
I’m a venture capital investor with over 30 years of experience, 90+ backed companies, and more than $70 billion in exit enterprise value. I bring top investment experience, tactical scaling methodologies with top calibre performance coaching to my companies. My focus is on identifying bold, category-defining companies in consumer and emerging enterprise technologies, streamlining & focusing go to market while guiding leadership to grow personally — with notable exits including Dollar Shave Club, Coinbase, Facebook, Honest Company, TicketsNow, Performics (Google), SMS Assist, Mapbox, and Project44. As Founding Partner of FORGE Capital, I bring more than capital to the table. My model is designed to elevate not just businesses, but the leaders behind them, by integrating strategic offsets with world-class leadership coaching into our investment platform. Founders don’t just get a term sheet; they get a strategic partner committed to their growth as humans and CEOs. My background includes 10+ years and 400+ sessions of leadership and performance coaching with entrepreneurs and my portfolio CEO's, giving me a unique lens on both the art of the start as well as founder dynamics, decision-making, and sustainable performance under pressure. I also teach entrepreneurship and the Good Life at the University of Denver and CU Boulder, and I’m a proud father of three amazing adult kids. Extraordinary companies are built by uncommon people — I’m dedicated to building both.
www.forgecapital.vc
du.edu
lessen.com
pritzkergroup.com
fourmorecapital.com
mapbox.com
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Denver, Colorado, United States
Founding Partner
FORGE Capital
• www.linkedin.com/company/forge-venture-capital
Nov 2021 - Present
Denver, Colorado, United States
Senior Advisor & Investment Chair
Four More Capital
• www.linkedin.com/company/four-more-capital
Oct 2021 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Entrepreneurship
University of Denver
• www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-denver
Sep 2021 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Entrepreneurship
University of Colorado Boulder
• www.linkedin.com/company/cuboulder
Jan 2021 - Present
Investor
project44
• www.linkedin.com/company/project-44
Sep 2016 - Present
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founder & CEO
McCall Family Foundation
Jun 1994 - Present
Investor
Awesomeness.TV
Jul 2012 - May 2013
Greater Los Angeles Area
coinbase.com
honest.com
meta.com
forgecapital.vc
ticketsnow.com
bcg.com
colorado.edu
playdom.com
feedburner.com
tockhq.com
everdream.com
project44.com
performics.com