Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$1,000,000.00Target Investment:
$400,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Scott
Investments
Ethix360
Total Funding: $4.9M
Outlogic
Total Funding: $15M
Ash & Erie
Total Funding: $1.4M
Syncurity
Total Funding: $2M
rMark Bio
Total Funding: $4M
CYR3CON
Total Funding: $2M
Feedtrail
Total Funding: $500K
Insightin Health
Total Funding: $2M
RoundTrip
Total Funding: $11M
LaneHub
Total Funding:
Smalltalk
Total Funding:
Appsulate
Total Funding:
Conversive
Total Funding:
Osmosis
Total Funding: $7M
Pype
Total Funding:
MajorClarity
Total Funding:
Missionmark
Total Funding:
Trusted Metrics
Total Funding:
Work Experience
2019
Managing Partner
2019
Seed-stage B2B enterprise software investment focus https://earlylight.vc/
Investor
2013
https://garbervc.com/ Personal angel investments - 50 (mostly) early-stage enterprise software companies: Direct Portfolio Companies: Trusted Metrics, MissionMark, Majorclarity, Roundtrip Health, Pype, Osmosis Health, X-Mode, Insightin Health, rMark Bio, Feedtrail, Genamint/Conversive, Smalltalk, Syncurity, Lanehub, Appsulate, Ethix360, Cyr3con, Nayya Health, Turquoise Health, and Ash & Erie Syndicate Investments: UpEquity, Poppy, Faubion, ProductWind, Vita Therapeutics, Canvas GFX, Hunt a Killer, Bark Social, Larq, Carbon38, Yumi, ATAI, DailyPay, Epic Games, MasonHub, nate, Icon Build, Lumanu, Haus, Fast Twitch, Airlift, ClosedLoop AI, Sonic Incytes, Whisper Aero, Mulberry Technologies, Violet AI, Ottometric, Sepion Technologies, Turion Space, and ApponBoard
2017 - 2021
Adviser/Investor
2017 - 2021
Acquired by Elsevier in November 2021: https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/inno/stories/news/2021/12/03/baltimore-based-osmosis-acquired-by-amsterdam-firm.html Osmosis is a social & personalized learning platform for medical and health professions students. The proprietary Osmosis platform helps students succeed in their degree programs, on their high-stakes board exams, and ultimately in the clinic. Osmosis syncs directly with a medical school school’s curriculum and offers curated and custom developed content.
2018 - 2020
Operations Director
2018 - 2020
2014 - 2018
Board Observer and Investor
2014 - 2018
Acquired by SolarWinds, a $4.5 Billion cyber-security firm in July 2018
2017 - 2018
Entrepreneur In Residence
2017 - 2018
2015 - 2017
Deputy Head of Corporate Strategy & M&A
2015 - 2017
Deputy Head of Corporate Strategy & M&A for a multi-billion revenue company • Sized, analyzed, and prioritized nearly 20 Federal, commercial, state/local, and Canadian markets • Sourced, evaluated, and conducted due diligence on BTP Systems acquisition - evaluated all other investment opportunities & managed company-wide innovation portfolio initiatives • Bolstered net profit by 5%+ in 2016 by performing business case analysis on non-clinical healthcare and intelligent transportation systems businesses (exiting both businesses) • Built business development pipeline with business unit leaders by identifying opportunities, creating go-to-market strategies, and conducting competitive intelligence for $1+ billion in total contract value bids
2011 - 2014
Principal
2011 - 2014
Single family investment offices with linked managers & different investors • Participated in dozens of SEED, Series A, & Series B venture deals in six countries and seven states • Sourced & screened (due diligence, sensitivity analysis, financial modeling) hundreds of venture deals • Served as growth & business development lead in multiple startups to exceed sales goals through business development scoping and innovation programs (people, promotions, & partnerships)
2008 - 2011
Program Manager & Alternate Site Lead
2008 - 2011
2008-2009 and 2010-2011 • Designed & directed two business intelligence programs that optimized the client’s R&D operations • Directed engineering team engagement at client site on 17,000+ user IT development projects • Managed hundreds of client and stakeholder relationships and served as Chenega’s site leader
2009 - 2010
Senior Policy & Strategic Advisor
2009 - 2010
• 1 of 2 people to respond to near real-time inquiries from Congress & President Obama • Earned two individual awards from Agency Director for inventing, directing, & operating programs • Created Directorate-wide strategic plans & earned a Meritorious Unit Citation in 2009 with colleagues