We are pleased to announce that Dr. Klaas Baks has joined our Advisory Board. 

Klaas is a Professor of Finance at The Goizueta Business School at Emory University and the research director of the Emory Center for Private Equity and Hedge Funds.  His research and teaching focuses on issues in venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurial finance and investment management, and he has published papers in a number of academic and business journals.  Klaas serves on the board of Triton Value Partners, an Atlanta based private equity firm, and on the board of two other start-ups.

On a personal note, I met Klaas for the first time several years ago when I was an MBA student and participating in a venture capital case competition.  Immediately following my team’s final presentation (and announcement of our victory), Klaas rushed up to me and said, “You absolutely must take my class.”  Well, I was never able to take the class, but Klaas and I kept in touch, and he became an informal advisor.  Over the past few years his assistance with regard to the conception, development, and initial funding of our Company has taught me more than I could have ever hoped to learn in a formal setting - although he still thinks I should have taken his class.  

We are excited to have Klaas, his expertise and contacts, to guide us through early stage fundraising, general business development and beyond.