their business or to fund a
liquidity event.

Mike Devine Wavecrest Growth Partners

Vice President wavecrestgrowth.com
B2B software and tech services-focused growth equity investors;
michael@wavecrestgrowth.com
focused on $10-30M investments into high-growth, capital-effi cient
@Devine
companies
linkedin.com/in/mike-devine-3966a0a/

Michael Mizrahi Wavemaker Partners

Venture Partner
michael@wavemaker.vc
linkedin.com/in/michaelcmizrahi/
wavemaker.vc
Wavemaker Partners is an early-stage venture capital fi rm founded
in 2003 and dual-headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore. We
have over US$320M in assets under management, have invested in
over 325 portfolio companies.

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