Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top North Carolina 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 North Carolina Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Cindy Eckert
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Cindy Eckert is on a mission—to make women really rich. She has spent over 24 years investing in and mentoring other women, making the world…
Dan Roselli
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Dan Roselli is a Co-Founder of Packard Place.
Greg Clark
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Greg Clark is a Managing Partner at Crosspoint Capital Partners.
William Starling
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
William N. Starling is General Partner of Synergy Life Science Partners, LP (www.synergylsp.com) and Chief Executive Officer of Synecor, LLC…
Clay B. Thorp
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Seed
Clay B. Thorp – General Partner & Co-Founder @ Hatteras Venture Partners
Neil Underwood
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Neil Underwood is President and Chief Operating Officer of Live Oak Bank. As a co-founder of nCino he has served on the board of directors s…
John Wright
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John, a Columbia native, is a proud graduate of Hickman High School, Jeff Jr., and Russell Elementary. He has a law degree from Yale Law Sch…
Lister Delgado
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Lister Delgado is passionate about entrepreneurship and company formation, and has been an early stage investor and advisor to entrepreneurs…
Mark Rostick
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
At Intel Capital, Mark Rostick makes venture investments as well as sources & executes corporate development opportunities in the areas of e…
David Gardner
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Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed
David Gardner is a serial entrepreneur, writer, adviser and very early stage investor with nearly thirty years of experience in creating and…
Mark Yusko
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mark Yusko is the Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management. Prior to forming Morgan Creek, Mr. Yusko was…
Dinesh Chopra
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dinesh Chopra is the Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer at Ally
Don Rainey
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Don Rainey joined Grotech Ventures in 2007 and focuses on investment opportunities in e-commerce, internet and networking technologies. Don …
Chris Heivly
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Founders, Startups, Community & Corporate Innovation at Techstars & Managing Partner at The Startup Factory.
Jason Caplain
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jason is a general partner and co-founded Southern Capitol Ventures after spending two years at Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world’s premier open…
Amish Shah
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Founding Partner for SierraMaya360 an Early Stage Venture Fund. “Bridging Hollywood, Technology and Beyond.” 2014 Top Newcomer in Venture Ca…
Stephanie Nieman
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Stephanie has over 13 years of growth equity, impact investing, and capital markets experience. She is a Managing Director at Leeds Illumina…
Mee-Jung Jang
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mee-Jung Jang
James Green
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
James Green is a business operator and entrepreneur whose career has focused on strengthening connections and enriching lives in deep and me…
Tim McLoughlin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tim, a native of the triangle area, was a co-founder of Prime Time Hockey Southeast where he served as President for 7 years. In addition to…
David Kirkpatrick
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dave Kirkpatrick is Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, which focuses on high growth, positive impact ventures. The fund has o…
Bill Brown
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Bill Brown is Chairperson and Co-Founder of 8 Rivers Capital, and Co-Founder of NET Power.
Marc Oken
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Marc Oken, age 69, is the Managing Partner of Falfurrias Capital Partners, a private equity firm. He was Chief Financial Officer of Bank of …
Benjamin Yerxa
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ben Yerxa is CEO at Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Bobby Bahram
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Bobby Bahram is a Managing Partner at Excelerate Health Ventures – a seed and early-stage healthcare IT-focused fund. Mr. Bahram has more th…
Andrew Lindner
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Andrew Lindner – Managing Partner @ Frontier Growth
Mike Salvino
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike Salvino is the President and CEO at DXC Technology.
Cain McClary
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Cain McClary – Founder and Managing Partner @ KdT Ventures
Susan Cates
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Susan has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and education leadership. Prior to joining Leeds Equity, Susan…
Neal Morrison
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Neal Morrison has been a Director of the company since October 2006. He is currently a Senior Advisor of Pamlico Capital (formerly Wachovia …
Scott Hoch
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Scott Hoch – Partner @ Frontier Growth
Jan van Dokkum
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jan van Dokkum – Chairman @ Imperative Science Ventures
Jeff Brokaw
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jeff Brokaw is a venture capitalist who has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, web design, and entrepreneurship. He founded h…
Brandon Shelton
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brandon Shelton is Founder & Managing Partner at TFX Capital. He is a strategy leader, a problem solver, and a relationship builder. An entr…
Frederick W. Eubank II
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Eubank joined Pamlico Capital in 1989 and became a Managing Partner in 2005. His investing efforts are focused in the Business & Techno…
Robert A. Ingram
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Bob Ingram joined Hatteras Venture Partners as a General Partner on January 24, 2007.
Gary Abrahams
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Gary Abrahams has 30 years of sales, marketing, product management, business and market development experience in the healthcare industry fo…
Dontá L. Wilson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dontá Wilson currently works as Chief Digital and Client Experience Officer at Truist Financial who oversees Truist Ventures.
Ben Scruggs
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Prior to joining Hatteras in 2016, Ben completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at the Nation…
Kevin Eckert
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kevin is a Marine Corps veteran and has over 20 years of experience in finance, strategy, operations, and investments. Prior to TFX, Kevin w…
Tom Kurke
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tom Kurke
Paul Grim
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Paul Grim is a founder/General Partner of SunBridge Partners with an investment focus in wireless communications and retail systems.
John Cambier
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John Cambier is a founding general partner at IDEA Fund Partners. Over the past 10 years, John has used a deep understanding of technology c…
Inga Deakin
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Inga is an Analyst in the Healthcare Ventures team evaluating investments across therapeutics, medical devices and healthcare. She also work…
Dennis Dougherty
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Since founding Intersouth in 1985, Dennis has been active in all aspects of the venture investment process. He has served on dozens of board…
Carlos Parajon
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
SENIOR EXECUTIVE/BOARD DIRECTOR ~ PRIVATE EQUITY/GROWTH CAPITAL * Founder Private Equity Fund ~ Growth Capital to Small, Private Enterpri…
Christian A. Hendricks
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Chris Hendricks is is Managing Director at Extol Digital. He is also President at the Local Media Consortium. Prior to his current roles, H…
Niel Ransom
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dr. Ransom is principal of Ransomshire Associates, an advisory firm he founded in 2005. Previously, as worldwide CTO of Alcatel and member o…
Justin Wright-Eakes
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Justin Wright-Eakes
Richard Maclean
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Richard Maclean is a founding Partner of Frontier Capital.
Mike Elliott
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike Elliott joined NMP in 2005 with 21 years of successful venture capital investment experience. Previously, Mike spent eight years as a M…
Mitch Mumma
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mitch is primarily responsible for Intersouth’s technology portfolio. He joined Intersouth in 1989 at the inception of Fund II. Mitch has fu…
Sallie Shuping-Russell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Sallie Shuping-Russell – Chairman @ Carolina Research Venture Fund
Michael Dial
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Prior to joining Hatteras, Mike was a Vice President in Silicon Valley Bank’s Corporate Finance Group where he focused on emerging life scie…
Miles Palmer
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Miles Palmer is the Founder at 8 Rivers Capital.
David Pierson
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
David joined Syngenta Ventures in 2012. Prior to this he was a General Partner for seven years at Intersouth Partners, an independent ventur…
Kartik Dharmadhikari
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kartik Dharmadhikari
Jeff Clark
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jeff Clark
Stephen Raggio
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Venture
Stephen Raggio
Joe Alala III
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Joe Alala III
Michael Ramich
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Ramich – Partner @ Frontier Growth
Michael McCord
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael McCord is the CEO at Alumshares.
Sam Dusi
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Sam Dusi
Ed Auslander
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Edward L. Auslander is president and CEO of LORD Corporation and a member of its Board of Directors. Founded in 1924, LORD Corporation is a …
Scott Barstow
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Scott Barstow
Rik Vandevenne
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Rik joined River Cities in 2004 to focus on information technology and healthcare investment opportunities. He brings to River Cities a stro…
Tim Bechtold
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tim Bechtold joined Frontier Capital in 2011 as an Associate. He has primary responsibility for researching in-market companies to identify …
Derek Norman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Derek is the Head of Corporate Venture Capital for Syngenta Ventures, the corporate venture capital group of Syngenta. Syngenta is one of th…
Ed McMahan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ed McMahan – Managing Partner @ Falfurrias Capital Partners
Joel Lanik
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Joel Lanik – Partner @ Frontier Growth
Jay Henry
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Henry joined Pamlico Capital in 2014. His investing efforts are focused in the Business & Technology Services, Communications and Health…
Ted Doheny
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ted Doheny, President & CEO at Sealed Air.
Wilson Sullivan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Wilson Sullivan
Brian Chambers
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mr. Chambers joined Pamlico Capital in 2015. His investing efforts are focused in the Healthcare industry. Mr. Chambers currently sits on…
Dave Pandullo
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dave Pandullo, Principal of Frontier Capital, joined the team in 2015 and is responsible for leading the evaluation and execution of new inv…
James Duncan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Seasoned professional, with over 20 years’ experience tailoring creative debt solutions to fit the unique circumstances of many of the natio…
Geordie Pierson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Geordie Pierson
Austin Tate
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Austin Tate
Kevin Mosley
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Kevin Mosley is a Partner at Jurassic Capital.
Mike Malloy
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Mike Malloy
Bill Neal
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Bill Neal – Chairman @ NC IDEA
Timothy McLoughlin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Timothy McLoughlin
Brian Axe
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brian Axe is a Principal at NovaQuest Capital Management.
Brad Garrett
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brad Garrett Director – Ziegler Higher Education Public Finance Practice.
Chip Johnson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Chip Johnson
Jonathan Tunnicliffe
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Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jonathan Tunnicliffe is a Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer at NovaQuest Capital Management.
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