Manel Sweetmore
Managing Partner at Japer Capital
Malibu, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2023 - Current
Senior Vice President
2019 - 2022
Focused on deal qualification, transaction structure & execution, leading due diligence, and portfolio monitoring of domestic and international leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, carve-outs, operational restructurings, and add-on acquisitions. Post-transaction responsibilities include portfolio company value creation strategy, financial and operations improvements, and general oversight.
Skyview Ventures is an internally managed pool of partners’ capital that will invest in high growth companies in Southern California.
Advisor and Executive Director
2017 - 2019
Milk and Eggs Connects health conscious customers with local farms & artisan food makers.
Raised $10,250,000.00 from Morningside Group.
Strategic Advisor
2017 - 2017
Gem is a cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Raised $12,500,000.00 from KEC Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Digital Currency Group, RRE Ventures, Tiller Partners, Fenbushi Capital, Blockchain Capital, Danmar Capital and Amplify.LA.
CEO
2015 - 2017
COO/CFO
2013 - 2015
Access Integrated Healthcareis a Los Angeles-based healthcare services company .
Raised $58,500,000.00 from Penta Mezzanine Fund.
CFO
2009 - 2013
Cleantech / Residential Solar Integrator. Key Executive leading growth of 15x in 3 years to over $100M Revenue
Verengo Solar is a Southern California-based solar provider that builds the most trusted solar company in California.
Raised $45,725,285.00 from Angeleno Group, Angeleno Group and Search Fund Partners.
CFO
2005 - 2009
California Cryobank, Inc. is a leading reproductive tissue services company and its subsidiary, Family Cord Blood Services is a Stem Cell Blood banking and related services provider. Hired to improve infrastructure and grow profitability accomplished the following: - EBITDA increase of 160% - Rebuilt entire Financial & Accounting infrastructure including company wide ERP system - Established analytics infrastructure and a metrics based culture - Numerous other process & systems improvements in finance, HR, Sales, and Online Marketing,
California Cryobank, Inc. Looking forward to sharing pregnancy & birth reports, donor releases, important sperm bank updates.
President/CFO
2001 - 2005
Acquired company in Nov 2001 in partnership with the designer of the line. Focused on growing sales and establishing infrastructure and processes to support growth. Sold out to partner.
Sr. Director, Business Development
2000 - 2001
Yopa developded a Software Platform for Wireless applications. Developed relationships with Wireless Carriers and other telecomunications service and software providers. Assisted with company strategy and marketing initiaitves. Assisted with fund raising / sale of company.
Director, Business Development
1999 - 2000
Key member of the team that developed the strategy and business plan to take the company from seed funding to acquisition that resulted in an annualized return to investors greater than 95%. Directed a 4 member Business Development team that sourced, executed, and implemented 11 acquisitions, and numerous strategic deals that increased monthly page views from 2M to over 20M, and monthly user sessions from 0.2M to 2+M in less than a year, making eteamz the #1 amateur sports site and one of the top 20 most-trafficked sports sites overall.