Leo Luna

Passionate about finding, funding and supporting great entrepreneurs. Honored to have backed fantastic teams driving recent exits like Acquia ($1B exit to Vista Equity), BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC @ $4B+ market cap), Black Duck Software ($565M exit to Synopsys), Intacct ($850M exit to Sage), Livongo (Nasdaq: LVGO; $18.5B exit to Teladoc), Voicea (exit to Cisco), Vormetric ($400M exit to Thales) and Zipwhip ($850M exit to Twilio). Most recently Managing Partner at Ponte Partners. Previously Co-founder and head of North America investment team at M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) focused on early-stage investments in companies complementing and leveraging the transition to the cloud. Responsible for shaping and driving investment strategy, building and mentoring the team, and all aspects of sourcing, leading due diligence, negotiating and managing investments in the next generation of innovative and disruptive companies. Also an investor with Split Rock Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital and Saints Capital, investment banker with Lehman Brothers and corporate development manager in AMD’s Flash memory group (Spansion LLC). Experience in Venture Capital, CVC, M&A, Corporate Development and Business Development. Specialties: Venture capital, growth equity, direct secondary investments, corporate venture capital, enterprise software, technology-enabled services, SaaS, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, strategic alliances, go-to-market strategies.

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Thomas Hawkins

Experienced venture capital investor, portfolio company Board member and entrepreneur with strong network connections within both corporate strategic and traditional venture capital communities. Broad sector focus across information technology, insurance and financial services, data management, information security & analytics, mobility, digital media, communications, industrial technology, health IT, transportation & logistics, energy.

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