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Bret Batchelder

Investor

Chief Financial Officer at Sovereigns Capital Venture

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

About

CFO at Sovereign's Capital with prior leadership roles in finance and investment management, including as Managing Director at Cherokee Investment Partners. He holds an MBA from Kellogg and is a CFA.

Experience

  1. Sovereign's CapitalChief Financial Officercurrent2026 — present
  2. Clear Choice Therapeutics, Inc.CEO & CFO2020 — 2025United States
  3. West Street Investment Services, Inc.President2010 — 2025Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
  4. CherokeeManaging Director and CFO2001 — 2025
  5. First Union National Bank (now Wells Fargo)Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions (in Charlotte)2000 — 2001
  6. Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (acquired by First Union)Associate (in Charlotte)1997 — 2000
  7. Goldman SachsSummer Associate (in New York)1996
  8. Bank of AmericaAnalyst (w/former subsidiary in Atlanta)1991 — 1995

Colleagues at Sovereigns Capital Venture

Adam Nichols
Principal at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Adora Lovestrand
Principal at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Andrew Behrman
Principal at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Andrew Kean
Principal at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Andy Ward
Licensed Psychologist at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Ben Erskine
Partner, Real Estate at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Cade van Raaphorst
Senior Associate at Sovereigns Capital Venture
Chris Allen
Corporate Culture Development at Sovereigns Capital Venture

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bret Batchelder?
CFO at Sovereign's Capital with prior leadership roles in finance and investment management, including as Managing Director at Cherokee Investment Partners. He holds an MBA from Kellogg and is a CFA.
Where does Bret Batchelder work?
Bret Batchelder is Chief Financial Officer at Sovereigns Capital Venture.
Where did Bret Batchelder go to school?
Bret Batchelder studied at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Political Science); Texas McCombs School of Business (Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications); Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MBA, Finance).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sovereign's Capital5

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