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Edwin Poston

Investor

General Partner at TrueBridge Capital Partners

North Carolina

About

Edwin Poston is a co-founder of TrueBridge Capital Partners, which he started with Mel Williams. He previously served as managing director and head of private equity at The Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing its venture portfolio and helping invest a $4 billion endowment, and earlier was a senior investment officer at Brandywine Trust. His earlier career included private equity investing at Fallingwater, LLC, investment banking at NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, and real estate investing; he holds a JD/MBA from Emory University and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a licensed attorney.

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Edwin Poston @edwinposton

Gotta admit, pretty rowdy Friday night around here. My dear partner took a Benadryl, allowing me to rage - reading the kindle while she sleeps. Yep, pretty frick’n rowdy fo sho.

Dec 7, 2019 · ♥ 5

Experience

  1. TrueBridge Capital PartnersCo-Founder & Senior Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. TrueBridge Capital PartnersCo-Founder & General Partner2007 — 2025
  3. The Rockefeller FoundationManaging Director2004 — 2007
  4. Brandywine Trust CompanySenior Investment Officer2001 — 2004
  5. FallingWater AdvisorsPartner1999 — 2001
  6. NationsBanc Montgomery (now BofA Securities)Senior Associate1995 — 1999

Education

  1. Emory School of LawJD, Law1991 — 1995
  2. Emory University - Goizueta Business SchoolMBA, Finance1991 — 1995
  3. The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBA1985 — 1989

Skills & more

Venture Capital35Alternative Investments17Fund Of Funds13Investments19Private Equity30Hedge Funds8Due Diligence8Valuation8LBO4Corporate Development3Investment Management9Asset Management5
+4 moreFinancial ModelingPrivate PlacementsPortfolio ManagementEmerging Markets

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Also attended Emory School of Law3

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Also attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School85

Allen ChenPrincipal at Osage University PartnersJaclyn Freeman HesterGeneral Partner at FoundryAnek Kusuwan (Art)Investor at Openspace VenturesJason KuoPrincipal at Tech Square VenturesHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesDavid LeightInvestment Principal at Red Cell Incubation

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Also attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill167

Clint MyersInvestor at RevolutionMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionEric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesSoul DayanInvestor at True VenturesAlexander LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Alex TaubPrincipal at QED Investors

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Shared employers

Also worked at TrueBridge Capital Partners12

Josh ManchesterGeneral Partner at Champion Hill VenturesDivya DhulipalaPrincipal at HaystackAleksandra BachvarovaSenior Treasury Associate at TrueBridge Capital PartnersAmit BhattiPartner at TrueBridge Capital PartnersDominic HongChief Operating Officer at TrueBridge Capital PartnersSuzanne KirschbaumPrincipal, Marketing & Communications at TrueBridge Capital Partners

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Also worked at The Rockefeller Foundation8

Andrew BeebeManaging Director at Obvious VenturesMichael MaloneyPrincipal at Next Coast VenturesRoy SteinerAdvisory Board at VÅR VenturesMatt MillerInvestment Director at AHL Venture PartnersDiana JohnsonSenior Manager, Greening America’s Cities at Bezos Earth FundRebeccaPeople & Performance at Nascent

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Colleagues at TrueBridge Capital Partners

Aadit Mehta
Investment Analyst at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Adam Buck
Investment Associate at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Aleksandra Bachvarova
Senior Treasury Associate at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Alexandra Standring
Senior Investor Relations Associate at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Alicia Sweeney
Chief Marketing Officer at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Alyssa Stovall
Marketing & Communications Vice President at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Amit Bhatti
Partner at TrueBridge Capital Partners
Andrew Winslow
Partner at TrueBridge Capital Partners