Randy Strause
Randy Strause is a Senior Associate with Venture First. Randy has served in numerous capacities at the company including the lead of multiple M&A transactions, primary analyst for Whiskey Capital, as well as the analyst for over 10 CFO clients. Prior to Venture First, he worked for a boutique law firm focusing on business litigation […]
Brad Couch
Brad Couch is an Associate at Venture First where he has worked with clients across many different industries including ed-tech, health tech, digital therapeutics, waste management, automotive trade, bourbon/whiskey, ag marketing, and manufacturing. Brad is also an active member of the buy-side private equity team, evaluating new investment opportunities and conducting due diligence throughout the […]
Cole Roberts
Cole Roberts is a Senior Analyst with Venture First. Aside from servicing CFO and Valuation clients, Cole is an active member of the buy-side private equity team and is the primary analyst covering Strike Ventures. Cole also spearheads investor communication efforts for recurring deal updates, economic research, and public & private market research. Before joining […]
Christian Carr
Christian is a Financial Analyst with Venture First. Prior to joining the VF team full-time, Christian was a Junior Analyst with the firm each summer since 2021. In his role, Christian focuses primarily on serving his CFO clients with financial model and pitch deck development. Additionally, Christian is the primary analyst conducting valuations. Christian graduated […]
Georgii Apinian
Georgii Apinian is a Junior Analyst at Venture First. As part of his role, Georgii assists analysts and CFOs at the firm and teaches Russian to the team. Previously, Georgii completed two Private Equity internships at Coppermine Capital, LLC. With living experience in three countries – Russia, France, and the US – Georgii is currently […]
Cutter Jones
Cutter Jones is a Junior Analyst at Venture First. In his role, he is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining financial models, creating both valuation and market research reports, and assisting the analyst team with any other ad-hoc needs across VF’s CFO Services and Funds & Transactions platforms. Prior to working with VF, Cutter worked […]
Nathan Greenberg
Nathan Greenberg joined Venture First as a Junior Analyst in 2024. In that role, he primarily works on client forecasting and accelerating Funds & Transactions deal flow. He previously interned at WPG, a Private Equity backed REIT in New Albany, OH. Nathan is currently a senior studying Finance at the Max M. Fisher College of […]