IPD Capital

Ben Gindhart earned a B.S. in Finance with a minor in Economics from the University of Miami. At IPD Capital, which he joined in 2020, he handles sourcing, evaluating, and executing venture investments across technology and healthcare, leading financial analysis, due diligence, and market research. He also helps build and advise early-stage companies.

Greg Benante holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting and a BA in History from the University of Virginia (Darden School of Business). He started his investing career at CAV Angels and CAV Ventures, backing early-stage technology, healthcare, and consumer goods companies, and previously worked as an operator leading sales and business development teams at Bloomberg and Gartner. At IPD Capital, he works with founders, executives, and co-investors across the full investment cycle in technology companies.

Howard Krass is the founder and CEO of IPD Analytics, LLC, which since 2002 has provided patent, scientific, regulatory, and market analysis used to forecast product entry, loss of exclusivity, and life cycle factors in the healthcare and technology sectors. In 1993 he founded Intellectual Property Development, Inc. to acquire and commercialize patent rights, and he earlier practiced corporate, IP licensing, and litigation law at Nortman & Bloom in Miami from 1991 to 1996. He holds a B.A. and a J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin.

Malan Rampton is General Counsel and Director of Research at IPD Capital, having previously worked as an Analyst at IPD Analytics. Earlier in his career he was a law clerk for Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and an attorney at Fish & Richardson P.C. in Washington, DC, focusing on patent litigation and prosecution. He also holds engineering experience from Compaq Computer Corporation and the Space Dynamics Laboratory, along with a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University.

Steve Tighe is Managing Member of IPD Capital. He previously served on the executive management committee for Global Banking and Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as Chief of Staff and head of the COO organization, and earlier held roles including Head of Americas Equity Sales, Head of Americas Equity Research, and Head of Global Pharmaceutical Research at Merrill Lynch. Before Wall Street, where he began his career at J.P. Morgan & Company, he was a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories; he holds an MBA from Wharton and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from UCSD.

Co-Founder of mark vc with a long career building and operating technology companies, including serving as Chairman of CyrusOne and Co-Founder/President of Coastal Telephone Company. He has served on numerous for-profit and non-profit boards.