INVESTORS
About Fairhaven Capital Partners
Fairhaven Capital Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to a thesis-based approach to investing in technology companies developing innovative products and services. For more information, please visit https://lp.fairhavencapital.com/.
About Summerhill Venture Partners
Summerhill Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused in the areas of communications, digital media and information technology. The firm has a successful track record dating back to 1987 in investing in and assisting entrepreneurs and their emerging growth companies. For more information, visit http://www.summerhillvp.com/.
About Core Capital Partners
Core Capital is a $170 million venture fund that invests in a wide range of transformational technologies. Based in Washington, DC, Core Capital focuses on investments in information technology, communications, software and business services. Sample portfolio companies include InPhonic, Sourcefire, NexTone Communications, sentitO Networks, Clareos, Solstice Software, SwapDrive, Trinity Convergence, and Vocal Data. For more information, visit www.core-capital.com.
About Avansis Ventures
Avansis Ventures invests in and actively supports companies in wireless, storage, security, communications equipment, optical components and software for the internet infrastructure. Based in Reston, VA, Avansis is a $10 million seed/early stage venture fund for companies primarily in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area. Strategically positioned as a feeder fund to select Tier A venture firms, Avansis looks for emerging market opportunities and then finds the best people and technologies among the companies addressing these new markets. For more information, visit http://www.avansis.com/.
directors
Joe Catalfamo
Joe brings over 14 years of venture capital investing and a wealth of experience in the areas of business planning, financings, negotiations, IPOs and acquisitions. His diverse and extensive experience allows him to play an integral role in the structure, strategic direction, and overall growth and business development of emerging companies.
Prior to joining Summerhill Venture Partners in June 2004, Joe served as EVP, CFO and Director of Whitecastle Investments, a leading Canadian private investment company, and Managing Director of its venture practice, Whitecap Venture Partners. As one of the venture practice founders, Joe was instrumental in shaping the vision and investment strategy of Whitecap. He was a core element of the senior team that brought a number of high-grossing investments to fruition.
Joe’s past successes include investments in Broadband Networks Inc. (acquired by Nortel, NYSE: NT), Positron Fiber Systems (NASDAQ IPO and acquired by RELTEC, NYSE: RLT), Loran International Technologies (acquired by Peregrine Systems, NASDAQ: PRGN), Electrophotonics (acquired by ETEC, NASDAQ: ETEC), PC Docs Group International (NASDAQ IPO, and acquired by Hummingbird, TSE: HUM & NASDAQ: HUMC) and ImagicTV (NASDAQ IPO, and acquired by ALCATEL, NYSE: ALA).
Joe began his professional career with KPMG, where he held various senior positions in both Canada and the U.K. Joe is a Gold Medal graduate from the University of Waterloo’s Master of Accounting program, and holds Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Accountant designations in Canada.
Joe sits on the boards of Third Brigade, Vantrix, Trust Digital and Radian
Mark Hatfield
Mark Hatfield joined Fairhaven Capital Partners in January 2006, where he focuses on investments in enterprise IT, security and wireless. He has over 10 years of technology integration, business management, and venture capital experience. Prior to joining Fairhaven Capital Partners, Hatfield was a Managing Director for Motorola Ventures, responsible for West Coast Operations. He was an investor and served as a board representative of Amberpoint, A4 Vision, BDNA, Danger Inc., Foundstone (acquired by McAfee), Lumidigm, and Mesh Networks (acquired by Motorola). Prior to joining Motorola Ventures, he headed up Strategy and Business Development for Motorola’s CIO and IT organization. Prior to joining Motorola in 2001, Hatfield also held various Corporate Business Development and IT roles at Bell Canada Enterprises and the Bank of Montreal in Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Hatfield received his MBA from York University and earned a Bachelor’s degree from McMaster University.
Pascal Luck
Pascal Luck is currently Managing Director at Core Capital, a $170 million private equity fund that provides capital to both early-stage ventures and small to mid-sized growth companies. Luck concentrates primarily on the firm's technology investments. His areas of focus include the telecommunications, software, and information technology sectors. Portfolio companies for which he is responsible include Covega, NexTone, Sourcefire, and Trinity Convergence.
Prior to joining Core, Mr. Luck was a Director and Founder of CrossHill Financial Group, a DC-based, private investment banking firm. At CrossHill, Mr. Luck was responsible for executing numerous merger and acquisition transactions, private placements, and financial advisory assignments for clients in the communications, high technology, manufacturing, and service industries. Earlier, Mr. Luck was a Senior Manager in the management consulting division of Deloitte & Touche, where he specialized in finance and strategy for the telecommunications and information technology industries. His clients included AT&T, MCI, Sprint, GTE, Bell Atlantic, Williams, and US West, among others. Mr. Luck began his career as an engineer with Bell Laboratories working on the PBX product line and international telecommunications standards.
Mr. Luck is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research. He holds an MBA in Finance with Distinction from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics/Engineering from Loyola College. He and his wife reside in Washington DC.