Nth Round Events

Bridging the Gap in Private Equity

Watch our featured panel of renowned industry experts including Ed Antoian, Mike DiPiano, Gina Moore, and Howard Ross.

Video replay sponsored by our friends at AchieveNEXT.

Event Overview

About the host:

Graham McConnell

Graham McConnell, Nth Round

Nth Round Co-Founder and CEO, Graham helps run everything from Sales to Customer Success. Before starting Nth Round, he was involved in software development for quantitative investment firm AJO Partners with $28B under management. Prior to that, he was a product owner at Relay Network in Radnor, PA.

About the panelists:

Graham McConnell

Edward Antoian, Zeke Capital Advisors

Edward Antoian is a Partner and founder at Zeke Capital Advisors. Ed was a founding member of Chartwell Investment Partners, an $8.3 billion institutional asset manager. Since the inception of ZCA in 1997 to the present, he has served as Chief Investment Officer, overseeing all of the investment portfolios. He was also founder and General Partner of Zeke, LP, a privately offered long-short equity hedge fund. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York, and his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

David Gerogosian

Michael DiPiano, NewSpring

Michael DiPiano is a Managing General Partner and co-founder of NewSpring. He is a General Partner of the Firm’s dedicated growth equity funds and serves as a member of the investment committee of all NewSpring funds. Before NewSpring, Mike was a serial entrepreneur and investor. Mike has led or co-led investment into companies in the business services, healthcare, and information technology industries. Previously, Mike was affiliated with Safeguard Scientifics Inc. from 1996 to 1998 and was a division CEO and Director of Chemical Leaman Corporation from 1990 to 1996. He received a BS from Penn State University and an MBA from the Stern School at New York University.

Graham McConnell

Gina Moore, AJO VISTA

Gina Moore is a managing principal at AJO VISTA, a Boston-based investment advisor with assets under management approaching $1 billion. A seasoned investor with experience at Price Waterhouse, Brandywine Asset Management, and Glenmede Trust, she spends her free time diving into the possibilities and challenges facing education today. She has served on the board of The Philadelphia School, an independent progressive elementary and middle school: first as treasurer, then president, and now as honorary trustee. Gina also sits on the school board for KIPP Philadelphia.

David Gerogosian

Howard Ross, LLR Partners

Howard Ross is a Partner at LLR Partners, a private equity firm that invests in middle market growth companies with proven business models in a broad range of industries, including business services, consumer and education, financial services, healthcare services and software and IT services. With more than $2 billion under management, LLR Partners provides capital for growth, recapitalizations and buyouts. Prior to founding LLR Partners, Howard spent 26 years at Arthur Andersen where he was the Senior Partner managing the Mid-Atlantic growth company and family-owned business practice. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

About the sponsor:

AchieveNEXT empowers individuals, teams, and enterprises to meet or exceed ambitious growth goals through a powerful combination of peer-to-peer learning, access to robust benchmarking data, and leading-edge human capital and strategic solutions. To learn more visit www.AchieveNEXT.com.

About the sponsor

AchieveNEXT empowers individuals, teams, and enterprises to meet or exceed ambitious growth goals through a powerful combination of peer-to-peer learning, access to robust benchmarking data, and leading-edge human capital and strategic solutions. To learn more visit www.AchieveNEXT.com.

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