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Ian Folau
Managing Partner at Toa Acquisitions
Utah
Overview
Ian Folau is a seasoned executive with a strong background in Mergers & Acquisitions and venture capital, currently serving as the Managing Partner at Toa Acquisitions. With experience as a CEO, co-founder, and board member in various companies, he has a track record of successful business development and operational planning.
Ian has led successful acquisitions and investments in various companies, showcasing his expertise in deal-making and strategic partnerships. His diverse experience in leadership roles across different industries highlights his ability to drive growth and innovation in organizations.
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2023 - Current
Private Equity fund acquiring cash flowing businesses and commercial real estate with a focus on creating effective operations and satisfying growth potential. Founded by commercial real estate and business brokers.
Operating Partner
2022
Investing in, and supporting, tech companies at the early stages. Particularly interested in supporting technologies with dual-use capability, serving government and commercial needs.
Early-stage venture capital firm making the world a better, safer place by investing in frontier and dual-use technologies
Chief Executive Officer
2022
A business brokerage firm that helps people buy and sell their businesses. A business owner may be interested in acquiring another business or may be looking to exit and move on to something else. We assist business owners to reach these goals. We also assist investors/buyers find the deals that will help them build their portfolios and goals. Headquartered in the state of Utah, the majority of our listings are based in the state of Utah, but we have reach across the United States.
Chief Product Officer
2022 - 2023
Legacy Business Brokers aims to bring tech innovation to an old, traditional industry: Business Brokering -- also known as facilitating Mergers & Acquisitions transactions for small business owners. Brokering small business M&A is a very lucrative business model, but there aren't any well-known systems or processes to follow in order to get into the field. Legacy Business Brokers is the first software platform built for business brokers and is the one-stop platform for any professional that wants to be a successful(and organized) business broker. Using our training, marketing leads, resources, and platform, we see brokers making $125K+/year while working around 10 hours/week.
Advisor
2022 - 2023
CEO and Co-Founder
2021 - 2022
ClearMix has made video production better by removing the parts that everyone hates(travel and logistics) and increased the efficiency and speed of professional production through technology. ClearMix currently creates video content for 100s of companies from SMBs to the Fortune 100.
Clearmix produces branded video content for sales and marketing teams using a 100% remote process to film guest interviews anywhere.
Raised $3,375,000.00 from Scout Ventures, Chaos Ventures, NOEMIS Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Soma Capital, Runa Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures and First In.
Board Observer
2019 - 2021
The Climate Service helps companies manage the effects of weather and climate on their portfolio of assets. Their proprietary risk management platform takes into account decades of historical weather pattern data to help distribute risk across a company's facilities portfolio.
S&P Global is a market intelligence company that provides financial information and data analytics services.
Raised $750,000,000.00.
Director of Tech Strategy/Managing Director of the LMI Venture Fund
2018 - 2020
Built the tech strategy for the consulting firm, LMI, which included creating LMI Ventures, an early-stage venture fund investing in software and data technologies that could increase the efficiency and capability of the federal government. LMI Ventures also seeks partnerships/alliances with cutting edge technology companies. Investments and partnerships are deeply connected with LMI strategies for growth. Also, led product development at the LMI Forge. The Forge is a group of designers and developers building software products to solve problems at scale.
LMI is a consulting firm dedicated to improving the management of government.
Raised $250,000.00 from Mission Daybreak.
Board Member
2019 - 2020
CyberUp is a non-profit helping underprivileged community members receive entry-level cybersecurity training to fulfill their first roles in cybersecurity.
Co-Founder and CEO (Acquired by Infor)
2015 - 2018
GitLinks helps companies safeguard against external threats to their products. We enhance the security and legal compliance of your digital products by tracking your use of open source in development.
Co-Founder and President
2014 - 2016
Malosi Rugby is an American based rugby equipment company which sells products within the USA. www.malosirugby.com