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As a nonprofit corporation, VentureCapital.org has no shareholders.
It is governed by a Board of Trustees, corporate officers, and management.
As a nonprofit corporation, VentureCapital.org has no shareholders.
It is governed by a Board of Trustees, corporate officers, and management.
Triple C Advisory is a business life cycle consulting firm Marcia co-founded. Working off three pillars – Customer Acquisition, Consulting, and Capital – the firm works with early-stage companies as an advisor and board member to prepare them to receive institutional-grade investments and advises family offices on investment themes and strategies.
Marcia serves on the boards of several industry-related organizations, including; Chairman of the Board of ACG-NY (Association for Corporate Growth), which focuses on driving middle-market investments; Vice-Chairman of the Board ofVentureCapitall.Org, a non-profit early-stage startup accelerator; Advisory Board of Assure, an SPV Fund Administrator, Advisory Board Member of Sheryl Grant Enterprises, a mentoring and education organization focusing on minority women; and she serves on the Investment Committee for University Impact, a donor-advised fund.
Marcia received an honorary mention as one of the 2021 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine and was named one of the 2020 Most Influential Women and she was one of the 2018 Who’s Who In Impact Investing by the Denver Business Journal and was honored with the 2017 ACG-NY Women of Leadership Award.
She received her BA from Southern Utah State College and her MBA from the Gabelli School at Fordham University. Marcia holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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Although widely published during his research career, he soon left academia for industry, and was one of the four founding scientists of IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., the worldʼs largest supplier of specialty oligonucleotides to the global biotechnology industry).
He has since been an executive, founder or board member for a number of other technology-based firms, including Ceramatec, Inc. here in Utah. Prior to joining Westminster, he was appointed to serve as both the State Science Advisor and Director of the Utah Centers of Excellence Program under Governors Leavitt and Walker.
A co-founder of the Utah Life Science Association (now BioUtah), he remains an active consultant, company mentor, and external reviewer for both the University of Utahʼs Technology Commercialization Office and the State of Utahʼs Technology Commercialization & Implementation Program.
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While there, she led the organization in lending over $15 million to over 900 businesses resulting in the creation/retention of over 1,600 jobs. Kathy received the South Salt Lake Chamber 2016 Business Person of the Year Award, 2015 Salt Lake Chamber Women & Business Pathfinder Award, 2015 Business Woman of the Year for the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and was included in the Utah Business Magazine 2011 “30 Women to Watch”.
Kathy has served on the Board of the Pete Suazo Business Center, South Salt Lake Chamber and Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Prior to the UMLF, she was the Associate State Director of the Utah Small Business Development Center in which she assisted in the management of a statewide program providing small business counseling and training. Kathy has a B.S. degree in Finance and Management and a MBA from the University of Utah.
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Prior to Xceed, Tara was the Chief Operating Officer for 3DplusMe, a personalized merchandising platform for 3D printing. We built the leading customization software platform for 3D printed merchandise, partnering with major brands such as Disney, Marvel, Hasbro, NFL, Target and others. 3DplusMe was acquired by Whiteclouds in December of 2015.
Tara spent the bulk of her career in Private Equity as the Director of Operations at Mercato Partners, a growth capital investor with over $300 million under management. Previously, Tara managed Gazelle Investments, an angel investment fund as well as helped found and direct the Junto Partners program, a training program for entrepreneurs taught by Greg Warnock.
A true Ute, Tara has her B.S. in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business. Tara is an audible addict, enjoys exploring the outdoors here and abroad with her family and hitting slopes on powder days.
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As a nonprofit corporation, VentureCapital.org has no shareholders.
It is governed by a Board of Directors, corporate officers and management.
Tara began her high-tech career in Silicon Valley when she taught herself to code software and became the first employee, and eventually VP of Marketing at industry leader, SugarCRM. Her Silicon Valley experience included roles as CMO at GroundWork Open Source and co-founder and CPO at BenchPick. Available to guide startups and corporations in the US and abroad, Hen House Ventures’ innovative, impactful programs are tailored to meet each clients’ specific development and funding needs. Clients include Applitools, ApolloGraphQL, Commtrex, eTeam Sponsor, Sequent Software, Inc., Ten Digit Communications and X2CRM.
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