Meet the team rewiring the fundraising process
Blair is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hum Capital. Before founding Hum, Blair was a principal investor at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he sourced and managed venture investments for the firm focusing primarily on software-as-a-service and artificial intelligence. Blair graduated from Stanford University’s d.school where he studied product design. Blair is a native of Austin, TX and lives there with his family.
Csaba is the President and Co-Founder of Hum Capital. Csaba is an alternative investments expert who leads Hum’s investment team. Previously, Csaba founded Tiller, a venture firm where he was an early investor in Truecar, Scopely, Trax and Clutter. Born in Hungary, Csaba’s investing career has amassed a global network after living in Budapest, Moscow, Geneva, London, New York, Miami, and Singapore. He now lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Chris is the CTO and Co-Founder of Hum Capital. Before founding Hum, Chris was the founding engineer at ClassDojo, the world’s fastest ed-tech company now used by two thirds of U.S. schools across 190 countries worldwide. Chris earned his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Steve Lim is Chief Financial Officer at Hum Capital. Prior to Hum, Steve was CFO at Vacatia, an innovative travel and proptech company. Previously, Steve spent 20 years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Standard Chartered. Steve earned a BA in Economics from Harvard University.
CD (Chris Dolezalek) is the Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Hum Capital. Prior to joining Hum, CD was VP of engineering at Prosper Marketplace. Previously, CD was EVP of engineering at Twitch when it was acquired by Amazon and VP of engineering at BroadVision. CD holds a bachelor’s in Physics from the University of Virginia, and has completed his training with the Co-Active Training Institute as a coach.
John Slater is Head of Strategic Capital at Hum Capital. Prior to Hum, John was head of Credit at GPI Capital where he developed a private credit strategy focusing on growth debt. Previously, John ran the corporate credit team at Paulson & Co. Inc. and co-managed the Paulson Credit Opportunities Funds. John has an MBA from INSEAD, an MA and BA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA Charterholder.
Hum’s Capital Markets team serves as the connection between companies and investors on the ICM helping to facilitate successful investment partnerships.
Sam is a Managing Director at Hum and is responsible for originating and syndicating opportunistic credit and structured capital investments including sponsored and non-sponsored transactions. Prior to Hum, Sam was a MD at PA Capital (Apogem/New York Life) where he co-managed a portfolio of special situations investments. Sam was also Principal at MidOcean Credit Partners where he invested across the capital structure. Sam holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.
Our Strategic Capital team manages and deploys 3rd party capital into great companies via the ICM. Learn more about Strategic Capital.
John Slater is Head of Strategic Capital at Hum Capital. Prior to Hum, John was head of Credit at GPI Capital where he developed a private credit strategy focusing on growth debt. Previously, John ran the corporate credit team at Paulson & Co. Inc. and co-managed the Paulson Credit Opportunities Funds. John has an MBA from INSEAD, an MA and BA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA Charterholder.
Becca Connolly is a Managing Director and Chief of Staff for Strategic Capital at Hum. She helped establish Hum’s Broker Dealer and operationalized the Strategic Capital business. Prior to Hum, Becca spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley on the Institutional Equity sales and trading desk. Becca holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with a concentration in international studies from Boston College.
Michael is an analyst on Hum’s Strategic Capital team where he provides creative and efficient financing solutions for growth companies. Prior to joining Hum, he had a wide range of lending experience as a credit analyst at both small data driven lenders as well as larger banking institutions. Outside of his work at Hum, Michael enjoys watching New York sports with his two cats.
Spencer is a member of the Strategic Capital team, working to offer great companies attractive financing solutions. Prior to Hum, he worked as a high yield analyst at Barings, investing in both new issue and secondary opportunities until he joined a high-growth, early-stage DTC startup where his focus was on fundraising and demand modeling. Spencer holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University.
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