Team

Strategic Partners and Advisors

Village Ventures Long River Ventures has a strategic partnership with Village Ventures, a company which facilitates a nationwide network of early-stage venture capital funds focused on emerging technology centers. Village Ventures provides back office accounting/administrative support to our Funds and also acts as a potential source of capital for follow on capital for our portfolio companies.

Babson Capital The Fund's lead investor is Babson Capital Management, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Springfield, MA. Babson brings to the Partnership a sophisticated financial services institution representing nearly $90 billion in assets under management, significant experience in mezzanine, buy-out, and private equity financing, 197 investment professionals, and a broad network of investment partners throughout the country.

Industry Advisory Board Long River is supported by an Industry Advisory Board comprised of individuals who have been CEO's and/or active investors in the Fund's target investment sectors. This board provides additional sector expertise to the Funds and the portfolio companies. Jay Baldwin Managing Partner, Wind River Capital Cleantech Paul Brient President & CEO, PatientKeeper, Inc. (formerly VP, McKesson) Healthcare Information Technology Mike Cataldo CEO, Cambridge Semantics, Inc. Healthcare Information Technology and Medical Services Jim Eisenstein President & CEO, Optasite (formerly President, American Tower) Telecommunications Rich Grant President & CEO, Breakaway Imaging (formerly Sr. Mgr at HP/Agilent and GE Healthcare) Healthcare Imaging & Medical Devices Fran Kelly President, Arnold Worldwide Consumer Michael Kaufman Partner, KBT Partners (formerly Sr. VP Eclipsys) Healthcare Information Technology Ned Kaufman, MD Medical Director of Information Systems, North Shore Medical Center Healthcare Information Technology Ned Kaufman, MD Medical Director of Information Systems, North Shore Medical Center Healthcare Information Technology John Kole Partner, Comcast Ventures Telecomm/IT Baer Tierkel Former VP Marketing, PeopleSoft Software Michael Weintraub President and CEO, Humedica Healthcare Information Technology