Meet the Team

Gray is a mission-driven entrepreneur, operator, and investor with two decades of experience scaling technology companies. As COO at Dyn (acquired by Oracle), he grew ARR from $3M to $60M and expanded the team 20-fold across the U.S., U.K., and Australia. As CEO of Minim (NASDAQ: MINM), he led the IPO, raised $30M, grew revenue to $55M, and shifted manufacturing from China to Vietnam. Gray has invested in 20+ early-stage companies, served on multiple boards, and led over 15 M&A transactions. He holds a JD and a MA from Duke University and a graduated with "High Distinction" UC Berkeley. He also serves as an reserve officer in the United States Navy.

Hans leads the firm’s research program and develops the data-driven insights that guide sourcing, underwriting, and portfolio strategy. He brings over a decade of global investing experience across long-only and alternative mandates. At Columbia Threadneedle, he co-managed over $1B in quality-growth equity strategies, shaping his disciplined, fundamentals-based approach to later-stage venture investing. Earlier, Hans worked in strategy consulting focused on global energy markets and served as a Fulbright research fellow in Kyiv. He holds an MBA with honors from Chicago Booth and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College.

Mike is Founder & CEO of Alumni Ventures and Chair of PrePublic Equity Partners. He built AV’s network-driven model to democratize access to venture capital, engaging 850K+ community members and 11,000+ customers across a portfolio of 1,600 current and historical investments. Under his leadership, AV was ranked a top 20 VC by CB Insights and TIME. Earlier, Mike began his career at TA Associates and later founded multiple companies. He holds a BE in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth and an MBA from Harvard. Colleagues cite his emphasis on clarity, speed, and servant leadership.

John is a Founding Partner of One Better Ventures, a Real Leader 100 social impact firm that
advises and invests in mission driven consumer goods companies. He has been involved in
numerous PE and Venture backed transactions both from the buyer and the seller side. He
serves on the board of Crocs, Inc. (NYSE: CROX) Grove Collaborative (NYSE: GROV), Unreal
Snacks, Every Man Jack, and Elon University. John graduated from Dartmouth and Harvard
Business School and started his career at BCG. He held several C-suite leadership positions
across companies in the US and UK. He was President of Guinness, General Manager of
Unilever, and CEO of Burt’s Bees and Seventh Generation.

Chris is an experienced investor and leader in the private markets with over 25 years of expertise in scaling global growth equity platforms and driving enterprise value. A founding team member of FTV Capital, he helped build the firm into a premier growth equity platform, contributing to over $40 billion in enterprise value across 150+ portfolio companies. At FTV, he served as Partner and Managing Member on both the investment and management committees, working closely with high-growth technology and services companies

Jon is a seasoned business strategist and asset management executive with more than 20 years of experience scaling alternative investment platforms and building enduring organizations. He began his career at Bain & Company before moving to Sankaty Advisors (now Bain Capital Credit), where he helped drive growth from $5B to $40B through innovative product development and global expansion. At Bain Capital, Jon led the European business from 2005–2009 and later oversaw the Liquid Credit platform, working with large institutional investors across high yield, private credit, and structured solutions.

TK is co-founder and general partner of Wasabi Venture LLC. Wasabi Ventures is a venture capital, incubator, and consulting firm that specializes in building and advising early stage technology companies. In the last twenty years, Wasabi Ventures has built, financed, and advised over 200 start-ups. In his 30 years of start-up activity, he has been a part of over 1,500 rounds of financing as an investor, founder, or adviser. He is also the author of Web Advertising and Marketing and dozens of articles about start-ups and software, as well as a frequent lecturer.