CrossWork Team And Advisers
Senior venture capital professionals working with an extended advisory board.
Alphabetical Order
$600 Million Exit
April 2021
Only 2.5 years from startup
“Since introducing this brand with Conor McGregor and his partners Audie Attar and Ken Austin just two and a half years ago, Proper No. Twelve has been the most exciting brand in its category. The brand continues to grow at an unprecedented rate” – Bleacher Report
Sectors:
Sports, Retail, Consumer,
Audie is an investor and is the agent of athlete, Conor McGregor, the 2020 highest paid athlete in the world. He is CEO of Paradigm Sports, a global sports agency representing top athletes around the world include Conor McGregor, Manny Pacquiao, Cris Cyborg, Israel Adesanya and others. He co-founded the icon brand Proper Twelve that sold for $600 million in 2.5 years setting a blueprint for other consumer brands that can be scaled through sports related partnerships
Sectors:
Technology, Government, Military
Bill Davis is an investor in the technology and real estate sectors. He founded Pulsar Data Systems and grew it to over $400 million in revenues prior to taking it public on the NASDAQ through an acquisition and IPO led by CrossWork partner Steven Ogunro. Bill Davis was an investor in Sim-G (acquired) and cvent ($1 billion IPO valuation)
Sectors:
Fintech, Technology
Chris is an investor and was an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions division of Goldman Sachs and subsequently worked for John Kluge, at the time the richest man in America. He has since co-founded and sold three financial technology businesses, each with a social mission at their core. The most recent exit was LEAF College Savings, a provider of digital employee benefits that helps families better manage the high cost of higher education and participate in the American Dream. It was acquired by leading online personal finance company SoFi in August 2019.
Sectors:
LifeSciences, Technology
Brion served as a Chief Systems Engineer at Medtronic. He oversaw software and product development projects as well as the integration of technology pursuant to acquisitions.He has led cross functional teams of quality control, marketing, sales and regulatory teams in connection with technology projects.
Sectors:
Sports, Consumer Products
Que is a Chief Marketing Officer with over 25 years of experience leading marketing organizations at some of the the world's leading sports, music and entertainment organizations . He has acted as a manager to some of the world's leading entertainers.
Sectors:
Entertainment, Consumer Products, Technology
Adam is an investor and has practiced corporate law for almost 20 years where he completed a wide range of commercial and financing transactions. He has represented the estates of Prince as well as Paisley Park. He has concluded major transactions with the world’s major music labels. He has served as Chief Legal Officer of multiple technology and entertainment companies and also served as Chief Strategy Officer of an Inc 500 developer of digital technology solutions.
Sectors:
Real Estate
Life Sciences: Colonel And Recipient Of The Defense Meritorious Service Award
Sectors:
Life sciences, government, space
Dr. (Colonel) Stephen Golden
Sectors:
Oil and Gas, Human Resources Technology, Staffing
Dane is an investor and CEO of an oil and gas focused services company in Southern California that has completed a number of acquisitions under his direction. He previously served as head of the North American Energy practice of a recruiting company responsible for approximately $200 million in annual sales.
Sectors:
Fintech
Chase founded and leads a top fintech company focused on high volume credit card merchants, that leverage virtual credit cards.
Sectors:
Retail, Consumer Products
Marty is an industry leader in the retail industry. He leads as CEO one of the world’s largest manufacturers representatives. His company helps manufacturers get into and grow in retail channels and runs billions of dollars of product through retailers like Target, Walmart and others. His company also managers private label manufacturing efforts for major retailers.
Sectors:
Marketing, Consumer
Products
Sectors:
Technology, Online Music PlatformsRetail, Consumer Products
Mitch created and ran DMGI/The Orchard, at the time, the world's largest independent digital music/video aggregator. He led the company from startup to its IPO on NASDAQ in just two years. He served on the Board of Governors and Co-Chair of the advocacy Committee for the Recording Academy (The GRAMMYS)
Sectors:
Technology Enabled Services, Legal Tech, Machine Learning
Allen founded Innovative Discovery, as CEO eventually buying out its shareholders and completing an acquisition of a competitor in transactions led by CrossWork partner, Steven Ogunro. Innovative was acquired by a private equity company to serve as the core platform for additional acquisitions.
$1.6 Billion Exit
40X return
Sectors:
Technology, Consumer, Retail, B2B, Technology Enabled Services
Sectors:
Enterprise Software, Technology
Sectors:
Technology, Pre-IPO
Sectors:
Lifesciences
Sectors:
Fintech
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