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Anna Talerico

CEO, Corporate Finance Institute

Nashville, Tennessee

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series B

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Leadership
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Strategy
Start-ups
Content marketing
Online Marketing
Online Advertising
SEM
Conversion Optimization
Digital Marketing
Advertising
Integrated Marketing
Business Development
Email Marketing
PPC
Social Media Marketing
Mobile Marketing
Digital Strategy
Marketing
Web Analytics

Education

Work Experience

Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)

2021

  • CEO

    2022

  • COO, interim

    2021 - 2022

Arthur Ventures

2020

  • Operating Partner

    2020

    Arthur Ventures is an early growth capital firm that leads investments in B2B software companies located outside Silicon Valley. I partner with our portfolio companies to help them take advantage of strategic and tactical opportunities to accelerate growth and create enterprise value.

Linux Academy

2018 - 2020

  • COO

    2018 - 2020

    As COO I built & scaled our sales, customer success, support, and HR functions to deliver rapid, capital-efficient growth. We were acquired by A Cloud Guru in 2019, where I went on to focus on the successful integration of our companies.

Founders Advisors

2018 - 2020

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2020

    Software & Digital Media Board of Advisors for Founders Advisors. Founders is a merger, acquisition & strategic advisory firm serving middle-market companies. Founders’ focus is on oil and gas, industrials, software, industrial technology, internet, digital media, and healthcare companies located nationwide, as well as companies based in the Southeast across a variety of industries. Founders’ skilled professionals, proven expertise and process-based solutions help companies access growth capital, make acquisitions, and/or prepare for and execute liquidity events to achieve specific financial goals.

Recurring Capital Partners

2018 - 2020

  • Advisor

    2018 - 2020

    Recurring Capital Partners specializes in debt financing for Software as a Service (SaaS) and other recurring revenue model technology-driven companies. Our team, advisors and investors couple significant operating experience with start-up finance expertise to drive a focus on results founders and management teams care about: accelerating growth, controlling business and personal risks, and maximizing personal equity stakes.

ion interactive

1998 - 2018

  • Advisor

    2017 - 2018

  • Co-founder & Executive Vice President

    1998 - 2017

    As one of ion's co-founders I was responsible for our customer-facing teams including sales, customer success, support, and professional services. We bootstrapped ion organically, and profitably, transforming it from a small boutique web development company (circa 1998) to a leading marketing technology SaaS focused on interactive content experiences (circa 2017). ion interactive was acquired by ScribbleLive in September 2017.