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Karey Barker

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Cross Creek Advisors

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

About

Karey Barker is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cross Creek, investing as a generalist across public and private markets. She previously spent over 15 years as a portfolio manager at Wasatch Advisors managing small-cap public growth funds, founded Cross Creek within Wasatch in 2006, and led its transition to an independent firm in 2012. She holds a CFA designation and a B.A. in Finance and French from the University of Utah, and also studied at the Université d'Angers in France.

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Invests in

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMarketplacesSector Agnostic

Experience

  1. Cross CreekFounder/Managing Directorcurrent2006 — presentSalt Lake City Metropolitan Area
  2. ARUP LaboratoriesAdvisory Board Membercurrent2016 — present
  3. MEDNAX, Health Solutions PartnerBoard Member2017 — 2022
  4. Wasatch AdvisorsMember of the Management Board1995 — 2013
  5. Wasatch AdvisorsVice President Venture2006 — 2012
  6. Wasatch AdvisorsPortfolio Manager1994 — 2006
  7. Wasatch AdvisorsPublic Equities Analyst1989 — 2005

Education

  1. University of UtahBS Finance, BA French1985 — 1990
  2. Université d'Angers (France)1988 — 1989
  3. CFA InstituteChartered Financial Analyst

Skills & more

Venture Capital57Private Equity44Financial Modeling16Valuation13Investments13Due Diligence20Alternative Investments5Corporate Development14Mergers1Portfolio Management37Corporate Finance6Hedge Funds8
+4 moreEquitiesFinancial AnalysisEquity ResearchAsset Management

Languages French

From Karey's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Utah66

Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesJason LangInvestor at EPIC VENTURESGeoff SwindleInvestor at EPIC VENTURESTommy AhlquistInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

+ 60 more

Shared employers

Also worked at ARUP Laboratories4

Tracy GeorgeInvestor at EPIC VENTURESPaul OsmundsonVice President Strategy & Innovation - ARUP Laboratories at EPIC VENTURESLeo LinSenior Medical Director Research & Innovation - ARUP Laboratories at EPIC VENTURESVanessa BelloPrincipal at SP Ventures

Also worked at MEDNAX, Health Solutions Partner1

Caroline StoutPartner at EcoR1 Capital

Also worked at Wasatch Advisors5

NoorPartner at Clear VenturesEugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI CapitalBert RobertsPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Sorenson VenturesPeter JarmanManaging Partner at Cross Creek AdvisorsRomana BrownSenior Operations Manager at Cross Creek Advisors

Investments

Investor

AccoladeAngiAssurexCarrumDataminrDocuSigne2OpenEnverusFictivFluidigmIronPlanetPindropSafelyYouScopelySimplusSourcefireTelogisTicketflyTubemogul

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Colleagues at Cross Creek Advisors

Anna Katherine Bisantz
Marketing & Investor Relations Associate at Cross Creek Advisors
Bill Park
Partner, CFO at Cross Creek Advisors
Carlos Sucuzhanay
IT Manager at Cross Creek Advisors
Charles Smart
Partner at Cross Creek Advisors
Christine Kidd
Executive Assistant at Cross Creek Advisors
Crystal Valentine
Technology Fellow at Cross Creek Advisors
Dallin Jamison
Senior Accountant at Cross Creek Advisors
Dawn Krupinsky
Executive Assistant at Cross Creek Advisors