Management
TeamOur team has over 40 years of management and investment experience in a wide spectrum of industries. We have experience in every phase of business, including start-up management and venture capital fund-raising, experience on both sides of corporate M&A, high level executive management, real estate syndication and small business management.
dave@searchfunds.net
David Carver is a co-founder of Search Fund Partners. He and his partner, Rich Kelley, have spent the last four years developing and managing the SFP portfolio. He is on the Board of iNet Interactive, Behavioral Health Group, iVize, ECI, and VRI. He was formerly on the board of ProService Hawaii.
David spent thirty years as an executive in the high tech industry, and has extensive experience in all phases of business, including M&A, fund-raising, corporate strategy and operations. He was CEO of HiFive!, an application service provider; CEO of Hipbone Networks, an online collaboration company; EVP and GM at Network Associates; COO of Network General; EIR at Institutional Venture Partners; and an executive at Hewlett-Packard, including ten years in the professional service/software divisions of HP.
Dave has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in Mathematics fromt the University of Arkansas. Dave and his wife Julia have two boys, RJ and Sam. He is active in community and non-profit organizations, having founded the Redwood Chapter of National Junior Basketball serving 650 children.
Rich
Kelley, Principal
richk@searchfunds.net
Rich Kelley is a co-founder of Search Fund Partners, having started the firm in 2004. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of San Francisco Legal, Celebrity Kids, H&R Accounts, Asset Recovery Corporation and Medical Positioning, Inc.
Rich Kelley has been involved in numerous small businesses and start-up companies as an operator, owner, and investor. His varied experience includes: CFO of Score Learning Centers, CEO of San Jose Giants, General Partner of two small hotels (Stanford Terrace Inn and Lake Merritt Hotel), developer of houses and subdivisions, owner of office buildings, investor in successful tech start-ups (Coinstar, PLX Technology, Corcept Therapeutics). He has also invested in many limited partnerships, including venture funds, and has been involved as a search fund investor since 1994.
Rich has an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Stanford. Rich and his wife Gina have two children, Riley and Sam. He was recently an elected school board trustee and is active with the Positive Coaching Alliance and Sustainable Conservation as an advisor.
jim@searchfunds.net, P: 650-868-9855
Jim Edmunds recently joined Search Fund Partners, bringing practical search fund and portfolio company management experience to the firm. Jim’s search fund, Ephesus Capital, acquired Celebrity Kids Portrait Studios, a leading provider of upscale children’s photography in 2005. Jim served as President and CFO of the company.
Before launching a search fund, Jim was an Associate at McKinsey & Company in Palo Alto. Prior to attending business school, Jim conducted business development for PetSmart.com, managed a successful political campaign in Texas, and worked in Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets at Bear Stearns.
Jim holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named a Siebel Scholar, and an A.B. in History from Harvard University. Jim and his wife Christine have a daughter, Emiko.
richg@searchfunds.net
Richard Ginn is currently Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Costella Kirsch, a Venture Lending firm. Rich oversees operations and contract administration, and contributes strong technical expertise to CK's deal assessment team. Prior to joining CK, Rich was a Program Manager at Philips Electronics where he worked with a small team that launched an electronic software distribution channel. Before Philips, Rich served as a consulting associate for Decision Focus where he developed mathematical models to help companies with recurring decision situations. Rich holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, a Masters in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford, and a Bachelor degree in Quantitative Economics from Stanford.
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