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Greg Back

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Greg Back is founding partner and managing partner of CatchLight Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on technology companies navigating geopolitical challenges across AI, software, cloud, and data sectors. He has deployed more than $1 billion in gains as a general partner across angel, venture capital, growth equity, and private equity strategies, and serves or has served on the boards of more than a dozen technology companies. His background includes co-founding a venture direct secondaries firm and closing over 100 investment rounds.

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Experience

  1. Catchlight Capital PartnersFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2020 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Free Sky Capital LLCManaging Membercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Francisco PartnersSenior Advisor2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  4. 280 Capital PartnersManaging Director2007 — 2011
  5. Warburg Pincus, LLCManaging Director / General Partner1999 — 2007
  6. InfoGroupExecutive Vice President1997 — 1998
  7. McKinsey & CompanyEngagement Manager1994 — 1997

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
  2. Yale UniversityBA, Economics

Skills & more

Venture Capital76Private Equity50Corporate Development44Start-ups32Investments18Finance17Mergers & Acquisitions21Due Diligence12Business Strategy18Corporate Governance5Entrepreneurship14Valuation7
+9 moreCompetitive AnalysisManagement ConsultingFinancial ModelingBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsExecutive ManagementAngel InvestingStrategyManagement

From Greg's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,141 more

Also attended Yale University491

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Catchlight Capital Partners6

Wei JiangFounder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital PartnersTom ColeGeneral Partner, Investments & Portfolio at CatchLight Capital PartnersLee FanVenture Partner at CatchLight Capital PartnersBryan FinkelVenture Partner, Investing & Operations at CatchLight Capital PartnersJackson PolveriInvestor at CatchLight Capital PartnersCaroline ZhangInvestor at CatchLight Capital Partners

Also worked at Francisco Partners15

David PhuController at Felicis VenturesIshan GillAssociate at Sapphire VenturesNeil TolaneyGeneral Partner at TCVAvery CannonChief Administrative Officer at Founders Circle CapitalBilly DeitchPartner at Oak HC/FTWyeth CoulterCampus Lead at The MBA Fund

+ 9 more

Also worked at Warburg Pincus, LLC61

Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesLawrence BettinoManaging Director at Dot CapitalAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMiloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI Capital

+ 55 more

Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,127

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

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Colleagues at CatchLight Capital Partners

Bryan Finkel
Venture Partner, Investing & Operations at CatchLight Capital Partners
Caroline Zhang
Investor at CatchLight Capital Partners
Jackson Polveri
Investor at CatchLight Capital Partners
Lee Fan
Venture Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners
Tom Cole
General Partner, Investments & Portfolio at CatchLight Capital Partners
Wei Jiang
Founder & Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners