Citizen's Capital

Mr. Daniel Gilbert is the Founder and serves as Chairman at Rock Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at RockBridge Growth Equity. He is a Co-Founder of StockX. Dan Gilbert is Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation's second largest mortgage lender. He is also Founder and Chairman of Rock Ventures LLC, the umbrella entity for his portfolio of business and real estate investments, and majority owner of the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Rock Ventures and its more than 100 affiliated companies across the country employ more than 30,000 team members. Since 2013, Detroit-based Quicken Loans closed $220 billion in home loan volume across all 50 states, and in 2015, for the sixth consecutive year, earned J.D. Power's highest rating for client satisfaction among all U.S. mortgage lenders. Quicken Loans is No. 1 on Computerworld magazine's "100 Best Places to Work in IT" and has been named one of FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 13 consecutive years. Dan is also a shareholder in several sports-related consumer and technology businesses, including a leading wall graphics company (Fathead), electronic ticketing company (Flash Seats) and innovative sports equipment helmet maker (Xenith). Dan began moving his Family of Companies to Detroit's central business district in 2010 in an effort to help lead the transformation of a great American city. In January 2010, Dan co-founded Bedrock Detroit, a full-service real estate firm specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing commercial space based in downtown Detroit. Since then, he has invested more than $2.2 billion to purchase and renovate more than 95 commercial properties accounting for more than 15 million square feet in the city's urban core. Thousands of jobs have been created, and today nearly 17,000 Rock Ventures team members work in downtown Detroit. Dan also founded JACK Entertainment, a developer and owner of unique urban casinos in downtown Cleveland, Cincinnati and Baltimore. In 2013, the company also acquired Detroit's Greektown Casino-Hotel, which will be renamed as JACK Detroit Casino-Hotel Greektown later this year. In March 2013, Rock Ventures, in collaboration with the Downtown Detroit Partnership and Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, unveiled and implemented a visionary placemaking and retail plan centered on creating activity and vibrant, distinct destinations to draw people to the region using a multifaceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Dan is a Founder and Principal of Detroit Venture Partners (DVP), a venture capital firm that funds startup and early-stage technology companies in Detroit. He is also a Founding Partner of Detroit-based private equity group Rockbridge Growth Equity LLC, which invests in growing businesses in the financial services, Internet technology, consumer-direct marketing and the sports and entertainment industries across the United States. In September 2013, Dan was named co-chair of the Blight Removal Task Force. The group, appointed by the Obama Administration, published a detailed plan in May 2014 to remove all blighted structures and lots in the city of Detroit. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the M-1 RAIL initiative, which began construction in July 2014. The 6.6-mile modern streetcar system, known as QLINE, is designed to spur economic development and improve downtown and midtown Detroit's transportation infrastructure. Dan serves on the boards of the Cleveland Clinic, the Washington D.C.-based Children's National Medical Center and the Children's Tumor Foundation, which is focused on finding a cure for the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis. He earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from Wayne State University.

Mr. William Ruh served as Managing Principal, Private Equity at Aequitas Capital Management. Mr. Ruh joined Aequitas in 2013, bringing nearly 25 years of experience in corporate finance and private equity dedicated to the financial services arena. Presently, he serves as a board member of Mocapay, Inc., an early-stage mobile POS payment and mobile marketing technology company, and nCino, a cloud-based company using a SaaS distribution model to distribute its fully-integrated bank operating platform. Mr. Ruh has also served as Chairman of the Board and led the extensive restructuring of Ceres Group Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio-based mid-cap insurance holding company and as Chairman of the Board and interim CEO for Indivos Corporation, a payment services company utilizing proprietary biometric authentication solutions. He has also served as a director of Security Business Bancorp, Regency Bancorp, Hanmi Financial Corporation, the largest Korean-American bank in the United States, as well as several privately owned community banks. Mr. Ruh holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York Maritime College and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Full In is a $200m growth equity firm that focuses primarily on software, mobile, and online marketplace investments. We evaluate companies globally but have a sweet spot for US, European, and Israeli markets. We are excited to partner with companies who are showing signs of product market fit but might benefit from an expert or two in go-to-market strategy and/or in sales and marketing. We love working actively with companies to really earn our seat at the table. Above all, we care most about the people we will be working with and the passion they bring to their craft. Our focus: As growth-stage investors, Full In invests in companies with demonstrated product-market fit and rapid growth trajectory. Among many other factors, we love to to look at track record and momentum as key indicators of long-term sustainable business models. Full In Partners is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.

Mr. Tyler Peterson serves as Vice President at Triangle Peak Partners. Prior to Triangle Peak, he spent seven years at Google where he held various product strategy and finance positions. Most recently, he focused on new product development for YouTube monetization. Additionally, he has led strategy and finance groups in the Google+ and Google Maps businesses. Earlier in his career, Tyler worked across a variety of Google products including: AdWords, AdSense, Gmail, Google Checkout, Google TV Ads, and more. He has advised country managers how to scale teams internationally, built new products from idea to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and been a lead analyst on multi-billion dollar businesses. He is also a Mentor for Acceleprise, a Washington DC based accelerator focused on enterprise technology. Tyler graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a BA in Economics and History, and he holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson. He serves as board observer at StayNTouch.

Mr. John Dyett is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Salem Partners. Mr. Dyett heads the firm's efforts in the Life Sciences. He has raised in excess of $200 million of private equity and completed multiple merger and acquisition assignments for Salem Partners' clients. Mr. Dyett raised several rounds of venture capital for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics which was purchased for $2.3 billion cash by Reckitt Benckiser in 2008. Mr. Dyett’s other clients include Neos Therapeutics, Lombardi Software and Quinnova Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Dyett also serves on the investment committees of Salem Partners Wealth Management and SW Contego, a fund of hedge funds established by Salem Partners Wealth Management in 2008. Prior to founding Salem Partners, Mr. Dyett was a banker with Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc. and Needham and Co., Inc. Mr. Dyett is a graduate of Harvard College.

Saints Capital is an investment firm that provides liquidity to investors within private companies. The firm formed its first secondary fund in 2000 and has since provided liquidity to general partners and their limited partners in both venture capital and private equity, founders and early employees of venture-backed companies, and financial institutions. The firm makes structured deals that may include loans, deferred payments and upside sharing. The team has experience and knowledge in industries that include business services, telecom equipment, aerospace, cleantech, and security. The four types of sellers that Saints Capital serves are founders and early employees, general partners of venture capital and private equity funds, financial institutions with illiquid securities, and limited partners of old venture capital funds. The firm is located in San Francisco, California.