John Espey
Founder at Defiance Digital LLC
Network origin in John Espey first degree
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Duke University
Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 213 |
George Mason University
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 92 |
Defiance Ventures LLC
Defiance Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Defiance Ventures LLC (Defiance Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by John Espey, Tareq Amin and Kevin O'Dell. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 5 |
Defiance Digital LLC
Defiance Digital LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Defiance Digital LLC provides cloud services that can be customized to fit the needs of businesses as they evolve. The company is based in Charlotte, NC. The company's solutions create a seamless cloud environment to serve as the foundation of development. Defiance Digital was founded by Kevin O'Dell, John R. Espey.
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| Holding Company | Information Technology Services | 4 |
Tallan, Inc.
Tallan, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Tallan, Inc. develops information technology software solutions. It focus on portals and collaboration, business intelligence, application integration, mobile platforms, user experience, e-commerce, web development, and cloud services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.
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| Subsidiary | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 4 |
Levvel LLC
Levvel LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Levvel LLC provides information technology (IT) consulting services. It offers both technical implementation services and strategic advisory services. The company was founded by John Espey, Chris Hart, and Matthew Ernst in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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| Subsidiary | Information Technology Services | 2 |
Voltagrid LLC
Voltagrid LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Voltagrid LLC provides comprehensive solutions that enable utilities to achieve operational efficiencies. The company is headquartered in Bellaire, TX.
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| Holding Company | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 2 |
Levvel Holdings LLC
Levvel Holdings LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Levvel Holdings, LLC provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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| Private Company | Information Technology Services | 2 |
Stratifyd, Inc.
Stratifyd, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Stratifyd, Inc. provides a data-driven visual analytics platform. Its platform identifies hidden trends, patterns, locations, correlations, communities, and outlying themes in large pools of data. The company was founded by Derek Wang in 2012 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.
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| Holding Company | Data Processing Services | 1 |
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Companies connected to John Espey via their personal network
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Tudor Investment Corp.
Tudor Investment Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Tudor Investment Corp. (TIC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1980 by Paul T. Jones, II. TIC provides discretionary investment advisory services to various hedge funds, private equity funds and managed accounts. Investors in these funds generally include high-net worth individuals and related entities, sovereign entities, pension funds, non-financial corporates, financial institutions, endowments and foundations, fund-of-fund vehicles and proprietary capital from current and former personnel. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
DEUTSCHE BANK AG | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP. | Movies/Entertainment | Private Equity Investor | |
OrbiMed Advisors LLC
OrbiMed Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance OrbiMed Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Sven Borho and Carl Gordon in 1989. The firm provides discretionary investment management services to US and non-US public and private funds. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Analyst-Fixed Income | |
LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member | |
Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP
Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP (SFG) is an institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of SFG Holding LLC, which is owned by Bodel, Inc. SFG offers a full range of order execution and trading flow services, with a focus on delivering innovative trading strategies and execution services to institutional clients. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity | |
Greenbriar Equity Group LP
Greenbriar Equity Group LP Investment ManagersFinance Greenbriar Equity Group LP (Greenbriar Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Reginald Lamont Jones and Gerald Greenwald. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Jefferies LLC
Jefferies LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity Analyst-Equity | |
Stanford University | College/University | Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Vanderbilt University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Equity Analyst-Equity | |
H.I.G Capital LLC (Private Equity)
H.I.G Capital LLC (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
William Blair & Co. LLC
William Blair & Co. LLC Regional BanksFinance William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients. | Regional Banks | Analyst-Equity | |
Tavve Software Co.
Tavve Software Co. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tavve Software Co. develops security and network management software. Its software allows companies to securely manage applications and devices across firewall partitioned networks. The firm's product include ZoneRanger is an application-layer proxy firewall appliance for management protocol traffic and PacketRanger which is a smart and fast UDP packet director. The company was founded by Tim Clark, Gary Schlachter and Anthony Edwards in 1998 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC. | Packaged Software | Chief Executive Officer Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | |
Barclays Capital, Inc.
Barclays Capital, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Trading-Equity Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Fixed Income Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Equity | |
Ares Secondaries Group
Ares Secondaries Group Investment ManagersFinance Ares Secondaries Group (Ares Secondaries) is a private equity subsidiary of Ares Holdings LP founded in 1989 by Brent R.Nicklas. The firm is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Analyst | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Stanford Graduate School of Business | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
University of Wisconsin | College/University | Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC). | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Fixed Income | |
Indiana University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Cogent Partners LP
Cogent Partners LP Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Cogent Partners LP provides investment banking and financial advisory services to the private equity sector. It provides due diligence, fund and portfolio valuation, secondary sale structuring and execution, and private equity vehicles restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by Colin Sean McGrady and Brian P. Mooney in 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
ICS Nett, Inc.
ICS Nett, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services ICS Nett, Inc. provides information technology support services. It also offers telecommunications infrastructure and surveillance system installation, logistics and modernization of light rail systems for departments of transportation and government agencies. The company was founded by Kwasi Speede, Shehraze Shah and Chan Park in 2003 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. | Information Technology Services | Founder Chief Executive Officer | |
Corbets Capital
Corbets Capital Investment ManagersFinance Part of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP, Corbets Capital provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY. Corbets Capital was founded in 2022. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity | |
ExodusPoint Capital Management LP
ExodusPoint Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance ExodusPoint Capital Management LP (ExodusPoint) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2017 by Michael Gelband and Hyung Lee. ExodusPoint provides investment advisory services directly to private investment funds. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity | |
BofA Securities, Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity | |
Locus Biosciences, Inc.
Locus Biosciences, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Locus Biosciences, Inc. develops CRISPR-engineered precision antibacterial products for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections and microbiome-related disease. The firm offers CRISPR-engineered bacteriophage and CRISPR-Cas3 phage. The company was founded by Charles Gersbach, Dave Ousterout, Chase Beisel, Paul M. Garofolo, Nick Taylor, and Rodolphe Barrangou in 2015 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC. | Packaged Software | Founder | |
Aterian Investment Management LP
Aterian Investment Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Aterian Investment Management LP (Aterian) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2009 by Michael Fieldstone. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
Balance Point Capital Advisors LLC
Balance Point Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Balance Point Capital Advisors LLC (Balance Point Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Seth W. Alvord and John L. Ritter. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Wavemaker Partners LLC
Wavemaker Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Wavemaker Partners LLC(Wavemaker Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by David A siemer & Eric Manlunas. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Certarus Ltd.
Certarus Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Certarus Ltd. provides fully integrated compressed natural gas (CNG) solutions. It creates a CNG Virtual Pipeline System through the compression, transportation, and integration of CNG for the energy services, mining, forestry, and industrial sectors. The company was founded by Ivan Heidecker, Nathan Ough, Josh Woitas and Lonny Tetley in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. | Packaged Software | Founder | |
Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd.
Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd (Bio*One Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of EDB Investments Pte Ltd founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Singapore. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Finacity Corp.
Finacity Corp. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Finacity Corp. provides securitization and funding services. It offers asset-backed working capital funding solutions, consumer receivables financing, supplier and payables finance, back-up servicing, and transaction reporting. The company was founded by Kit Codik in 2001 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Finance/Rental/Leasing | Private Equity Analyst | |
Arkos Global Advisors LLC
Arkos Global Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Arkos Global Advisors LLC (Arkos) is an independent, SEC-registered registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Thomas in 2017 as Archetype Wealth Partners LLC and change its name to Arkos Global Advisors LLC in 2022. Arkos provides custom tailored planning and investment services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and business entities. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity | |
Fortra LLC
Fortra LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Fortra LLC provides systems management, security, and business intelligence solutions. Its solutions include automation, monitoring, compliance, business intelligence, cybersecurity, and document management. The company was founded by Richard Jacobson in 1982 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
Grant Avenue Capital LLC
Grant Avenue Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grant Avenue Capital LLC (Grant Avenue Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Buddy Gumina. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (Private Equity)
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (Morgan Stanley Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Morgan Stanley founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Analyst |
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International
United States | 42 |
Germany | 2 |
Ireland | 2 |
Spain | 2 |
Canada | 2 |
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Finance | 30 |
Consumer Services | 9 |
Technology Services | 7 |
Commercial Services | 3 |
Producer Manufacturing | 2 |
Operational
Corporate Officer/Principal | 93 |
Director/Board Member | 88 |
Undergraduate Degree | 85 |
Private Equity Investor | 56 |
Analyst-Equity | 38 |
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Alan G. Merten | 20 |
Joshua Payne | 18 |
Lucas Joppa | 13 |
Mike Privette | 13 |
Muna Abusulayman | 13 |
Ruo Peng Liu | 11 |
Mike Marcantonio | 11 |
Garrett Lustig | 11 |
Kesav K. Mohan | 10 |
Sara Badham | 9 |
Scott Puckhaber | 9 |
Jack Hughes | 9 |
Sandy McKinnon | 8 |
William Bumpus | 8 |
Marc Deshusses | 7 |
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