Techstars Promotes Jonathan Geehan to Chief Financial Officer
23 Julio 2024 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Geehan has been with Techstars for three years
and has played a key role in transforming the company’s financial
infrastructure to better support early-stage founders
Techstars, a pre-seed investor, today announced the promotion of
Jonathan Geehan to Chief Financial Officer, reporting to CEO, David
Cohen. Geehan will oversee Techstars’ finance department, including
all of accounting, data and valuations, financial planning and
analysis, treasury, and tax.
Geehan has been at Techstars for three years, having served in
the finance department as Senior Vice President and Senior
Controller. He has been instrumental in redesigning Techstars’
valuation and fund close processes. In his new role as Chief
Financial Officer, Geehan will provide strategic leadership to
further enhance Techstars’ financial infrastructure and systems to
support the company’s continued dedication to annually invest in a
significant number of high-quality startups and drive early-stage
innovation.
“Jonathan has been a driving force behind the transformation of
our financial processes which have better positioned us to support
our growing portfolio,” said David Cohen, Founder and CEO of
Techstars. “His promotion to Chief Financial Officer is a testament
to the immense value he has brought to Techstars over the past
three years, and his continued leadership and deep finance
expertise will further advance the growth of our business in
supporting early-stage founders.”
Geehan brings more than two decades of experience in finance,
including over 16 years within venture capital and private equity.
He joined Techstars from ClearSky where he was the investment
firm’s Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was Controller at
Fairhaven Capital Partners. In addition, he led new client
engagements and fractional accounting support at Q-Biz Solutions
(acquired by Dynamo Software in 2018).
About Techstars
Techstars invests in early-stage startups led by unstoppable
entrepreneurs with transformative businesses. With 45+ accelerators
worldwide, and an unrivaled network of alumni, mentors, commercial
partners, investors, and dedicated operating teams, Techstars
supports entrepreneurs throughout their entire startup journey
while helping to build thriving startup communities. Since 2006, we
have invested in more than 4,400 portfolio companies, accelerating
the growth of businesses including Chainalysis, Zipline, DataRobot,
Alloy and many, many more. www.techstars.com
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