Mark Kendall
Investment Partners play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top St Louis Investment Partners. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.
This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.
Top St Louis Investment Partners
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Craig Albrecht
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Craig Albrecht – Managing Director @ Thompson Street Capital Partners
Jim Eberlin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Jim Eberlin founded Gainsight by discovering a new opportunity to ensure customers were adopting products as well as using them to their ful…
Brian Matthews
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Brian Matthews is a Co-founder and a General Partner at Cultivation Capital. In addition, he is a General Partner and mentor at SixThirty Fi…
Rick Holton, Jr.
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rick is a General Partner at FINTOP Capital. He has served in venture capital as a General Partner in the Tech, Life Sciences, and FinTech s…
Andy Dearing
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Andy Dearing is the President of Spatial STL Advisors. He also serves as the lead for the GeoFutures Initiative, a regional initiative under…
John True
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John True is the General Partner of Cultivation Capital.
Jennifer Ehlen
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Jennifer Ehlen – Founder & CEO @ Brazen Global
Steve Wiggins
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Steve Wiggins – Managing Director @ Essex Woodlands Healthcare Partners
Tom Hillman
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tom Hillman has been involved with private business enterprises over the course of his career, during which time he’s owned more than 50 com…
William Schmidt
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage:
Bill has over 20 years experience in the medical device, healthcare IT and pharmaceutical sectors, and is a founding Partner of LDM Group. L…
Ilya Nykin
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
A Prolog co-founder and managing director, Ilya has more than 25 years of experience with new ventures as both an investor and entrepreneur….
Rick Kushel
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
Investment Stage: Seed
Rick Kushel, General Partner at FINTOP Capital, was most recently a strategic advisor to the Innovations portfolio at The Blackstone Group. …
Brian Belsky
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brian Belsky
Tara Butler
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Tara Butler joined AHV in 2002 after completing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis. She primaril…
Thad Simons
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Thad Simons is Founder and Managing Director, The Yield Lab, Board President of the International Food and Agribusiness Association (IFAMA) …
Craig Herron
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Craig Herron – VP Ventures @ iSELECT FUND
John McKearn
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
John McKearn joined RiverVest® in April 2008 as a venture partner and became a managing director in April 2011. He has 25 years experience …
Peter Esparrago
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Peter Esparrago co-founded Cultivation Capital. and Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of FinLocker in 2001
Dean VandeKamp
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dean VandeKamp – General Partner @ Cultivation Capital
David Smoller
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dr. David A. Smoller, General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Tim Hayden
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Co-Founder & Managing Director at Stadia Ventures
Bobby Sandage
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Dr. Sandage most recently was President and CEO and member of the board for Coronado BioSciences, Inc. (CNDO) from March 2011 to April 2013….
Michael Kime
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Michael Kime is responsible for assisting AEGIS Professional Services with complex corporate transactions as well as organizing and managing…
David Russell
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
David Russell – Venture Partner @ Lewis & Clark Ventures
Chris Danforth
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Chris is a Limited Partner and Investment Committee member of the Cultivation Capital technology fund,
Scott Bernstein
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Scott Bernstein is Principal at Lewis & Clark Ventures and is responsible for managing all stages of the investment process from fund raisin…
Brian Hopcraft
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Brian Hopcraft is an entrepreneur and technology leader with more than 15 years of experience leading established technology companies as we…
Matt Plummer
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Matt is the Principal at Cultivation Capital and the Yield Lab. He oversees the day to day program and investment operations for the Yield L…
Helen Ciesielski
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Helen Ciesielski currently works as the Principal for Lewis & Clark Ventures. He previously worked at Ascension Ventures as an Investment As…
Brian Clevinger
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
A Prolog co-founder and managing director, Brian has been involved in the commercialization of bioscience for more than 25 years. Prior to c…
Victor Kats
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Victor Kats joined Ascension Ventures in 2009 from Allscripts-Misys, a $3 billion healthcare information technology company, where he led co…
Rick Ryan
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Rick Ryan is the General Partner of Cultivation Capital Life Sciences.
David Poldoian
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
David Poldoian currently works as the Lewis and Clark Ventures for Operating Partner. He previously worked at FTL Capital as the Operating P…
Ryan Rakestraw
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Ryan Rakestraw is a Venture Principal with Monsanto Growth Ventures, a corporate venture capital group investing in technology impacting foo…
Eric Gulve
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Eric Gulve is the Executive Vice President of BioSTL.
Jeff Peterson
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Jeff Peterson is on the board of the Center for Emerging Technologies in St Louis as an Executive Team member. He previously worked for Mons…
Steve Welker
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Steve Welker is an Operating Partner at Lewis & Clark AgriFood.
Alaina Macia
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Alaina Macia
Darren Streiler
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Darren Streiler
Dan Cooper
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage: Private Equity
Dan Cooper
Anthony Billings
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
Anthony Billings is the Vice President of Advantage Capital.
David Taiclet
Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter
Investor Type: Investment Partner
Investment Stage:
David Taiclet
GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings