Managing Partner

Kurt F. Buseck

25 years of successful private investment experience. Directly responsible for $115 million in investments, producing over $600 million in returns and generating a weighted average IRR of 44.2%. His experience includes 10 years with leading Wall Street private equity firms. He was Managing Director of Onex Corporation’s New York office for five years and was previously a founding member of Bear Stearn’s Principal Investment Group. He then founded and was President for ten years of Full Circle Investments, a private equity firm which acquired small and mid-sized companies. For the past five years he has invested into technology based early-stage companies.

Partner

Dr. Robert M. Mehalso

An internationally recognized nanotechnology and micro technology expert with over 30 years of successful management and investment roles in commercializing technology. Well respected for commercializing technologies developed at academic research institutions around the world. Advisor to numerous governments on technology and commercialization strategies. He has a distinguished background in overseeing research, engineering, manufacturing and marketing of new technologies. Dr. Mehalso has been directly involved in many successful commercialization activities. These include Istat, a manufacturer of point of care blood analysis units which was sold for $460 million, and Kionix, where one product line which manufactured telecommunications switch components was sold for $345 million and the core platform intellectual property was then utilized to form a rapidly growing accelerometer company serving automotive and consumer markets. Dr. Mehalso was co-founder of the first venture fund dedicated to commercializing micro/nanotechnology, the $100 million Ardesta Ventures.

Venture Partner

Dennis V. Pollutro

Information systems and network security expert, nationally recognized for his “white hat” consulting activities. Founder of four network security companies, including the Tier One venture backed Applied Identity. Recently led Applied Identity’s successful marketing efforts to the Federal Government, establishing its technology as the security protocol for the government’s next generation information systems. Applied Identity’s products are also installed at leading financial companies worldwide. Dennis’ broad national network of contacts in the private and public sector will ensure that the Fund will have accurate, up-to-date details on the latest information systems technology and network security architecture.