Steve Brotman, Managing Member of the Sponsor and director, is the founder and Managing Partner at Alpha Partners.
Steve also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Pritzker Group‘s venture arm, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Prior to Alpha Partners, Steve was the co-founder and Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP (GSAVP), Greenhill & Co’s venture capital unit (which was spun out as Tribeca Venture Partners), a technology- and business information services-focused venture capital fund. Prior to GSAVP, Steve founded Silicon Alley Venture Partners.
At his prior funds, Steve led investments in over 20 companies and was among the first institutional investors in LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN, marketcap $4.7 billion currently) and Medidata Solutions (formerly public Nasdaq: MDSO before being acquired by Dassault Systèmes for $5.8 billion).
Prior to starting his venture career, Steve was also the co-founder of a venture-backed company, AdOne, the pioneer online classified advertising platform. AdOne was backed by Venrock and acquired by Hearst.
Steve graduated from Duke University with an Economic Degree and has a JD/MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Between graduate and undergraduate studies, Steve was trained as a COBOL/DB2 programmer for Accenture.