Eric Dirst

President DeKonsultere / Chief Tech Advisor Align Capital Partners / Co-Founder theneda.org Charity

๐Ÿ“ Woodridge, Illinois, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 4 investments๐Ÿ“… 9 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Sep 2025๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
VC๐ŸŒ United States
4
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2
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Board Member
Sep 2025
We are bringing cost effective training for K-12 teachers, home parents, and any educator who needs the tools and skills to help educate children with dyslexia and other neuro-divergent challenges. We have partnered with Colorado State University to bring these certificate programs to market, starting the summer of 2026 with more classes rolling out over next 2 years.
early stageEducation
Board Member
Aug 2017
The Brent Sopel Foundation is dedicated to providing financial and educational assistance to help students with dyslexia fulfill their potential. Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability or disorder that includes poor word reading, word decoding, oral reading fluency and spelling. It is not affected by IQ (Einstein was dyslexic), however the absence of appropriate educational support to overcome dyslexia often negatively impacts a student's school and ultimately career success, as well as satisfaction in all areas of life. However, with early detection and diagnosis, dyslexics can receive appropriate interventions which will enable them to become successful readers and writers.
COO and Board Member
Jan 2017
ThingLogix is a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, solution components, development services, and advisory services. We offer Foundry, a proprietary cloud platform architected on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Foundry Packages, a series of related component applications, to enable IoT solutions for multiple industries and use cases. Our technology enables sophisticated functionality, rapid time-to-market, simplified solution evolution over time, and extreme cost efficiency. ThingLogix is a certified AWS Advanced Technology Partner. We operate globally from our offices in San Francisco and Dubai.
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2017
ThingLogix is a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, solution components, development services, and advisory services. We offer Foundry, a proprietary cloud platform architected on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Foundry Packages, a series of related component applications, to enable IoT solutions for multiple industries and use cases. Our technology enables sophisticated functionality, rapid time-to-market, simplified solution evolution over time, and extreme cost efficiency. ThingLogix is a certified AWS Advanced Technology Partner. We operate globally from our offices in San Francisco and Dubai.
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2025
Board Member
Sep 2025
We are bringing cost effective training for K-12 teachers, home parents, and any educator who needs the tools and skills to help educate children with dyslexia and other neuro-divergent challenges. We have partnered with Colorado State University to bring these certificate programs to market, starting the summer of 2026 with more classes rolling out over next 2 years.
early stageEducation
2018
Chief Technology Advisor
Sep 2018
Align Capital Partners is a growth-oriented private equity firm that partners with business owners and management teams to create shared success. ACP manages $1.5 billion in committed capital with investment teams in Cleveland and Dallas. ACP brings experience and resources to help lower-middle market companies accelerate their growth, to the benefit of management, employees and the firmโ€™s investors. ACP makes control investments in differentiated companies within the business services, technology, specialty manufacturing and distribution sectors.
2017
Board Member
Aug 2017
The Brent Sopel Foundation is dedicated to providing financial and educational assistance to help students with dyslexia fulfill their potential. Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability or disorder that includes poor word reading, word decoding, oral reading fluency and spelling. It is not affected by IQ (Einstein was dyslexic), however the absence of appropriate educational support to overcome dyslexia often negatively impacts a student's school and ultimately career success, as well as satisfaction in all areas of life. However, with early detection and diagnosis, dyslexics can receive appropriate interventions which will enable them to become successful readers and writers.
COO and Board Member
Jan 2017
ThingLogix is a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, solution components, development services, and advisory services. We offer Foundry, a proprietary cloud platform architected on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Foundry Packages, a series of related component applications, to enable IoT solutions for multiple industries and use cases. Our technology enables sophisticated functionality, rapid time-to-market, simplified solution evolution over time, and extreme cost efficiency. ThingLogix is a certified AWS Advanced Technology Partner. We operate globally from our offices in San Francisco and Dubai.
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2017
ThingLogix is a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, solution components, development services, and advisory services. We offer Foundry, a proprietary cloud platform architected on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Foundry Packages, a series of related component applications, to enable IoT solutions for multiple industries and use cases. Our technology enables sophisticated functionality, rapid time-to-market, simplified solution evolution over time, and extreme cost efficiency. ThingLogix is a certified AWS Advanced Technology Partner. We operate globally from our offices in San Francisco and Dubai.
Investment activity
2017โ€“2025 ยท 4 investments
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