Phillip Thune

Founded in 2009, Salt Creek Capital is a private investment firm providing flexible capital solutions to entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses. For over 15 years, we have specialized in ownership transitions as the first institutional partner for businesses generating up to $100M in annual sales. Our investment experience spans a wide array of industries, including business and consumer services, manufacturing, food & beverage, franchising, healthcare, and distribution. Through our one-of-a-kind Executive Partnership Program, we support a bench of seasoned operators prepared to lead and transform businesses over the long-term while preserving the core values that enabled these companies to thrive. Our Executive Partners bring deep industry expertise and a proven track record of driving growth. Our mission is to be the partner of choice for businesses seeking flexible capital and operational leadership to guide ownership transitions and drive long-term value creation. At Salt Creek, we offer a collaborative, transparent process that aligns our interests with those of business owners, ensuring a smooth transition.

New York Angels is a member-led organization committed to finding, funding and mentoring great young companies from pitch through successful exit. Our 120+ members are entrepreneurs, CEOs, venture capitalists and business leaders who have founded, funded and built world-class companies. We come from a wide array of industry backgrounds and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We mentor and coach the entrepreneurs in whom we invest, serve on their boards, provide contacts and assist with team building, strategic planning and fundraising. The mission of New York Angels is to foster an engaged and smart New York City angel investment environment in an effort to enhance the opportunities for entrepreneurs to be financed and succeed through exit. We provide opportunities for our members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies and accelerating them to market leadership. We lead and participate in investments ranging from $100,000–$2,000,000, and have a large network of angel groups and venture capital firms with whom we syndicate to do rounds up to $3 million. New York Angels has been the leading seed investment organization in NYC since 2004, with members investing over $112 million into more than 270 exciting startup companies. Through their participation in New York Angels, members were the first investors in such startups as Pinterest and Comixology, and portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Intel, CBS, Living Social and others.