Craig Powell

CEO Senior Advisor & LP, New Markets Venture Partners; Operating Partner & Board Member, Shore Capital; Founder, Show-Me Academy

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2023
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Board Member
Jun 2023
Connexure is the leading provider of SaaS solutions to the medical stop loss marketplace. Founded by David Young in the 1990s and formerly known as Young Consulting, Connexure supports carriers and MGUs with stop loss underwriting and administration, Brokers and GAs with quoting and placement of stop loss coverage, and TPAs and carriers with claims filing against current policies.
Investor
Jun 2013
Motus is the definitive expert in mobile workforce solutions. Its platform simplifies the reimbursement and management of vehicle and device costs through personalized calculations. Powered by an unmatched pool of data, refined over more than 80 years, and updated in real time, Motus is the platform of choice for top Fortune 500 companies and organizations committed to workplace agility. Motus automotive data, captured and analyzed across the world’s largest retained pool of drivers, also underpins the annual Internal Revenue Service (IRS) business mileage standard, the amount an individual can deduct for business vehicle expenses. For more information please visit www.motus.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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2025
Chief Executive Officer
Aug 2025
Lantern was founded to ensure that we can be more than observers as an inevitable future arrives. We believed it was necessary to play a role in shaping that future, in unlocking ideas and talent that previously did not have options. Capital was expensive. Building a solution was time consuming. Learning cycles were slow. None of these are true, and in each case, it’s getting less expensive, less time consuming, and we can learn more quickly than ever. Our founders aren’t interested in chasing hype - We’re interested in building a better future, together.
2023
Operating Partner
Jul 2023
Nexa Equity is a San Francisco, California based private equity firm that partners with founder-led, rapidly scaling SaaS and fintech companies that address markets underserved by technology to create enduring value for the benefit of its investors and portfolio companies. The firm has more than $200 million in private equity capital under management and is focused on continuing to grow its portfolio of companies. The Nexa Equity team brings substantial investing and operational experience to the table and helps management teams professionalize and scale their businesses and drive long-term sustainable growth.
Board Member
Jun 2023
Connexure is the leading provider of SaaS solutions to the medical stop loss marketplace. Founded by David Young in the 1990s and formerly known as Young Consulting, Connexure supports carriers and MGUs with stop loss underwriting and administration, Brokers and GAs with quoting and placement of stop loss coverage, and TPAs and carriers with claims filing against current policies.
2022
Senior Advisor
Jan 2022
New Markets Venture Partners is a leading early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformative education, information technology and business services companies that drive superior financial returns through high customer ROI. New Markets is led by a veteran investment team with a 25-year track record of outperformance. As one of the leading education venture firms in the U.S., we maintain deep relationships with states, districts, universities, and other centers of workforce innovation that allow us to provide exceptional value to our portfolio companies. New Markets adds value to our portfolio companies before, during and after the investment process.
2013
Investor
Jun 2013
Motus is the definitive expert in mobile workforce solutions. Its platform simplifies the reimbursement and management of vehicle and device costs through personalized calculations. Powered by an unmatched pool of data, refined over more than 80 years, and updated in real time, Motus is the platform of choice for top Fortune 500 companies and organizations committed to workplace agility. Motus automotive data, captured and analyzed across the world’s largest retained pool of drivers, also underpins the annual Internal Revenue Service (IRS) business mileage standard, the amount an individual can deduct for business vehicle expenses. For more information please visit www.motus.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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