JG

Jeff Goldrich

Investor at Lakeshore Ventures

Greater Chicago Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Investor

    2023 - Current

    Lakeshore Ventures is part of the Alumni Ventures family of venture funds. It is a private venture fund for University of Chicago alumni and friends of the community to access high-quality, diversified venture portfolios in early to growth-stage companies, many with a UChicago alumni connection.

  • Managing Director, Technology

    2022

    Runway Growth Capital lends capital—as well as relationships, experience and passion—to support entrepreneurs as they build, grow, and scale, dynamic technology companies. We are in the business of “extending the runway” for fast-growing companies looking for alternative or supplemental growth financing.

  • Managing Director

    2020 - 2022

    - Leverage a consultative approach to develop new strategic relationships with leading technology companies and sponsors. - Conduct inquiry calls with venture capital and private equity investors to gather insider perspectives on strategy and valuation. - Structure credit facilities to support M&A, recapitalizations, restructurings, distributions, and working capital needs. - Build pro-forma financial models to estimate future cash flows and evaluate credit risk. - Lead transaction teams in executing all aspects of financing technology companies: conducting financial, market, and technical due diligence, both with management teams and third-party providers, with a particular emphasis on financial statements and KPI reports; partner with junior analysts in authoring and presenting synthesized analyses for executive management and credit committees; manage legal documentation; and promote derivative, treasury, and foreign exchange cross-sell partners.

  • Associate Managing Director

    2018 - 2020

    - Actively managed a portfolio of 20 clients and over $100 million of senior debt commitments on a day-to-day basis, solving for client needs while maintaining necessary discipline and controls from a credit and regulatory perspective. - Selected by executive management to consult on a new software product that would redefine the bank’s operating model.

  • Commercial Lending Officer

    2015 - 2018

    - Recruited to join a startup specialty lending group as the lead underwriter, interpreting and evaluating financial statements of innovative technology firms, spanning virtually the complete lifecycle (start-up and mature, sophisticated companies alike). - Engineered custom models to track opportunities, underwrite transactions, and monitor financial performance.

  • Commercial Lending Associate

    2014 - 2015

    - Acted as lead associate, charged with authoring qualitative and quantitative credit memorandums, and monitoring financial covenant compliance, for specialized industries including the security alarm, agriculture, technology, and professional services industries, as well as generalists in manufacturing and distribution.

  • Credit Analyst

    2013 - 2014

    - Underwrote 90 distinct companies and transactions across a wide range of industries, by analyzing a diverse set of financial statements and market reports, totaling nearly $900 million of senior debt commitments. - Built various models that measure deal profitability and streamline covenant structuring, which were published bank wide.

  • Intern

    2011 - 2011

    Serviced walk-in clients and processed deposits in excess of $1 million. Assisted financial consultants and managers (branch, operations, and regional) in efficiently handling, track, and processing orders ranging from thousands of dollars in supplies to Platinum level account needs.

  • Team Sports Sales Associate

    2010 - 2010

    Sold between $300-$1000 of sports equipment and extended warranties per day.

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