Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top Virginia Investment Partners. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top Virginia Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Michael Sutton
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
As an angel investor focused on cyber security, I draw upon a career dedicated to conducting leading-edge security research, building world-…
Nigel Morris
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Nigel Morris is the managing partner of QED Investors, a direct investment fund focused on high-growth companies that leverage the power of …
Marc Cohen
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Marc Cohen. Executive Chairman of C4 Therapeutics. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Bublup, Inc. and COBRO Ventures, Inc. Co-foun…
Byron Trott
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Byron Trott serves as the Chief Executive Officer, Founder, and Chairman of BDT Capital Partners, LLC. He has 30 years of experience advisin…
Frank Rotman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Frank is a Founding Partner at QED Investments, a boutique Venture Capital Fund with a focus on Financial Services, Financial Tech, Marketin…
Shawn Carpenter
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Shawn Carpenter is the Founder and Chairman of the Board at Three Tree Ventures, an early-stage technology startup investment fund that back…
Colin Powell
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was sworn in as the 65th Secretary of State in 2001 after unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate. …
Timothy Newberry
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
As the Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of BlackHorse Solutions, Tim is responsible for setting and executing strategy to drive company gr…
Dr. Ash Rofail
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ash Rofail (Ph.D) is a nationally recognized business and technology leader with 6 published books, several artificial intelligence patents,…
Ollen Douglass
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture
Motley Fool Ventures is a $150 million early stage, technology-focused fund launched in 2018. Prior to becoming the Managing Director, Olle…
John Burke
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John Burke is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PROOF.
Paul Manning
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Paul B. Manning has served as the chairman of our board of directors since December 2017 and as a member of our board of directors since Dec…
Jonathon Perrelli
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jonathon’s newest project and startup is LifeFuels, a beverage technology company created with the goal of helping people feel their best, …
Ryan Katz
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ryan received a BBA in Finance from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, where he currently serves on the Board of Tr…
Shawn Henry
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Shawn Henry is the President, Services Division, and Chief Security Officer at CrowdStrike.
Tom Weithman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
As managing director, Tom Weithman has developed, championed and grown CIT GAP Funds, a family of seed-stage venture funds focused on making…
Stephen Smoot
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Steve is a General Partner at Lavrock Ventures, a Washington DC-based venture capital fund focused on Series A investments in enterprise sof…
Jennifer O’Daniel
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jennifer O’Daniel is responsible for sourcing, diligence and closing of seed and early stage investments. O’Daniel is also responsible for m…
Arthur Marks
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Art Marks has worked with new technologies and entrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic region for over 30 years, with various senior leadership ro…
Scott Andrews
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Scott Andrews is the Board Director at firstSTREET. Scott Andrews, Board Member, is a founder and managing partner of the Private Equity …
Kiran Hebbar
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kiran Hebbar is a General Partner at Valhalla Partners. He has over ten years of technology, software development and marketing experience i…
Jack Kerrigan
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jack Kerrigan has a multi-decade track record of investing in, advising, and building successful technology companies. Jack is a co-founder …
Mike O’Dell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike joined NEA in 2002 as a Venture Partner. His primary interest is the structure and behavioral dynamics of large, complex systems. He cu…
David Roux
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Dave Roux is a co-founder and Senior Director of Silver Lake, where he previously served as co-CEO. He was formerly Chairman and CEO of Lib…
John Backus
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Late Stage Venture
Based in the national capital region, John is a seasoned technology investor and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience investing …
Paul Craig
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Paul Craig, a former Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy, filed fraudulent TSLGI applications.
Mike Marcantonio
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike Marcantonio currently serves as a principal at LiveOak Venture Partners. Prior to joining the investment firm, Mike spent over five yea…
Ian Ratcliffe
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ian Ratcliffe is the Chairman and CEO of Enzymatics, a leading producer of reagents, kits, and assays that enable customers worldwide to tra…
Michael Stanfield
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Stanfield – Chairman and CEO @ Voyce
Roland Reynolds
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Roland Reynolds is responsible for sourcing and evaluating primary commitments, early secondary transactions, and direct co-investments. He …
Michael D. Grisham
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Grisham has served as Founder, Managing Member and CEO of GPB Scientific LLC since 2002. He has over 21 years of experience in bioscienc…
Robert Poulin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
A seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of management experience in the technology sector. Led the development of multiple products, div…
Thomas Jones
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Thomas, more commonly known to friends as TJ, worked full time for The Motley Fool for 14 years and held a number of roles ranging from Offi…
Robert Patzig
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Patzig joined Third Security upon the company’s inception. Mr. Patzig’s responsibilities include identifying and researching new investm…
Rishi Jaitly
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Rishi Jaitly is CEO of Times Bridge, the U.S.’s largest venture firm bringing the world’s best ideas to India and Asia. The firm’s portfolio…
Graciela Narcho
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Graciela Narcho
Ted Dintersmith
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Ted joined Charles River in 1996 and has more than nineteen years of experience in early-stage venture investing, focusing on software and i…
Brendan Bechtel
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brendan Bechtel is a Member of the Board of Trustees at National Geographic.
Stuart Barkoff
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Stuart Barkoff is the Partner at GEF Capital Partners, LLC.
Jill Carroll
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jill joined SR One in 2011 with a background in biotech partnering and commercial development. Prior to SR One, Jill was responsible for…
Sean Stalfort
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Sean Stalfort has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2015. Mr. Stalfort is President at PBM Capital Group, LLC, a p…
Robert Dickey
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Robert Dickey is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Gannett Co. Inc. since 2015. Bob became Pr…
Cody Nystrom
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Cody Nystrom is a Managing Director at SJF Ventures. She joined SJF in their Durham, North Carolina office in 2007. Cody represents SJF on t…
Christopher Holden
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Chris is the Vice President of Intelligence Services at Recorded Future, which is the company’s customer success function. He founded the Re…
Joe Vacca
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Joe Vacca is a Managing Partner at Ringbolt Capital.
Hooks Johnston
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Hooks Johnston has had success as both an operating executive and as a venture capital investor. He has twenty-five years of experience in s…
Sergey Metelin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Sergey Metelin
Douglas Lake
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Douglas Lake
Kevin Greene
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kevin Greene from Kevin has more than 20 years of enterprise software leadership experience working as an operator, investor, and banker at …
Sarah Strauss
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Venture
Sarah Strauss
Barry Johnson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Barry Johnson
Justin Wilder
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Justin Wilder is Vice President and Technical Lead of the Cyber Practice at In-Q-Tel, an independent, non-profit, strategic investment firm …
Tracey Peacock
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tracey Peacock
Pete Snyder
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Pete Snyder – Founder & CEO @ Disruptor Capital
Wayne Hunter
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Wayne Hunter is the Board Director AT Racemi.Wayne is a Managing Partner of Harbert Venture Partners, as well as a member of Harbert’s Ventu…
Brian C. Carney
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brian Carney is a Partner in the General Partner. Mr. Carney joined HMC in 2007 and currently serves on the boards of Anutra Medical, Clinip…
Jeff Eggers
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jeff Eggers
Matt Malone
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matt Malone is CEO & Founder of Groundworks.
Bentz Tozer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Bentz Tozer
Scott Tolleson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
A longtime venture investor and serial entrepreneur, Scott has founded venture-backed companies on both the East and West coasts. He is best…
Michael Graninger
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Graninger
Tommy Brewer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tommy Brewer Investment Banker at Ziegler.
Rob Reistetter
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Rob joined Quad-C in 2007. Rob’s responsibilities range from deal origination and structuring to due diligence, execution and monitoring. Pr…
Pat Martin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Pat Martin is a VP Corporate Sales & Strategic Planning, Estes Express Lines.
Ted Chandler
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ted offers more than 30 years of C-suite strategic and operating experience to the NRV entrepreneurial and investor ecosystem. He is trusted…
Thomas Willingham
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Thomas Willingham Managing Director at Turning Basin Capital Partners, LLC.
Robert A. Cascella Robert A. Cascella
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Robert A. Cascella is the Chief Business Leader, Precision Diagnosis, Philips | CEO | Board Member | Private Equity Advisor | Diagnostic Ima…
Andy Green
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Andy Green is an Executive Vice President and President, Technical Solutions Division at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Michael Brooks
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Brooks
Frank Winslow
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Frank Winslow is a Partner at Quad-C Management, Inc.
Christopher Fountain
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Christopher Fountain is an Operating Partner at Frontier.
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