For more than 15 years, Kevin Graetz has leveraged keen strategic instincts with highly developed communication skills to source funding for businesses. He previously served at Advanced Equities, where he raised significant amounts of venture capital funding for such companies as Bloom Energy, Peregrine Semiconductor, and Motricity. To date, Kevin Graetz has secured more than $1 billion in both venture capital and private equity funding.
Kevin Graetz received his bachelor of arts in economics and management from Ohio Wesleyan University. He continues to cultivate a strong network of professional colleagues, a cohort that includes many prominent professionals from California's Silicon Valley. Through these contacts, he gathers not only information about potential venture opportunities, but also insights into the latest technological developments.
Kevin Graetz is a big game angler in his free time. He learned to fish the Hudson Canyon from Lee Green of Stalker Outfitters, who would accompany him out of the Shinnecock Inlet in the morning early hours. On these trips, he made several memorable catches including wahoo, bigeye tuna, and a 600-pound marlin.