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Kyle Kerns

Investor

Chief Financial Officer and Operations Lead at Cultivation Capital

St Louis, Missouri, United States

About

Kyle Kerns is Chief Financial Officer and Operations Lead at Cultivation Capital, where he oversees the firm's principals supporting the general partners and handles investor reporting across multiple fund strategies. Before joining the firm, he spent 15 years at Edward Jones Investments in operations leadership and internal audit roles, and earlier worked at accounting firm BKD, LLP in St. Louis. He holds an accounting degree from Missouri State University and is a Missouri Certified Public Accountant.

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Experience

  1. Cultivation CapitalChief Financial Officer and Operations Leadcurrent2019 — presentGreater St. Louis
  2. Edward JonesOperations Leader2007 — 2019
  3. Edward JonesInternal Auditor2004 — 2007
  4. BKD CPAs & AdvisorsSenior Auditor2002 — 2004Greater St. Louis

Education

  1. Missouri State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting1997 — 2001

Skills & more

  • Building and Leading Effective Teams — Columbia Business School Executive Education
  • CPA — Missouri State Board of Accountancy

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Also attended Missouri State University12

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Shared employers

Also worked at Edward Jones9

Jonathan MessingOperating Partner at Verissimo VenturesCooper LaRueAssociate at American Family VenturesMolly HoffmeyerDirector of Corporate Partnerships at SixThirty VenturesAndrew WegrzynPrincipal at SixThirty VenturesSarah HartkornSenior Associate at Whitecap Venture PartnersRobert M. Franklin IIIAdvisor at Sybilla Masters

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Also worked at BKD CPAs & Advisors10

ChrisConsulting CFO at Little Bristol PartnersBrett CalhounGeneral Partner at Redbud VCChris KauffmanStrategic Advisor at Agman PartnersJonathan HamptonDirector at Infinity Capital PartnersAshton ConnerAnalyst at Infinity Capital PartnersEvan McClellandController at Arboretum Ventures

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Colleagues at Cultivation Capital

Andrew Dearing
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Andy Cloyd
Principal at Cultivation Capital
Barry Sandweiss
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Bobby Sandage
General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Brian Matthews
Cofounder & General Partner at Cultivation Capital
Caleb Eidem
General Counsel at Cultivation Capital
Catherine Matthes
Venture Advisor at Cultivation Capital
Chris Danforth
General Partner at Cultivation Capital