Our Team
Doug Atkin
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
- Former CEO of Instinet
- Former CEO of Majestic Research
- Former Head of Guggenheim Partners Venture Capital Business
Tom Glocer
Co-Founder, Partner & Co-Chair Investment Committee
- Former CEO of Thomson Reuters
- BOD Observer of Symphony Communication Services
- BOD Member of Morgan Stanley
Duncan Niederauer
Co-Founder, Partner & Co-Chair Investment Committee
- Former CEO of NYSE
- Former Goldman Sachs Partner
- BOD Member of First Republic Bank
- BOD Member of Realogy Holdings
Ajay Sharma
Principal
- Founding Member of JetBlue Technology Ventures
- Began his career at BlackRock Solutions
- MBA from NYU Stern School of Business
Advisory Board
Dan Ariely
Behavioral Economist
- Professor Duke University
- Founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight
- Author of Predictably Irrational
Douglas Atkin
Global Head of Community at Airbnb
- Co-Founder and Chairman of ‘Peers’
- Co-Founder of ‘Purpose’
- Former Partner and Chief Community Officer at Meetup
John G. Taysom
Co-Founder and NED, Privitar
- Founder of Blinkbox Music Ltd in 2006
- Founder & Managing Partner of Reuters Venture Capital
- Founder of Greenhouse Fund
Reid Miles
Chief Executive Officer Miles Howland Co. LLC.
- Co-founded Miles Howland Education Partners
- Partner and Managing Director at BV Group Ventures LLC
- Founding Partner & Managing Director at Blue Water Capital LLC
Larry Liebowitz
- President & Board Director of Crux Informatics
- Former Chief Operating Officer of NYSE Euronext
- Former CEO of Redibook
Peter Y. Lee
- CEO of RapidMiner
- Former EVP of TIBCO Software
- Former investment banker at JP Morgan
Yahal Zilka
- Co-founder & Managing Partner of Ofek Venture Partners
- Co-founder and Managing Partner of Magma Venture Partners
Our Philosophy
We partner with entrepreneurs who share our passion for industry-changing ideas. We roll up our sleeves to help exciting companies reach their potential.
Why Now?
01.
The financial services “operating system” is changing
- Numerous opportunities exist for disruptive innovation and new company growth
- Established players must transform large segments of their businesses in order to remain competitive
- How? Through acquisition
02.
Capital markets were the first to be disrupted
- Electronic marketplaces
- Data-driven research
- Portfolio management
- Large-scale data processing
03.
These same dynamics are being applied to other sectors
- Crowdfunding
- Media and information
- Marketplaces and payments
- Real estate
- Privacy / cyber security
- Venture capital