George Wilde

Founded in 2007, Long Ridge invests in growth stage companies that are transforming financial and business technology. With $1.75 billion under management, Long Ridge partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build sector leaders. The firms collaborative approach, coupled with deep industry expertise, makes Long Ridge the partner of choice for industry-leading management teams. Representative investments include BlueTarp Financial, Broadway Technology, Browz, Carson Group, and Portware. Long Ridge is based in New York City and can be contacted at www.long-ridge.com.

Frontier Growth supports the growth of software companies in the lower middle market by deploying both investment capital and operational expertise. The firm was founded with a culture that puts People Before Numbers, because it’s people that lead to real growth. With over 20 years’ experience, Frontier respects that each of their companies represents someone’s life’s work. It’s why the firm’s explicit focus is to help them grow without stifling the innovation that’s made them successful.

Founded in 2015, Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm with over $5 billion in capital under management. Silversmith seeks to partner with founders and entrepreneurs building enduring technology and healthcare businesses. The firm brings deep domain expertise, strategic perspective, and a long-term partnership approach to help management teams accelerate growth. The firm has served as the first institutional partner to some of the most dynamic and successful companies in its core verticals, including Appfire, Apryse, DistroKid, Iodine Software, and LifeStance Health.

PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic opportunities and build strong teams. Having backed more than 140 companies and facilitated over 500 add-on acquisitions, PSG brings extensive investment experience, deep expertise in software and technology, and a firm commitment to collaborating with management teams. Founded in 2014, PSG operates out of offices in Boston, Kansas City, London, Madrid, Paris and Tel-Aviv. To learn more about PSG, visit www.psgequity.com. Disclaimer: https://bit.ly/3aMVMpW Visit http://bit.ly/39lIOA8 for a comprehensive list of all investments.

Branch Venture Group is the largest US-based angel network investing exclusively in food-related startups. The BVG investment network provides funding and advice to early-stage food companies. We focus on investments in food and beverage CPG, foodtech, and agtech spaces including food and beverage products, digital content and media, e-commerce and marketplace platforms, direct to consumer, agriculture technology, industry robotics, restaurant technology, and related life sciences. Branch Venture Group provides a number of opportunities and activities for our angel network members. We host meetings where entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their business plans and products. We organize educational opportunities for our members to learn more about angel investing and host expert sessions with industry leaders to offer investment and category insights. Branch Venture Group members are also invited to all Branchfood events. As a group, we aspire to lead the early-stage investment activity in food nationwide. Our angel network consists of individual investors interested in achieving superior returns by financing privately held companies at an early stage of development. We seek a diverse, active member base from a variety of backgrounds and professions but with a common interest in high-growth food-related businesses. Branch Venture Group is also connected to early-adopters, strategic customers, service providers, partners, and follow-on sources of financing. It is this network that we leverage to support our portfolio investments in accelerating their goals and milestones. Our primary focus is investing in entrepreneurs raising between $500K - $3MM with the capacity to syndicate larger opportunities through other networks and venture firms. Our members sit on company boards, help recruit new members, develop strategic partners, refine product and go-to-market strategies, and help companies raise subsequent rounds of funding.