Meet the Triphammer Ventures Team

In 20 years as a private equity and venture capital investor focused on fintech and specialty finance investments, David has invested $500+ million and served on the boards of many private and public companies. Before joining Triphammer Ventures, he was a Founder and Managing Partner at private investment firm Killearn Capital. Earlier, he was a Managing Director and Investment Committee member at Lightyear Capital, where he focused on specialty finance businesses. He has also worked at Morgan Stanley, Samuel Montagu (HSBC), and Chase Manhattan’s Management Development Program. A proud Cornell graduate, David received a BS in Applied Economics & Business Management from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management in 1991 and recently served as the Chairperson of Cornell’s Alumni Advisory Council at the Dyson School. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Wesley has a background in both technology and investing. Previously, he served as a product manager at BlackRock Solutions. While at BlackRock, he helped grow and scale their enterprise risk analytics platform, including facilitating the on-boarding of a $300 bn AUM client. He later transitioned to a traditional investment role where he worked as an investment strategist for the fixed income division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which manages over $400 bn in AUM across macro and credit strategies. He is also the author of the blog The Unofficial VC. Wesley received his BS from the College of Engineering at Cornell University.

Charles is an experienced financial services leader with deep expertise in equity markets and wealth management. Prior to joining Alumni Ventures, he was Head of Equity Capital Markets within the Merrill Lynch Investor Solutions Group at Bank of America. In this role he oversaw marketing, distribution, and allocation of IPOs and capital markets solutions and was a trusted partner to some of the firm’s biggest financial advisors. Prior to Merrill, Charles held various sales and management roles at Mosher Financial, where he focused on employee benefits in the education and non-profit markets and led a strategic initiative to provide retirement benefits to San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Charter Schools. Charles received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and attained an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship at NYU Stern School of Business. A native of Southern California, Charles serves on the small business board of Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), aimed at startup/growth business formation and job creation. He is former co-chair of the emerging leaders board of Enterprise New York, a leader in providing innovative affordable housing solutions to local communities. Charles is an alumni of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) and Executive Leadership Council (ELC) fellow.