Grant Pride is a Financial Analyst at Venture First. Prior to joining the Venture First team, Grant was an intern for 2 years at Corporate Finance Associates, an investment bank in Lexington, KY. Grant graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Kentucky in 2022. Outside of […]
Cole Roberts is a Financial Analyst with Venture First. Before Venture First, Cole worked as a Thematic Equity Client Portfolio Management Analyst at Goldman Sachs in Asset Management at their Salt Lake City, Utah office. He also worked as an intern at multiple firms in Louisville including River Road Asset Management and Accredited Wealth Management. […]
Brad Couch is a Senior Financial Analyst at Venture First where he has worked with clients across many different industries: Ed-tech, Health Tech/Digital Therapeutics, Waste Management, Automotive Trade, Bourbon/Whiskey, and Ag Marketing. Before his time at Venture First, Brad worked at Patoka Capital as a Private Equity Senior Accountant in New Albany, Indiana for nearly […]
Randy Strause is an Associate with Venture First. Prior to Venture First, he worked for a boutique law firm focusing on business litigation and professional licensure law. He has alsospent time as an intern at Bank of America and the University of Louisville Department of Athletics.Randy graduated Cum Laude from the Brandeis School of Law […]
With over 25 years of progressive accounting experience, Greg brings a wealth of knowledge about complex accounting situations, cash flow management, business process improvement and analysis to the table. He has worked with a variety of companies ranging from start-ups to billion dollar multinationals, in both the public and private sectors. Greg utilitzes his accounting […]
Daniela is very active in the Greater Cincinnati startup scene as an investor, an investment committee member in Connetic Ventures, and a GP in the Cherub Fund. Nationally, she is an active LP in Next Wave Impact Fund which invests in high growth, positive impact companies with diverse founding teams. Yoder also presently holds the […]
Kim has over 20 years of finance and operations experience in start-ups and early stage companies. Kim started out in public accounting in the Entrepreneurial Services Group of Ernst & Young, which fueled her interest in early stage, high-growth companies. The first company that Kim joined out of public accounting was The Cobb Group, which […]
