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V2VC is a venture capital group that invests in early, mid and late stage private companies. Our general partners and investment manager conduct research on hundreds of startups and established private companies to isolate and identify the leading opportunities for our limited partners.
PRE-IPO NEWS
Elon Musk: SpaceX’s Starlink IPO Won’t Happen Until 2025 or Later
By Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy June 9, 2022 Elon Musk is in another public-private business conundrum. Starlink — SpaceX’s satellite internet service — won’t go public until 2025, despite investors’ enthusiasm about a potential initial public...
Private equity outperforms public equity – Coller survey finds
PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS June 07, 2022 07:00 PM By ARLEEN JACOBIUS A majority of global private equity investors (71%) indicated that since the global financial crisis their private equity investments have outperformed their public equity...
The 10 Biggest Fintech Companies In America 2022
Isabel Contreras - Forbes Staff Jun 7, 2022,06:15am EDT Fintech’s mightiest privately owned companies continued to grow over the past year, but declining investment in the industry signals stormy waters ahead. It’s turning into a sobering year...
Forbes: ITPro, Can Global IPO Markets Recover in 2022 Despite Wider Economic Downturns?
Google Cloud's new team will focus on helping developers build new projects around decentralised technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, and NFTs Google Cloud has confirmed that it has plans to form a team dedicated to building tools...
FinExtra: Can Global IPO Markets Recover in 2022 Despite Wider Economic Downturns?
Although 2021’s record breaking year for IPOs was expected to remain out of reach in 2022, the lack of initial public offering activity has been troubling for investors to see whilst more companies seek to delay their listings until economic...
CoinTelegraph: NFT market well-positioned to grow 35% into a $13.6B industry by 2027
For the next five years, trends tied to the global NFT boom continue to factor in the growing involvement of mainstream influencers, gaming communities and the rising demand for digital artworks. Reflecting the growing interest in the...
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Kevin Brennan
Co-Founder
After graduating from Vassar College in 1995, Kevin spent over two decades as an investment professional, primarily focused on managing large teams of advisors and brokers. Kevin held various executive roles within the financial sector and built a successful broker-dealer where he served as CEO/Owner. At the same time, he continuously explored new and unique strategies to meet the goals and needs of his personal clients. In response to his investors’ ongoing search for consistent yield, Kevin launched V2VC to deliver attractive returns while focusing on diversification and full transparency not offered by current traditional investments. Kevin’s experience serving in C level positions, extensive business background, and inherent leadership qualities have been instrumental to the success of Victory Square Management.
John Conroy
Co-Founder
John Conroy is the co-founder of V2VC, LP, and Victory Square Management LLC. Before VSM was launched in 2018, John spent the previous 20 years in the Financial Services Industry working as a Financial Advisor. During his career, he owned and operated a successful brokerage firm where he focused on Investment Banking, particularly, providing seed capital to start-up and early stage ventures. Throughout this time, John forged relationships with some of the most influential, brightest, and wealthiest clients in the world. John’s extensive knowledge in capital raises and his intricate understanding of alternative investments, have paved the way for V2VC’s success. In 1995, John graduated from The State University of New York at Oswego with a B.S. in Political Science.
John Cullen
Co-Founder
Marcus Clapman
Partner
Meyer “Marcus” Clapman is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader in the payment processing industry. Since 2005, Clapman has established himself as a prominent figure in the financial services sector, leading several successful Merchant Cash Advance ventures including 2nd Source Funding, Excel Corp, Mantis Funding, and Capybara Capital. His expertise in strategic investments, product development, and cultivation of ISO relationships and third-party alliances has been instrumental in achieving $3.5 billion in annual transactional volume. Under his guidance, some of these companies have become the industry’s largest Merchant Acquirers by registered representatives.
In 2021, Clapman became a partner in V2VC Fund LP, where he focuses on capital raising for pre-IPO companies and startups, further expanding his impact in the investment sector. Marcus holds a Bachelor of Judaic Laws from the Talmudic Seminary of America (1999).
Sean Alcoba
Chief Financial Officer
Since graduating from Columbia University in 1998, Sean Alcoba has amassed over 20 years of experience in finance and technology. Sean has extensive experience in various executive positions in Fintech, including Controller of a private equity firm and CFO of a publicly traded company. In 2014, Sean launched Tyrian Bull, a full-service merchant cash advance funding company. He ultimately guided Tyrian Bull through a private asset acquisition by one of the largest players in the merchant cash advance space. Sean’s intense passion for the MCA space and his innate talent for risk analysis, makes him an integral part of the V2VC general partnership.