Ian Folau

Managing Partner

2023

Private Equity fund acquiring cash flowing businesses and commercial real estate with a focus on creating effective operations and satisfying growth potential. Founded by commercial real estate and business brokers.

Operating Partner

2022

Investing in, and supporting, tech companies at the early stages. Particularly interested in supporting technologies with dual-use capability, serving government and commercial needs.

Chief Executive Officer

2022

A business brokerage firm that helps people buy and sell their businesses. A business owner may be interested in acquiring another business or may be looking to exit and move on to something else. We assist business owners to reach these goals. We also assist investors/buyers find the deals that will help them build their portfolios and goals. Headquartered in the state of Utah, the majority of our listings are based in the state of Utah, but we have reach across the United States.

Chief Product Officer

2022 - 2023

Legacy Business Brokers aims to bring tech innovation to an old, traditional industry: Business Brokering -- also known as facilitating Mergers & Acquisitions transactions for small business owners. Brokering small business M&A is a very lucrative business model, but there aren't any well-known systems or processes to follow in order to get into the field. Legacy Business Brokers is the first software platform built for business brokers and is the one-stop platform for any professional that wants to be a successful(and organized) business broker. Using our training, marketing leads, resources, and platform, we see brokers making $125K+/year while working around 10 hours/week.

Advisor

2022 - 2023

CEO and Co-Founder

2021 - 2022

ClearMix has made video production better by removing the parts that everyone hates(travel and logistics) and increased the efficiency and speed of professional production through technology. ClearMix currently creates video content for 100s of companies from SMBs to the Fortune 100.

Board Observer

2019 - 2021

The Climate Service helps companies manage the effects of weather and climate on their portfolio of assets. Their proprietary risk management platform takes into account decades of historical weather pattern data to help distribute risk across a company's facilities portfolio.

Director of Tech Strategy/Managing Director of the LMI Venture Fund

2018 - 2020

Built the tech strategy for the consulting firm, LMI, which included creating LMI Ventures, an early-stage venture fund investing in software and data technologies that could increase the efficiency and capability of the federal government. LMI Ventures also seeks partnerships/alliances with cutting edge technology companies. Investments and partnerships are deeply connected with LMI strategies for growth. Also, led product development at the LMI Forge. The Forge is a group of designers and developers building software products to solve problems at scale.

Board Member

2019 - 2020

CyberUp is a non-profit helping underprivileged community members receive entry-level cybersecurity training to fulfill their first roles in cybersecurity.

Co-Founder and CEO (Acquired by Infor)

2015 - 2018

GitLinks helps companies safeguard against external threats to their products. We enhance the security and legal compliance of your digital products by tracking your use of open source in development.

Co-Founder and President

2014 - 2016

Malosi Rugby is an American based rugby equipment company which sells products within the USA. www.malosirugby.com