Lawrence Black

Entrepreneur, Angel investor, Placemaker at Civic Holdings | Historic Preservation, Adaptive Reuse,

Greer, South Carolina

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Work Experience

  • Principal

    2011

    Historic Preservation, Adaptive Reuse, Placemaking

  • Founding Member

    2012

    NextGen backs exceptional entrepreneurs and seed-stage companies with typical investments of $1-2 million. Our Venture Partners are top founders and innovation executives across the Country whose expertise and connections support NextGen's portfolio growth.

  • Managing Director

    1997

    Venture Partner/ Angel investor/ Co-Founder in 50+ startups and high growth ventures. Current funding focus in specialty Coffee wholesale, processing, and Warehousing. Exits include DraftKings, Straighterline, Spire.

  • Venture Partner

    2015

    At WealthForge, we’ve moved the manual, back-office tasks associated with raising private capital to the online world.

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2024

2009 - 2020

  • Venture Partner (Aquired 2020)

    2009 - 2020

    StraighterLine is a leader in making a quality college education more affordable.

2008 - 2018

  • Board of Directors

    2008 - 2018

    Medical clinic and relief organization.

  • Board Of Directors

    2012 - 2015

    Vice President

2009 - 2013

  • Investor (Acquired by Textura)

    2009 - 2013

    The #1 enterprise mobile app for construction.